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Michelin Announces Finalists for 2011 Challenge Design Competition

The following designers' vehicle concepts will be displayed in the Michelin Challenge Design exhibit from January 10-23, 2011: Colin Pan, China Sang-June Lee, Kyung-Kuk Kim, Seoung-Bin Lee, South Korea 2:1 Industrial Design Team, Brazil Ramon Ramirez, Mexico Carlos Arturo Torres, Colombia Hui Wang, China Sergio Andres Ortiz, Colombia Lukas Kuba, Czech Republic Gunwoong Kim & Suji Kim, South Korea Attila Tari, Hungary Sadegh Samakoush Darounkolayi, Afghanistan Kyu-Hyun Lee, Sol Lee, Hae-Won Jo, South Korea David Cardoso Loureiro, Belgium Ralph Tayler-Webb, United Kingdom Antti Eskeli, Finland Kyoung Soo Na, South Korea Federico Beltran, Ivan Orozco, Edmundo Platt, Mexico Eduard Gray, Sweden Cristian Armando Polanco Sosa, Guatemala Artem Afanasev & Aleksey Kazakov , Russia Shinsuke Aizawa, Japan Jordie Lewis, Canada Xiaowu Huang, China Zhi Min Lin, China Pai-Ching Hu, Taiwan Peixin Li, China Mike Simonian, Maaike Evers, Laure Garreau, USA Gabriel Wartofsky, USA Dario Alejandro Narvaez, Colombia Andrey Alekseev, Russia Marko Lukovic, Serbia Mohammad Ghezel, Iran Hugo Carlos Fernandez, Spain Thierry Dumaine, France We'll bring you more on the finalists' work when we see them on display at the NAIAS next week. But in the meantime, if you'd like to have a chance to see your design shown at the NAIAS next year, enter the 2012 Michelin Challenge Design competition. Pre-registration for the 2012 competition is open until 4 March 2011. Visit the competition website by clicking on the link below: Michelin Challenge Design 2012 Related Articles: Michelin launches 2012 Challenge Design competition Four CCS students win awards in 22nd annual Michelin/CCS competition

Ford recalls minivans, SUV

Ford is recalling nearly half a million vehicles to fix defects that can cause fires or loss of power. About 205,800 copies of the Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey minivan from the 2004 and 2005 model years are being recalled, because torque-converter output shafts in the transaxle might fail and cause power loss. Ford is also recalling 244,530 Escape SUVs from the 2001 and 2002 model years, which might have brake-fluid leaks that can cause corrosion and fire.

Europe trailing on ESP safety

NOT ENOUGH new cars in Europe are being specified with an electronic stability programme (ESP) that is proved to be most important safety system in prevent collisions. Research by Frost and Sullivan has found Europe is lagging behind North America, where there is almost 100% success with fitting news cars with ESP. Despite ESP being included in the European New Car Assessment Programme since 2011, the study shows there has been only a minimal increase in the number of cars sold that have ESP.