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Joel Piaskowski becomes Director of Exterior Design at Ford North America

Joel Piaskowski is set to become Ford's North American Director of Exterior Design. He will be filling the position previously vacated by Moray Callum, who was promoted to Executive Director for Ford Americas design when Peter Horbury went back to head up Volvo's design efforts earlier this year. "I'm very much looking forward to working with the team at Ford," Piaskowski told Car Design News.

2013 VW Golf GTI MK 7 revealed

We have the first photos of the 2013 Vokswagen Golf GTI – the MK VII GTI – ahead of a debut at the 2012 Paris Motor Show. It’s just over three years since the MK 6 Golf GTI arrived and now – ahead of what was expected – we have the reveal of the 2013 VW Golf GTI MK VII. Heading for the 2012 Paris Motor SHow this week, the new Golf GTI holds no real surprises – it’s the MK 7 Golf with the usual GTI appendages.

Carbon Corvette Z06 is headed to Barrett-Jackson auction in April

You certainly didn't expect to pay sticker for the first Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Carbon limited edition off the line, did you? Carbon Corvette No. 1 will cross the block on April 3 at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Palm Beach, Fla., and like previous limited-run Chevys, this will definitely create a stir.