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Autoweek Design Forum returns for 2012

Last year, Pixar gurus gave attendees an early preview of their hit summer blockbuster, Cars 2, five months before it premiered in theaters. Two years ago, Chrysler's Ralph Gilles brought down the house with an insightful, hilarious keynote on the state of styling. This year, well buckle up: The 2012 Autoweek Design Forum returns on Jan.

Chrysler Ypsilon Black&Red launched

The Special Edition Chrysler Ypsilon Black&Red There’s a new special edition of the Ypsilon on sale in the UK – the Chrysler Ypsilon Black&Red. Starts at £12,750. The Chrysler Ypsilon, the re-badged version of the Lancia Ypsilon which is itself a stretched Fiat 500 under the skin (with us so far?) arrived on sale in the UK in October last year.

Center stack is new high-stakes battleground; showdown with safety regulators looms

For auto suppliers and gadget companies eager to get a piece of the auto industry, the hottest chunk of vehicle real estate now is the center stack. That corridor of interior space, running from the driver's right hip up through the center of the cockpit to the bottom of the windshield, has become a California gold rush of opportunity. But it is less so for traditional suppliers of molded plastics, cables, levers, buttons and radios.