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Video provides a closer look at Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 race car

Mercedes-Benz used the recent Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance in Florida as the opportunity to take a closer look at the SLS AMG GT3 race car. Assistant product manager William Vetter leads the walkaround of the car. Features include the extensive use of the carbon fiber, ducting for braking cooling and aerodynamics, and the explosive charges that blow off the door for an emergency escape.

One Lap of the Web: What's your automotive sign? Plus amphibians, Lancia Stratos parts, and delivery scooters

-- Some people like horoscopes, astrological signs and whatnot. But few have ever thought to combine horoscopes with cars. Perhaps it's because the results are so out there, as this wild "cars of the zodiac" series demonstrates.

Peugeot Citroen to buy Mitsubishi

It's being reported that PSA (Peugeot Citroen) are to take control of Mitsubishi Car makers have been fighting hard to survive in the last year or so as the landscape for their products goes through the biggest sea change ever. Fiat boss Sergio Marchionne was quoted as saying that if car makers didn’t rationalise and merge then they would go under. He sees a car making landscape with a handful of huge car makers and a plethora of very small ones – nothing in between.