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Ferrari plans 458 Scuderia, new 599 and Enzo

Ferrari is planning a range of new cars to rejuvenate its sports car family - including a new 458 Scuderia, a replacement 599 GTB and a hypercar to replace the Enzo. A report by respected automotive industry journal Automotive News today published a detailed timeline of the new car launches planned by Maranello: 458 Spider Launched at the 2011 Frankfurt motor show, retractable hard top. European sales in autumn 2011 458 Scuderia Coming in 2013, following recipe of 430 Scuderia.

Design Contest: LA Design Challenge 2008

The entrants for the fifth annual Design Challenge, part of the Design Los Angeles automobile designers' conference, have now been announced. Nine Southern California automotive design studios - including Audi, BMW, GM, Honda, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota and Volkswagen - have been pitted against one another and asked to develop a concept which best answers a brief entitled 'Motorsports in 2025'. "Automotive designers have always been fascinated with motorsports and this year's Design Challenge has provided them with the opportunity to use their creative talent to look at these cars with new eyes, using innovative technologies and approaches," said Chuck Pelly, director of Design Los Angeles and partner in The Design Academy, Inc.

One Lap of the Web: The Greenwich Concours, racecars for the street and exclusivity at Ferrari

We spend a lot of time on the Internet -- pretty much whenever we're not driving, writing about or working on cars. Since there's more out there than we'd ever be able to cover, here's our daily digest of car stuff on the Web you may not otherwise have heard about. -- Over at Motor Authority, they're talking about the Audi W