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Fiat UK launches design competition

Fiat Group Automobiles UK, has announced a nationwide design competition to find fun new ways to travel. The competition starts today. The contest, called the ‘Smiles per Hour Design Competition', is a UK-wide search for budding inventors of tomorrow to create interesting and amusing ways to enjoy a journey.

Mazda Minagi (2011): first sketches of new SUV concept

This is the Mazda Minagi, a new small crossover concept that Mazda will unveil at the 2011 Geneva motor show in early March. No, not Mr. Miyagi, but the Mazda Minagi.

Mercedes Ener-G-Force: The shape of SUVs to come

The Mercedes Energ-G-Force, which will debut at the Los Angeles auto show, could be the shape of Mercedes SUVs to come--if you like it. “If people really like it and reaction is good then yeah, we might have to think of making it happen in reality,” said designer Huey Lee, who was part of the team that penned the Energ-G-Force at Mercedes' Advanced Design Studio in Carlsbad, Calif. Metalcrafters built the carbon fiber composite roller you see here.