GM's No. 2 PR executive leaves to join United Airlines

Tony Cervone, a top spokesman for General Motors as it battled bankruptcy rumors and won U.S. rescue loans, is leaving the automaker. Cervone, 46, will join UAL Corp., parent of United Airlines, as chief communications officer and senior vice president, United said in a statement on Wednesday.

Ferrari F620 GT leaks out

Ferrari F620 GT leaks ahead of debut The first photo of the replacement for the Ferrari 599 – the Ferrari F620 GT – has leaked out ahead of next week’s reveal. The Ferrari F620 GT has been teased over the last week or so, and Ferrari are planning to reveal the successor to the 599 next week. But now we have the first photo of the new F620 GT thanks to the guys over at GTSpirit.

1961 Ford Gyron concept scale model sells for $40,000

A scale model of the 1961 Ford Gyron concept has sold at auction for $40,000, around four times its estimate. The space-age concept car – designed by Alex Tremulis, McKinley Thompson, Syd Mead, Bill Dayton, John Najjar, and Elwood Engel – debuted in 1961 at the New York International Auto Show and featured two wheels mounted along the car's centerline, usung a gyroscope for stability. The full-size model – which relied on stabilizing wheels instead of a gyroscope – also predicted the development of satellite navigation systems, car phones and infrared sensing.