Dyna Exhaust Header Pipes Set 1 on 2040-parts.com

Win a Porsche track day and other goodies

By Tim Pollard Competitions 28 April 2008 17:25 To mark our Porsche special, CAR has teamed up with Porsche to give away an official Porsche Driving Experience to one lucky reader. You'll be offered one of the first places at the new facility being built at Silverstone in the UK. Click here for your chance to win It opens in late summer 2008 and you and a guest will spend half a day driving a 911 or other Porsche of your choice (subject to availability, but they'll do their level best to source your preferred Porsche).

NYC approves Ford Transit Connect for taxi fleet

New York signed off on the Ford Transit Connect to be used for taxi service, paving the way for the nation's largest city to begin switching to the small van in place of the aging Crown Victoria. The move was announced Thursday after a public hearing; New York joins Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago on the list of major cities that have approved the vehicle for taxi service. The Transit Connect (and Taurus sedan) is approved for use now, but a Nissan van will become the exclusive vehicle in 2013.

Who's Where: Simon Cox appointed design director, Infiniti Design London

Infiniti has recruited Simon Cox as design director at its Infiniti Design London studio, which is currently Nissan Design Europe. He will report directly to Infiniti executive design director Alfonso Albaisa. The new appointment comes as Infiniti attempts to evolve its design strategy by establishing new dedicated design studios, of which the London Paddington studio is the first.