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Ford and Dodge upgrade police patrol vehicles for Michigan State Police test day

Ford touted the addition of its 3.7-liter V6 engine to its Police Interceptor sedan, and Dodge boasted about the new Charger Pursuit with all-wheel drive on Thursday. That can only mean that the Michigan State Police force is doing its yearly vehicle testing, and two of the Detroit Three are trying to get noticed. General Motors has its new rear-wheel-drive Caprice to bank on, which we believe is the best of the group.

CAR Magazine's Fantasy League Formula 1

Ever cursed Ferrari or McLaren's tactics, felt sure some of F1's minnows could do better with their multi-million dollar budgets, or accurately predicted the F1 champs over the past ten seasons? Well now it's your chance to prove just how good your knowledge of F1 is, by joining CAR Online's new Fantasy League Formula 1 team. As a Fantasy League F1 manager your job is to select six real-life drivers and one constructor - from your $100m budget you can put all your money behind a big name, share the risk or use the lucky dip selector. Entry costs just £10 and there are plenty of prizes on offer after each GP race:   £5000 in cash and a luxury trip for two to the 201  Monaco Grand Prix for CAR's overall Fantasy League Formula 1 champion  £100 and a copy of the official F1 video game for every race winner  A racing experience at Brands Hatch for you and a friend  Cash prizes for managers finishing in 2nd to 10th place  And consolation entries into the 2011 game for managers finishing in 11th to 20th placePoints will be awarded after each race weekend, and prizes announced.

Aston Martin at the Paris motor show 2008

By Ben Barry Motor Shows 03 October 2008 10:13 The buzz around Aston Martin continues. The now independent brand is teasing motor show visitors with a styling buck of the One-77 (the ultra-exclusive £1.2 million supercar that’ll be limited to a run of, yep, 77 when it arrives in 2009) that reveals just its front right and rear left aspects, plus there’s an automatic DBS on display and talk of exciting future Aston Martin projects. James Bond’s favourite Aston now comes with Touchtronic – a six-speed ZF automatic gearbox that’s borrowed from the DB9 but substantially beefed up.