Ford dumps the CD player

CD Players in Ford Cars are no more I’m not old enough to remember when cars came with valve radios, but I am old enough to remember when many cars didn’t even get a radio. I’m also old enough to remember when the music source of choice in a car was the 8-track tape machine. And actually, for in-car use, 8-tracks were great.

Volvo creates Inflatable Child Seat

Volvo is a brand famously associated with safety, so let’s hope its latest effort doesn’t turn out to be a load of hot air: the Swedish brand has come up with a concept for an inflatable children’s car seat. Called the Volvo Inflatable Child Seat Concept, this does exactly what it says on the tin – it’s a child seat that instead of being made of rigid material can be deflated and folded away for easy carriage when not required. On Bing: see pictures of the Volvo Inflatable Child Seat Concept Find out how much a used Volvo costs on Auto Trader Noting that “children’s car seats are historically bulky, hard to move and tedious to mount,” Volvo says its new rear-facing inflatable alternative weighs just 5kg – half the weight of an equivalent conventional model.

Infiniti Q30 revealed in full gallery of photos: Frankfurt 2013

The Infiniti Q30 Concept (pictured), full revealed ahead of Frankfurt debut The Infiniti Q30 is Infiniti’s take on the new Mercedes A-Class, and we had a single photo a few weeks ago to show us what to expect. But now Infiniti has released a full gallery of photos ahead of its debut at Frankfurt. Despite the Q30 not planned to lauch until 2015 – when it will be delivered to the world from the UK’s ever-growing car manufacturing sector – the Q30 looks production ready.