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Post-World War II Japanese tin toys on display in New York

During the rebuilding of Japan after World War II, a Japanese toy designer took a discarded tin can and molded it into an intricate model car. Just inches in length, it created a phenomenon in the 1940s and '50s in Japan called “buriki.” Buriki is derived from “blik,” which is Dutch for "tin toy." A collection of 70 tin-toy vehicles manufactured in Japan is currently on display at New York's Japan Society Gallery. The exhibit, called “Buriki: Japanese Tin Toys from the Golden Age of the American Automobile, The Yoku Tanaka Collection,” runs until Aug.

Mercedes and Daimler crush 300SL Gullwing imposter

Mercedes-Benz Classic recently destroyed an ersatz 300 SL after the body was seized by German customs officials. The case began when a German company built a fiberglass copy of the Gullwing's body. According to a court ruling, the shape remains under copyright protection just as it did upon its introduction in the 1950s.

Victoria Beckham Range Rover Evoque costs £80k

Range Rover Evoque Victoria Beckham - now it's official Land Rover has revealed the Range Rover Evoque with Victoria Beckham in Beijing and announced it will cost £79,995. We revealed the Victoria Beckham Range Rover Evoque yesterday, and Land Rover has now caught up and done the same in Beijing. There isn’t much we didn’t report yesterday on the Evoque Land Rover hope will mop up business from customisers like Kahn and Revere, but what we didn’t know yesterday was how much the Beckham Evoque would cost, but now we do.