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Ford completes $14 million overhaul at its German design studio

Ford has opened a $14.5 million expansion of its design studios at Merkenich-Cologne in Germany. Global design work for Ford's subcompact and compact vehicles, including the Fiesta and the Focus, is done at the center, which is close to the automaker's Cologne factory where the Fiesta is built. The expansion is the largest since the studios were constructed in 1968 and increases the size by about 32,300 square feet to about 172,000 square feet.

2012 Mercedes ML 63 AMG price & options: Costs £82,995

2012 Mercedes ML 63 AMG UK price £82 The 2012 version of the range-topping Mercedes ML 63 AMG arrives in the UK at £82,995 – as long as you don’t trouble the options list. The 2012 Mercedes ML 63 AMG made its official debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show back in November, offering similarly bonkers performance to the last ML63 but with an impressive improvement in emissions and economy. The 2012 ML 63 gets the latest 5.5 litre twin turbo V8 that’s supplanted Mercedes’ 6.2 litre naturally aspirated lump.

Analysis: why GM is pulling Chevrolet out of Europe

The news that Chevrolet is to leave the western European car market (while staying in eastern Europe and Russia) is not a huge surprise, but it provides an interesting contrast to the success of fellow Koreans, Hyundai and Kia. “Fellow Koreans?” you might say, “but isn’t Chevrolet American?” Yes and no. The Chevrolets we were getting were all made in Korea in the factories that used to be owned by Daewoo, except for the handful of Camaros and Corvettes, which were authentically American.