USAA reveals 'best value' cars and top picks for teens

The top safety pick rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety before being entered into the selection pool. Here are the results of USAA's research: Best value Large Sedan: Dodge Charger Midsize Sedan: Dodge Avenger Small Sedan: Mitsubishi Lancer Large Luxury Sedan: Lincoln MKS Midsize Luxury Sedan: Audi A4 Large SUV: Chevrolet Traverse Midsize SUV: Ford Explorer Small SUV: Kia Sportage Midsize Luxury SUV: Lexus RX 450h (hybrid) Large Pickup: Toyota Tundra Sports: Scion FR-S Coupe: Honda CR-Z Wagon: Audi A3 Minivan: Dodge Grand Caravan Top picks for teens 1.Dodge Dart 2.Dodge Avenger 3.Honda CR-Z 4.Chrysler 200 5.Honda Insight 6.Volkswagen Golf 7.Hyundai Elantra 8.Nissan Versa 9.Kia Optima 10.Chevrolet Malibu

Pforzheim University - Honda F1 'off track' project

Students of the Masters in Transportation Design course at Pforzheim University in Germany have been working on a rather special project: to create designs for ‘off-track' cars for Honda's F1 drivers Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello, incorporating Honda's environmentally conscious fuel-cell technology. Sponsored by Honda R&D Europe, the project has been running for the last three years. This year the vehicles had to be designed with a theme based on a GP host country of each student's choice.

Smog could get worse as more people buy diesels

Britain could see an increase in smog as the popularity of diesel cars increases, warns a leading pollution expert from King’s College London. The smog-like conditions that have descended on the UK over the past week have been caused by dust blown across from the Sahara Desert mixing with harmful pollution in urban areas. This pollution comes from industry, as well as both petrol and diesel cars.