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Smart wins 2011 LA Design Challenge

Daimler's Smart division won this year's LA Design Challenge, the brief of which was to create ‘Hollywood's Hottest New Movie Car'. The entries were judged on how well the vehicle reflected its brand attributes relative to the plot, how the vehicle related to the target audience, and the level of imagination found within the entry. Befitting the ‘Hollywood movie car' theme, the uniqueness of the story concept and the character development of the vehicle were also factors that helped determine the overall winner.

First Lexus LFA with Nurburgring Package arrives in UK

The first Lexus LFA with Nurburgring Package arrives in the UK The first limited edition within a limited edition that is the Lexus LFA with Nurburgring Package has arrived in the UK. The Lexus LFA is a stunning enough car with a very limited number being built, but if you want your LFA to be a bit more special – and have one of 50 instead of one of 500 – then what you need is the Lexus LFA Nurburgring Package. And the first LFA with the Nurburgring package to arrive in Europe has been delivered to a lucky UK buyer.

Mercedes Concept Style Coupe (2012) - aka CLA

Mercedes will show the Concept Style Coupe at the 2012 Beijing motor show next week. It's a thinly veiled look at a compact coupe spun off the Merc A-class architecture - likely to wear the CLA badge. In essence this is our first look at the shrunken, baby CLS Daimler plans to launch in 2013 - and the CLA production version will be priced around £20,000.