U.S. safety officials deny airbag exemption for the Pagani Huayra

U.S. safety officials have shot down Italian supercar maker Pagani's request that the Huayra coupe be exempted from needing advanced airbags--a move that means Pagani can't legally sell the car in the States. Safety rules require that all new cars sold in the United States be equipped with airbags that can automatically adjust deployment force based on the height and weight of the seat occupant.

Back to basics for VW, says Walter de Silva

By Adam Towler Motor Industry 25 June 2008 13:01 It was an odd place for an inside line into what future Volkswagens will look like, but when head of VW Group design Walter de Silva invited CAR to the old Fiat Lingotto factory in Turin - now a conference and shopping centre – we could hardly say no. De Silva described VW as being immersed in a 'process of defining their design language' which could be read as ‘we’re still sucking our designer thumbs to see what happens’. Audi, De Silva said, had already been through that process and its design DNA was ‘understood by everyone in the company, right down to the smallest details'.

Porsche Cayenne headlights falling out

The 2010 - 2011 Porsche Cayenne recalled for headlight fix The 2010 and 2011 Porsche Cayenne is being recalled to fix a faulty headlight locking system which can cause the headlight to fall out. If there’s one thing you can say about a Porsche Cayenne – or any Porsche – is that it’s well bolted together. And cleverly conceived too, which is why there’s a locking mechanism for the headlights that allows you to unlock the whole unit and pop it out to change bulbs.