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Ford eases V6 Mustang around Bristol track for 1,457 laps

As you may have expected, the team at Ford was able to run a V6-powered 2011 Mustang for at least 1,000 laps on the half-mile Bristol Motor Speedway track on Wednesday before running out of gasoline. In fact, the Mustang lapped Bristol 1,457 times before its 16-gallon fuel tank ran dry. The run was part of a marketing push touting the 31-mpg highway rating for the 2011 Mustang V6 and its six-speed automatic transmission.

Early tickets available to the 2012 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance

The 17th-annual Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance is set for March 9-11, 2012, at the Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island Resort in Florida. Tickets to all of the events are on sale now online at www.ameliaconcours.org. Discounted tickets to the main events are $50 per adult and $25 for youths ages 12-18.

MG6 Diesel launches – price from £16,995

The much needed diesel version of the MG6 has launched, offering a diesel engine in the new MG for the first time. Priced from £16,995. The now Chinese-owned MG hasn’t had overwhelming success with its MG6 so far, but much of that can be put down to the lack of a diesel-engined offering in a marketplace that has become diesel obsessed.