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Cars UK wishes all our readers a Merry Christmas

Bernie Ecclestone's Christmas Card 2011 Seasons Greetings to all our readers, and a small selection of Car Makers’ Christmas Greetings 2011. The one day of the year we all get a day off, with just the exception of one story to wish you all a Merry Christmas. This year we’ve use Bernie Ecclestone’s Christmas Card for 2011, which perhaps sums up much of F1 for 2011, and the magnetic attraction Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa had for one another this year.

Car games galore at the Electronic Entertainment Expo

“Nearly every American plays video games,” said Mike Gallagher, president and CEO of the Entertainment Software Association. Lucky for you, the car enthusiast, nearly every video-game maker also makes a car-related video game. And just about all video-game makers gather once a year at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, held again in the very same Los Angeles Convention Center that houses the LA auto show.

Concept Car of the Week: Mercedes F200 Imagination (1996)

The F200 Imagination was designed at Mercedes' Advanced Design studio in Tokyo, in response to the question 'does the car of the future still have a steering wheel and foot-operated controls?' Take a look at the car's interior and the answer was fairly emphatic, as the steering wheel and pedals were replaced by joysticks, called Sidesticks, that operated the throttle, brakes and steering by wire. There were two sticks to choose from, one on the left of the cabin and one in the center console. However, both had the same function – push forward to accelerate, left or right to turn, and back to brake – so either of the front passengers could control the car.