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Mercedes fixes diesel injector problems

Mercedes say that a new injector system for C Class and E Class diesels with the OM651 engine have now been fixed. So extensive was the problem that many owners were waiting months for their cars to be fixed as Mercedes struggled with a mounting pile of broken cars and injectors that were failing. Mercedes tell us that the problem was fixed with the release of new injectors later in 2010, but Cars UK readers have continued to complain about their cars needing multiple visits to dealers with injectors failing multiple times (that original story garnered more than 500 comments from disgruntled Mercedes owners).

Win a Porsche track day and other goodies

By Tim Pollard Competitions 28 April 2008 17:25 To mark our Porsche special, CAR has teamed up with Porsche to give away an official Porsche Driving Experience to one lucky reader. You'll be offered one of the first places at the new facility being built at Silverstone in the UK. Click here for your chance to win It opens in late summer 2008 and you and a guest will spend half a day driving a 911 or other Porsche of your choice (subject to availability, but they'll do their level best to source your preferred Porsche).

Home of NAIAS to be updated

The spiritual home of the NAIAS is set to be rejuvenated. The Cobo center in Detroit, home of the North American International Auto Show for over 24 years, is part of a $221 million project that will see it extended and renovated extensively. The Detroit Regional Convention Facility Authority have announced that many of the improvements to the Cobo center will be ready for the 2012 NAIAS, although the project is unlikely to be finished until 2014.