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Vauxhall launches speed limit detectors on Insignia (2008)

By Tim Pollard First Official Pictures 19 June 2008 07:53 Vauxhall's new Insignia will be the first of a wave of cars to have a forward-facing camera that can read road signs. The optional kit will detect speed limit and no overtaking signs – and flash up a reminder to the driver on the dashboard.GM calls the tech, which will be launched in early 2009, Traffic Sign Recognition and it uses a small, wide-angled camera system supplied by Hella. It sits at the top of the windscreen near the rain sensors and rear-view mirror, scanning the road ahead taking 30 photos per second.It's 1984 all over again...With a range of 100 metres, the camera focuses on circular patterns and then interprets the numbers inside by contour comparison; if a match is found on the software's database, that road sign will be flashed up in the driver's binnacle.The front-facing camera is also used as a lane departure warning system, alerting the driver if they unintentionally swerve out of their lane on a motorway.Cars with cameras: a growing trendMore and more manufacturers are fitting cameras to their cars nowadays and you can expect a flood of systems like the Insignia's to be launched in 2009, including the new BMW 5-series.CAR tried out these new systems on Bosch prototypes in 2007.

Lexus LF-Ch hybrid (2009): first photo

Lexus LF-Ch: the first photo of the new hybrid compact hatchback from Lexus By Tim Pollard First Official Pictures 01 September 2009 13:31 Lexus has just issued this first photograph of its new LF-Ch concept car – a hybrid petrol-electric hatchback that is expected on sale by summer 2010. It's the car we previewed a few days ago, known only as the Lexus Premium Compact Concept. Now we know it's called the LF-Ch.What does that Lexus LF-Ch badge mean?

Citroen DS4 Racing concept (2012) first pictures

Citroen is following up the DS3 Racing with a similarly heated-up version of the DS4: and the new 2012 DS4 Racing is unveiled today. Like its smaller brother, the DS4 Racing has been developed by Citroen Racing, the team behind Seb Loeb and the French firm's dominating seven-time WRC world championship activities. What's new on the Citroen DS4 Racing?