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Classic Car TV: Who loves the 1954 Kaiser-Darrin?

In this week's episode of Hagerty Classic Car TV, host Matt Richmond teases us with a 1967 Mustang GT500 before jumping into an American-made 1954 Kaiser-Darrin for a test drive of the 90-hp antique with Hagerty's Jonathan Klinger. The news covers Lamborghini happenings, Triumph motorcycles, the Pink Panther car that's up for grabs, and a bit about Stanford University and its autonomous racing program. Enjoy the drive.

Local Motors Announces Texas Competition

New American car company Local Motors has announced the Texas Motors competition, the 19th design contest initiated by the Boston based start-up company. The deadline for submissions is February 10, 2010. The brief, which asks entrants to design a dynamic and capable hunting vehicle for the gamers of the largest US state, stipulates that the vehicle should be a ready-made solution for hunters of every variety, whether hunting stags or fowl.

Jaguar Land Rover build the millionth car at Halewood – a Range Rover Evoque

The millionth car produced at Halewood – a Range Rover evoque The Jaguar Land Rover Plant in Halawood was once best know for churning out the now defunct Jaguar X-Type – which it did until the X-Type was pensioned off in 2009 – but more recently its become home to the Land Rover Freelander 2 and the new Range Rover Evoque. And with sales of the Evoque still powering forward it’s no surprise the the millionth car to come off the production  line at Halewood this week is an Evoque. In fact, it’s a white Range Rover Evoque Dynamic with a Fuji White paint job, ebony alloys, Firenze Red roof and mirrors and red and black interior which is being donated to Cancer Research UK.