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Ford's automotive assembly line celebrates 100th anniversary

A mere century ago, on Oct. 7, 1913, Henry Ford rigged up a rope tow to get Model T chassis across the floor of his Highland Park assembly plant -- essentially winching cars across the factory floor and adding a set schedule of parts at certain intervals. The implementation may have been a bit primitive, but Ford was on the cusp something big: applying the concepts of the moving assembly line to the complicated, costly process of automobile production.

BMW to invest £500 million in UK MINI production

David Cameron welcomes BMW's £500 million investment in the UK What’s going on? Two days on the trot we get good news about the UK economy. Yesterday we reported that Nissan are to invest £192 million to design and build the next generation Qashqai in the UK, and today comes confirmation from BMW that they will be spending £500 million over the next three years in the UK as they gear up for the next generation MINI.

Citroen C-Crosser (2006): first official pictures

By Phil McNamara First Official Pictures 26 October 2006 12:26 Citroen C-Crosser: the lowdown Here's Citroen's C-Crosser SUV, a Mitsubishi Outlander with a facelift and butt-tuck. It's also the sister car of the Peugeot 4007, another badge-engineered French 4x4 revealed on CAR Online today. As with the 4007, Citroen has taken the Outlander, grafted on its corporate nose, added different 18-inch wheels and tweaked the rear lamps.