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AutoWeek Design Forum: McLaren evolves with carbon fiber

McLaren Automotive design boss Frank Stephenson detailed his company's transformation from strictly racing to producing road-going models on Thursday at the AutoWeek Design Forum. McLaren is launching the highly anticipated MP4-12C this year, and the company has been hard at work refining the use of carbon fiber, which it pioneered in the iconic McLaren F1. The company cut the amount of time required to design a carbon-fiber tub from 3,000 hours for the F1 to a mere four hours for the MP4-12C.

Mitsubishi ASX compact SUV (2010) first pictures

By Tim Pollard First Official Pictures 19 January 2010 08:18 Mitsubishi Motors Corporation will show its new ASX compact crossover at the 2010 Geneva motor show on 2 March.It's the new Euro version of the Japanese-market RVR, landing in showrooms in the east from February 2010. It's a five-seater and will arrive in Europe in late spring 2010.Another Mitsubishi SUV!Yes, they have a burgeoning range, if you're being polite. A wide and confusing one if you're feeling critical.

Ferrari 458 Speciale with active aero debuts at Frankfurt

The only thing better than a 458 is, of course, a lighter, stronger and more aerodynamically efficient 458. Toward that end, Ferrari unveiled the 458 Speciale at Frankfurt, a successor of sorts to the Challenge Stradale and 430 Scuderia, previous specials that, as good as they were, wouldn't last a race on the same lap as this one. “This is the most powerful V8 Ferrari, never made before,” said Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo, who still speaks much better English than we could ever hope to speak Italian.