Webinars: Register now for 16 October 'Autodesk Alias Class-A Surfacing: Accelerating Design Development'

Registration is now open for the next Webinar in the Autodesk series, 'Autodesk Alias Class-A Surfacing: Accelerating Design Development', which will take place on 16 October. This webinar will illustrate how using Autodesk Alias for Class-A modeling can deliver value-added business and technical benefits and how it helps OEMs provide seamless end-to-end design development. Topics covered will include: external and internal challenges facing automotive design advantages of Alias for Class-A Surfacing how to adopt Alias skills and workflows This is part of the 2013 series of Autodesk Webinars which includes: Concept modeling for automotive Using the T-rig tool in real life Presenting this Webinar is Simon Alford, technical manager for Majenta Solutions.

Insurance group lists its Top Safety Picks

After increasing its standards for 2011 models, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says that 66 vehicles--more than double the 2010 total--rate as best in the industry at protecting passengers from front, side, rollover and rear crashes. Only 27 vehicles qualified last year after the group, funded by the insurance industry, required that vehicles pass a roof-strength test to earn a good rating, claiming that stronger roofs would reduce the risk of serious or fatal injury by 50 percent in a rollover accident. The most mentioned carmakers on the 2011 list are Hyundai/Kia and Volkswagen/Audi, both with nine vehicles to get the Top Safety Pick designation.

Willie Nelson tour bus headed to auction in Toronto

Now here's a smokin' deal! One of country music singer Willie Nelson's tour buses is headed for the auction block next month. The 1986 Eagle Model 10 motor coach includes beds for six people, two lounge areas and hand-painted murals by the artist Rainmaker.