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Ford once planned to race fiberglass-bodied Mustang touring cars

Tucked away on page nine of the May 9, 1964 issue of Competition Press and Autoweek is an intriguing little story: “FIA Rejects Ford Bid for Homolgation [sic].” At the time, the Mustang had just made its world debut, but Ford was already scheming to fold the car into its “Total Performance” campaign. The automaker apparently proposed to do so with a fleet of crazy fiberglass-bodied touring cars. According to Competition Press, Ford tried to get the new Mustang classified as a touring car for international racing.

Nissan's second-generation Qashqai unveiled in London

The second-generation Nissan Qashqai has been revealed at an event in London. Check out the gallery for the first images of the car ahead of the full story tomorrow morning, featuring exclusive interviews with Nissan head of design Shiro Nakamura and Darryl Scriven, design manager, Nissan Design Europe.

Caterham AeroSeven concept (2013) first official pictures

This is Caterham’s vision for the future of its car range: the AeroSeven concept. Dragging the Seven template into the 21st Century, the two-seater AeroSeven reportedly uses F1 knowhow in its design, and will launch to 62mph in less than four seconds. It’ll go on sale in production form in late 2014, two years before the Alpine-Caterham sports car deal comes to fruition.