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New Datsun makes its first appearance

The first new Datsun in a generation )pictured) will be revealed on July 15th As we reported in 2012 Nissan, having spent countless hundreds of millions replacing the Datsun name with Nissan on its cars a generation ago, decided to revive the Datsun brand for a new range of affordable cars for emerging markets. It looks like the new Datsun – codenamed K2 – will be a mix of the current and last generation Micra with new styling and pitched at around £3500 when it launches in the Indian car market. With the same – but de-tuned – 1.2 litre petrol engine as the Micra, the new Datsun is aimed at cars like the Indian market Hyundai i10 and Maruti, and sales are expected to start in early 2014.

Study finds teen drivers need more time in adverse conditions

Practice might make perfect, but not if the drills never change. In a study organized by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Study and the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center, participating teen drivers averaged about an hour and a half of supervised driving each week--mostly on routine trips along the same roads. At the end of the year-long study, 47 percent of parents said there was at least one driving condition they felt their student wasn't prepared to handle.

BASF's 'sit down. move' contest: Chemistry for the senses

BASF design contest ‘sit down. move.' Contest type seat design Launched 26 September 2012 Deadline for entries 30 January 2013 Contest coordinators Eva Höfli & Jordan Kurikov Headquarters Ludwigshafen, Germany Contact sitdownmove@basf.com Website www.designfabrik.basf.com/sitdownmove In September 2012, BASF's Global Competence Seating Team and its ‘designfabrik' studio launched a seating design contest called ‘sit down. move'.