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Webinars: Using an ecological microfiber material for automotive interiors

CDN's third webinar 'Driving the Green Way: the First Ecological Microfiber for Automotive Interiors' was presented by Miko on 31 March, 2010. View the recorded webinar in our archive by clicking the above link. You can also find out more about the Italian company and its ecological production and manufacturing processes, plus the application of its Dinamica microfiber material on seating areas, door panels and roof lining – as well as on steering wheels, gear shifts and parking brakes – in the following article.

2012 Ford Focus ST gets 297bhp

Those clever chaps at SuperChips have given the 2012 Ford Focus ST a bit of an ECU tweak to deliver 297bhp and an extra 85lb/ft of torque. When we reported last week that WTC outfit Arena had in roped Ford’s tuner of choice, Mountune, to give the new Ford Focus a makeover, we were a tad disappointed to discover that they were tweaking the rather journeyman Focus Zetec S. That meant the Zetec S got 200bhp – a handy jump – but we bemoaned the fact that they hadn’t fiddled with the Focus ST to give us a car to fill the void left by the absence of a Focus RS in the current iteration of the Focus.

BMW 'Dwelling Lab' project

One of the most interesting pieces of work shown at the recent Milan Design Week was 'The Dwelling Lab', collaboration between BMW, Flos Lighting and Kvadrat fabrics. Artists Patricia Urquiola and Guilio Ridolfo were commissioned to effectively turn a BMW 5 Series GT inside out. The car is 'exploded' - with five giant cone-like structures growing out of the windscreen, door openings etc.