Jaguar Land Rover: LIVE reveal from Geneva

Jaguar Land Rover Press Conference LIVE from Geneva 2011 Just in case you’ve been lurking in an cave for the last few weeks, we’ll remind you that the 2011 Geneva Motor Show is but days away. And that means lots of car news, as you may already have realised. Which also means that, although we’ve already managed to bring reports of far more than the car makers would really like, we get a live reveal of new cars – always a bit of a buzz.

Third annual World Automotive Design Competition

The third annual World Automotive Design Competition, sponsored by Alias, was hosted by the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto, Ontario, on February 12. Britain's Coventry School of Art and Design, and Tsinghua University in Beijing, China were the big winners, together garnering seven of the eight prizes. Ninety-four students from twenty design schools from China, Brazil, Japan, France, Korea, England, Wales, Italy, Spain, India, Sweden, the USA and Canada competed to win over US$140,000 in prizes.

Ford spoofs Cadillac ELR with latest ad

Rule Number One of advertising is, "kick 'em when they're down." Or was that Sun Tzu...or Bone Thugs-N-Harmony? Either way, while Cadillac catches flak for its controversial ELR ad, the above Ford ad with a C-Max Energi is either a shameless ripoff or a smashing riposte. (This, of course, depends on your affinity for European-derived plug-in crossovers.) Instead of a white guy, it's a black lady.