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CDN and Opel/Vauxhall Interactive Design Competition Update

Seats, relationships, city life, the virtual world and new materials exploration: one month into the Car Design News-Opel/Vauxhall interactive design competition, launched on 11 October, these are a few of the themes student designers are exploring, in answer to the question 'What do you think is our lounge style?'. The competition, a collaboration between Opel-Vauxhall and Car Design News, is an interactive design competition for students who are studying design – of any discipline – at a college in Europe. The winner of the competition will work as a paid intern at Opel/Vauxhall design center in Rüsselsheim.

Hennessey Venom GT hits new, unofficial, speed record (video)

The Hennessey Venom GT (pictured) hist 270.49mph on a NASA runway Top speed records for production cars is starting to seem pretty irrelevant as there’s almost nowhere an owner can ever hope to hit those record speeds. And the performance of cars like the new McLaren P1 – where  performance and handling are much more the focus than outright top speed – has added the the irrelevance. But that doesn’t stop some car makers aiming for the bragging rights of the world’s fastest production car, and John Hennessey and his Hennessey Venom GT are back with another claim on the title.

2012 Mercedes SL63 AMG: Official photos and more detail

First official photos of the 2012 Mercedes SL63 AMG The 2012 Mercedes SL63 AMG – revealed yesterday at Barcelona – gets up to 557bhp with Performance Package. New official Photos. Yesterday Mercedes-Benz sneaked out the first look at the 2012 Mercedes SL63 AMG, with Messrs Schumacher and Rosberg arriving for the unveiling of the 2012 Mercedes F1 car in matching SL63 AMGs.