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Lee Noble returns with Fenix Automotive

Lee Noble is returning to car making, with a new car due in 2010. Noble M12 pictured We’ll resist telling you that Lee Noble is returning ‘Fenix’ like to the realm of specialist car makers. But he is, with a new company – Fenix Automotive Ltd.

General Motors Europe opens new Design Center

Being a car designer is often percieved as a glamourous occupation, but few people realise that this typically means working in some of the least inspiring places. Wolfsburg, Detroit and Birmingham are just a few of the locations that are home to some of the largest populations of car designers around the world. GM Europe's location in Russelsheim, Germany is also one of the less glamourous locations but the new design center building opened this week aims to redress the otherwise rather industrial feel of the place where tomorrow's Opels and Saabs are created.

Design Development: Ford Edge concept

Vehicle type mid-size SUV ConceptLength 4,689mmWidth (exc. Mirrors) 2,119mm Height 1,699mmWheelbase 2,849mm Chief exterior designer George BucherExterior design manager Kevin GeorgeSenior exterior designers Steve Gilmore, Shawn WehrlyInterior design manager Hak Soo HaInterior lead designers Yuichi Ogura & Zulf AliTechnical build manager Bruce Youngs Project started January 2013 Project completed October 2013Launch Los Angeles Auto Show 2013 The second-generation Edge mid-size crossover will be a global product, sold  in North America, Europe, China and South America by 2015. The 2013 LA Auto Show concept prefaced its arrival closely.  Sitting below the Explorer and above the Escape (or Kuga in Europe), the original Edge was introduced in 2006.