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Michelin Announces Finalists for 2011 Challenge Design Competition

The following designers' vehicle concepts will be displayed in the Michelin Challenge Design exhibit from January 10-23, 2011: Colin Pan, China Sang-June Lee, Kyung-Kuk Kim, Seoung-Bin Lee, South Korea 2:1 Industrial Design Team, Brazil Ramon Ramirez, Mexico Carlos Arturo Torres, Colombia Hui Wang, China Sergio Andres Ortiz, Colombia Lukas Kuba, Czech Republic Gunwoong Kim & Suji Kim, South Korea Attila Tari, Hungary Sadegh Samakoush Darounkolayi, Afghanistan Kyu-Hyun Lee, Sol Lee, Hae-Won Jo, South Korea David Cardoso Loureiro, Belgium Ralph Tayler-Webb, United Kingdom Antti Eskeli, Finland Kyoung Soo Na, South Korea Federico Beltran, Ivan Orozco, Edmundo Platt, Mexico Eduard Gray, Sweden Cristian Armando Polanco Sosa, Guatemala Artem Afanasev & Aleksey Kazakov , Russia Shinsuke Aizawa, Japan Jordie Lewis, Canada Xiaowu Huang, China Zhi Min Lin, China Pai-Ching Hu, Taiwan Peixin Li, China Mike Simonian, Maaike Evers, Laure Garreau, USA Gabriel Wartofsky, USA Dario Alejandro Narvaez, Colombia Andrey Alekseev, Russia Marko Lukovic, Serbia Mohammad Ghezel, Iran Hugo Carlos Fernandez, Spain Thierry Dumaine, France We'll bring you more on the finalists' work when we see them on display at the NAIAS next week. But in the meantime, if you'd like to have a chance to see your design shown at the NAIAS next year, enter the 2012 Michelin Challenge Design competition. Pre-registration for the 2012 competition is open until 4 March 2011. Visit the competition website by clicking on the link below: Michelin Challenge Design 2012 Related Articles: Michelin launches 2012 Challenge Design competition Four CCS students win awards in 22nd annual Michelin/CCS competition

Jaguar XF is ‘Car of the Decade’

The Southern Guild of Motoring Writers has declared the Jaguar XF the car of the decade at the SGMW’s 10th anniversary event. Designed by Ian Callum, under Ford’s ownership, the XF demonstrated that Jaguar had finally realised that building cars that were a pastiche of past glories was no longer enough to guarantee sales. Under the skin, much of the Jaguar XF carried over from its predecessor – the Jaguar S Type – but it was in the execution that the XF demonstrated it was capable of giving Jaguar new life.

BMW ConnectedDrive concept

BMW will show the all-new ConnectedDrive concept at the forthcoming Geneva motor show. A pure design study, the concept is said to explore the possibilities of interconnectivity and 'revolutionize driving in terms of comfort, infotainment and safety'. Though the teaser video to the left leaves many questions unanswered, the company is claiming it is 'setting the course for the future'.