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Apple announces 'iOS in the Car'

Since Apple pulled out of the San Francisco Macworld event, the company's Worldwide Developer Conference has taken the place of primacy on its product-announcement calendar. On Monday, they hinted at new Mac Pros, unveiled iOS 7's flattened interface and unveiled their Pandora-fighting iTunes Radio service. That's nice and all.

Top Gear in Italy with Aventador, McLaren MP4-12C & Noble M600 + video

Top Gear in Lecce filming a supercar piece We already know that Top Gear’s Christmas Special is in India this year, so the video showing the Top Gear team filming in Lecce, Italy, with the Lamborghini Aventador, McLaren MP4-12C and Noble M600 must be for the new series of Top Gear, which kicks off on January 12th 2012. Lecce is an historic Italian city in the south east of Italy, full of Baroque architecture, tracing its history back to the Greeks and is probably most famous for its ‘Lecce Stone’, a soft and malleable limestone ideal for sculpting. None of which really matters to Messrs Clarkson, Hammond and May, although it does provide a stunning backdrop for an equally stunning set of supercars.

Mazda unveils Miata special edition, (part of) the next Miata

See, Mazda did show the new Miata at the New York auto show. Just not all of it. Mazda unveiled the chassis that will underpin the next Miata, known as the ND Miata (the current model being the NC).