2011 Mercedes CLS: Paris Motor Show 2010

The 2011 Mercedes CLS bows in at Paris It’s compulsory for car hacks to start every piece about the Mercedes CLS with the phrase ‘The car that started the 4-door coupe craze’. So, not wanting to disappoint, here we have the 2011 Mercedes CLS at the Paris Motor Shoiw, the replacement for the Mercedes CLS that started the 4 door coupe craze. There.

GM China opens Advanced Design Center in Shanghai

General Motors China has opened a new advanced design studio as part of the establishment of its Advanced Technical Center in Shanghai. The Advanced Design Center will provide GM China's designers the tools to explore future mobility solutions and technology integration on a local and global scale. "Our new Advanced Design Center in Shanghai is part of the GM Global Design Center network, which webs from California to Germany to India and Korea and points beyond," said Wulin Gaowa, design director of the GM China Advanced Design Center.

Exhibition: BMW Art Drive London

Entering the seventh floor of a London car park to find three spaces occupied by BMWs is an inconsequential occurrence given the proliferation of Bavarian-born cars in the UK Capital. Except, that is, when the three in question have been touched by the hands (and brushes) of Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschernberg. As part of the London 2012 Festival and in partnership with the ICA, BMW has taken over a grimy multi-storey in London's hipster Shoreditch district, filling it with 16 works from its iconic, priceless Art Car collection.