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Hot Wheels and Icon in sandbox battle

As first reported by Jeff Glucker of Hooniverse, the toymaker Mattel has been accused of infringing on a trademark held by the low-volume vehicle builder Icon 4X4. Icon claims that a Hot Wheels toy being distributed worldwide is based on its Icon FJ40—which itself is based on the Toyota FJ40—and that Hot Wheels' use of Icon's design, promotional materials and the name “FJ40” violates trademarks held by Icon. In its response to Tuesday's Hooniverse post, Hot Wheels claimed that the toy is not based on the Icon FJ40, and that it has the right to use the term “FJ40” despite Icon's trademark.

2014 Range Rover by OVERFINCH revealed

The 2014 Overfinch Range Rover (pictured) revealed The world is full of customisers who will take your Range Rover and make it more individual, but there is one such company that has the credibility of a history of making Range Rovers more appealing and, on the whole, doing it in a more subtle way than many of the newcomers – Overfinch. The 2014 Overfinch Range Rover has been revealed as ‘the world’s most luxurious SUV’ (according to Overfinch) with a huge range of options to make Overfinch’s Range Rover as individual as your tastes – and bank account – will allow. Overfinch has added their traditional three cooling apertures in the front bumper – complete with lacquered carbon fibre treatment – and the new back bumper, side skirts and roof spoiler are all made from carbon fibre too, perfectly in tune with the new Range Rover’s lighter ethos, and there’s a set of cast tailpipes by Overfinch at the back.

Changing course, Chrysler considers a small Ram pickup

Chrysler may develop a unibody small pickup positioned below the Dakota, whose production will end in 2011. "We're thinking of something that will separate itself from the full-sized truck more than what happens today, both in capability, price and size," said Joe Veltri, Chrysler Group vice president of product planning. "The Ram brand has room to expand into a compact-truck segment." Veltri, interviewed this month at the National Truck Equipment Association's Work Truck Show in St.