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Honda, Volvo models named top safety picks from IIHS

Safety enhancements helped Honda Motor Co. and Volvo earn top safety picks from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The 2013 Honda Civic, the first small car to achieve a "good" rating in the institute's new small overlap test, was fortified with the second generation of Honda's advanced compatibility body (ACE II) structure.

Jaguar heading for the Goodwood Revival with more than 30 Classic Jags

Classic Jaguars in action at the Goodwood Revival The Goodwood Revival may not have quite the same appeal for some as the Goodwood Festival of Speed, but if you love classic cars it’s a must go. This year Jaguar are again out in force (last year Jaguar took their Heritage Collection to Goodwood) with more than thirty Jaguar and Jaguar-powered racers heading for Goodwood. There will be racing C-Typoes, D-Types, E-Types and Mk II saloons in action,.

Scuola Politecnica di Design announces Chris Bangle workshop

Italy’s Scuola Politecnica di Design has announced a seven-day workshop with former BMW Group design boss Chris Bangle at its campus in Milan. Themed ‘Future Personal Emotional Mobility’ and scheduled to run from 18 to 24 September 2009, the workshop invites design degree graduates and experienced car designers to take part in a project to create a new breed of sustainable shared transportation for the year 2050. Based on the concept that the mass migration of people from the countryside to cities will in the future create even more social, economic and ecological differences between population zones, this event will see attendees work closely with Bangle towards designing systems that engage on an emotional as well as an economic level, satisfying the personal transportation needs – and desires – of a disparate global population while minimising impact on the environment.