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Autoweek in review: We meet LaFerrari, Corvette Stingray convertible at Geneva motor show

Monday morning was bustling at One Autoweek Tower, as information on debuts from the Geneva motor show flooded our inboxes. Important debuts included the Corvette Stingray convertible, Lamborghini Veneno and 2014 Porsche 911 GT3. Tuesday, we focused on Geneva as the Alfa Romeo 4C,Spyker B6 Venator concept and Ferrari LaFerrari exotic supercars were revealed.

Bob Bondurant at 80

Last fall, as we waited for our turn to partake in a braking drill at Bob Bondurant's driving school in Arizona, a black Cadillac CTS-V coupe came screaming out of the facility's parking area and onto the tarmac where we sat. The driver hustled the big two-door around a tight autocross course at a startling pace, though he likely would have been faster had he avoided some of the smoky, sideways stuff. Our instructor, Johnny O'Connell, grinned, “I guess it's good to be the boss.” Bondurant -- who turns 80 on Saturday -- started racing an Indian motorcycle as a teenager.

European car sales down 9.6% Jan 2013. VW Golf sales down 17.8%

Car sales in Europe continue to decline with sales down 9.6% in January 2013 and the top-selling VW Golf down by 17.8%. In fact, the UK was the only top five market to increase sales, with Germany down 8.6 per cent, France down 15.1 per cent, Italy down 17.6 per cent and Spain 9.2 per cent. Other notable drops included the Netherlands which saw a huge drop of 30.4 per cent, partly driven by tighter emission boundaries on company car taxation.