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Shortlist announced for Interior Motives Student Design Awards 2010

Shortlisted entries have been announced for the 2010 Interior Motives Student Design Awards. The competition culminates in a glitzy prize-giving ceremony in Paris on the evening of October 1, the first day of the motor show. This year's crop of the brightest and the best serves to illustrate the global pool of teaching as well as student talent.

One Lap of the Web: A Tumbler for Gumball, smashing supercars in China and a pedigreed race car for sale

We spend a lot of time on the Internet -- pretty much whenever we're not driving, writing about or working on cars. Since there's more out there than we'd ever be able to cover, here's our daily digest of car stuff on the Web you may not otherwise have heard about. The Gumball 3000 starts May 18 in Copenhagen, Denmark, heading northeast toward Stockholm, Sweden.

2010 Audi Q7 to bow at Shanghai motor show

The redone Audi Q7 will bow at the Shanghai motor show this month, with slight interior and exterior freshenings. It launches this fall as a 2010 model. The Q7 gets a new lighting design, LED running lights and chrome touches on the bumpers, door panels and handles, as well as new wheel designs.