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The name is Alfa – Alfa Romeo 159 Limited Edition

That’s right. Alfa Romeo has launched a limited edition version of the Alfa Romeo 159 to celebrate the cameo role the 159 plays in the new Bond film Quantum of Solace. This Limited Edition Alfa Romeo 159 is loaded with over £3k of extras, including Red Brembo callipers, black leather upholstery, special black paint finish, darkened 19″ alloys and lowered suspension.

Toyota to unlock secrets of black-box recorders

Reacting to criticism that data from black-box crash recorders in its vehicles can be accessed only by the company, Toyota Motor Corp. is moving to ship hundreds of data-decoding machines to the United States and make them commercially available to help diagnose vehicle problems. The devices, known as event data recorders, are similar to the black boxes on airliners and record information such as vehicle and engine speed in the seconds before a crash.

Volkswagen launches Car-Net in-car assistance system

Volkswagen has launched an in-car assistance system which will offer a number of convenience and diagnostic features. Not too dissimilar from some other systems already on the market -- such as BMW Assist, Mercedes-Benz'sMbrace, and GM's On-Star -- VW's system will offer roadside assistance, service appointment scheduling, and automatic crash notification. The latter triggers a call from the vehicle to a Car-Net customer specialist when the airbags in the car are deployed, which will then connect the occupants with a local public safety answering point, which can send emergency vehicles to the scene if needed.