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Nissan opens new design studio in Beijing

Delayed by the deadly earthquake that hit Japan earlier this year, Nissan Motor Co.'s new design center in Beijing finally received a proper opening this week, when global design chief Shiro Nakamura showed off the studio as a new source of ideas for Nissan and Infiniti. Nissan Design China, as the Beijing-based center is known, "is not a studio to just generate ideas for China," Nakamura said in an interview with Car Design News. It's equipped to handle designs of show cars and production cars for both Nissan and Infiniti brands, aimed at customers in China, as well as around the world.

One Lap of the Web: Semi-truck drifting, quintessential British cars and Jay Leno's Garage

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. -- When you think of Gymkhana, you normally just think of Ken Block ripping up streets with a Ford Fiesta.

Bugatti Galibier – new Video

Bugatti Galibier - likely to show at Los Angeles - new video below Back in September, when we were busy running endless stories about the Frankfurt Motor Show, Bugatti decided to release details of their Galibier Concept, a four door supercar powered by the same hugely potent engine as the Veyron. They were at pains to point out – endlessly – that the Galibier was just a concept. A possible way forward.