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Mini John Cooper Works WRC: the roll cage in detail

Mini claims it’s created the safest WRC car ever – with a little help from Prodrive.  And to prove the point, they’ve opened up the Mini Countryman WRC’s innards and spilled some of the secrets of its rollcage. The Countryman racer is stripped and fitted with a new type of rollcage designed by Prodrive. Its beams curve outwards and the Banbury engineers say it has been designed to withstand impacts much better than the straight crossbeams used in most WRC cars.

Toyota to get BMW Diesel Engines, BMW to get Toyota Hybrid Technology

BMW & Toyota in talks to share technology Toyota and BMW are reportedly in talks to share technology, with BMW getting access to Toyota’s hybrid expertise, and Toyota getting BMW diesel engines. A profitable future for car makers relies to a great extent on yielding the best return they can from their own products, and using the products of other car makers to augment their own range at sensible money. That imperative explains the report today that BMW and Toyota are in talks to exchange technology at which they excel; Toyota with hybrid technology and BMW with diesel engines.

Bentley Mulsanne Executive Interior – Theatre and iPad Multimedia packages

Bentley Mulsanne Executive Interior Bentley has introduced the Mulsanne Executive Interiors with Theatre and iPad Multimedia packages on offer. Following close on the heels of the Bentley Bentley Mulsanne Mulliner Driving Specification last week – which offered a sporty option for the latest Mulsanne – we now get the Bentley Mulsanne Executive Interior for Bentley owners who want to turn the back of their car in to a business and multimedia centre. Bentley are keen to point out that they don’t just get a crate of iPads and glue them in to the Mulsanne, but take great care to integrate the iPads and multimedia fully in to the interior of the Mulsanne, a task that takes 170 hours.