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Ferrari FF first year's production sold out

Ferrari S.p.A. said the first year of production of its new FF is sold out and customers who order the model now will receive their cars in the second half of 2012. Ferrari will limit production of the four-seat FF, the luxury sports car maker's first four-wheel-drive model, to 800 units a year.

MIT develops self-transforming materials that behave 'like robots without robots'

A cross-disciplinary research lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a suite of programmable materials, including carbon fiber, printed wood grain, textile composites, rubbers and plastics, that self-transform when exposed to an external stimulus. Director of the Self-Assembly Lab, Skylar Tibbits, presented a TED talk on 4D printing in 2013, where he demonstrated how a flat sheet of material could effectively build itself when exposed to water, like a robot without a robot. Following positive feedback from industries including aviation, automotive and manufacturing, his lab has been working on developing materials that change according to different activation sources, including heat, light, and air pressure, in addition to water – all of which have automotive relevance.

SEAT Leon ST stars at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show

Regular readers of MSN Cars will know that we're big fans of the new SEAT Leon.  So we're just a little bit excited about the new SEAT Leon ST that's making its world debut at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show. And given how highly we rate the 5-door hatchback, we have every reason to believe that Ford, Vauxhall and even Volkswagen should be worried about the arrival of the Leon estate...