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Latest news on Fiat's plan to gobble up GM-Europe

By Tim Pollard Motor Industry 15 May 2009 10:18 With just over a fortnight until General Motors’ fate is sealed, moves to rescue GM’s European car making division are accelerating. Fiat – already named as the Obama-blessed partner for bankrupt Chrysler in the US – is now wooing Opel, Vauxhall and Saab in Europe. If successful, Fiat would overnight become the second biggest car making business in the world.

Ralph Lauren: Ferrari 250 GTO, 250 TR, McLaren F1 LM & Bugatti 57 SC models

Ralph Lauren's Ferrari 250 GTO model - just $9500 One of the joys of success in life for a petrolhead is the ability to indulge in your love for cars. And few people have been as successful as designer Ralph Lauren, nor indulged in a car collection quite as stunning. Ralph owns a collection of more that 70 stunning cars, and as a little money-earner – and a treat for car fans – has had four of his cars faithfully recreated as 1/8th scale models.

One Lap of the Web: Willys CJ2 rat rod, Blade Runner sketchbook and vintage Alpine A110 footage

-- Even if you don't remember every nuance of the plot of the 1982 film Blade Runner, or even which of the myriad versions of the film you saw, its powerful visual images and bizarre-but-plausible technologies have likely stuck with you. From glowing umbrellas to the unforgettable flying "spinners," Blade Runner was fascinating look at a future that wasn't. Although technically the film was set in 2019, so we've got a few years for replicant technology, and Los Angeles smog levels, to catch up with fiction.