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Ron Dennis leaves McLaren F1

Ron Dennis hands over the reins of McLaren F1 to Martin Whitmarsh [ad#ad-1] Ron Dennis has finally had enough of F1. Who can blame him? From the heartache of losing the 2007 championship and a year or more of real grief with F1′s officials, Ron has had enough.

One Lap of the Web: World's strangest Edsel Pacer, racing Corvettes and 10 automotive missteps

We spend a lot of time on the Internet -- pretty much whenever we're not driving, writing about or working on cars. Since there's more out there than we'd ever be able to cover, here's our daily digest of car stuff on the Web you may not otherwise have heard about. -- The Edsel didn't win many style awards as a passenger car, but how do you feel about it as a piece of heavy construction equipment?

2012 Mercedes GLK Facelift – but still no GLK for the UK

2012 Mercedes GLK Facelift - but not for the UK A facelift for 2012 on the Mercedes GLK SUV is due to debut at the New York Auto Show in April, but the UK still won’t get the GLK. Mercedes’ answer to cars like the BMW X3 and Audi Q5 – the Mercedes GLK – is to get a facelift for 2012 and some tweaks to the oily bits for 2012, but Mercedes still don’t think it worth their while building a RHD version for the UK. In fact, despite expectations that Mercedes would at least deliver a RWD version of the GLK to RHD markets it now seems that won’t happen until the all new GLK arrives in a few years time.