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Beanz Meanz More Eco-Friendly Future Fords

THE car industry is full of interesting and unusual business partnerships, but this latest tie-up between Ford and Heinz promises to be one of the more intriguing. Far from seeking to produce 57 varieties of any particular new Ford model, the two firms are exploring the use of tomato fibre to develop a sustainable composite materials for use in vehicle manufacturing. For example, boffins believe that dried tomato skins could become the wiring brackets in future Ford vehicles or the storage bin a customer uses to hold coins and other small objects.

Ford Fiesta – 250,000 sales in the first 9 months

Ford has sold 250,000 new Fiesta in its first nine months Ford has announced that in the first nine months of production, the new Ford Fiesta has shifted a very impressive 250,000 units, more than any previous Fiesta managed in the same time-frame. I can’t say we’re too surprised by this. We really like the Ford Fiesta.

Pagani Huayra: Geneva 2012

Pagani Huayra Geneva 2012 Horacio Pagani brought along a white Huayra and an all carbon special edition Pagani Huayra to Geneva. We’ve moaned that Pagani isn’t being completely straight with the progress of the Huayra to market and, it seems, less than willing to address many of the concerns – even from those who’ve ordered the Huayra. Still, Geneva is a motor show and supercars are the stars of motor shows, none more so than the Pagani Huayra.