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The Jaguar F-Type's a closet Star Wars geek

Our friends over at Jalopnik are currently at Jaguar F-Type media event over in Seattle, where they had a chance to catch up with its design Wayne Burgess (check out our full interview with him here), who revealed some interesting sources of inspiration for some of its detailing. The first is a real easter egg - a detail that once you've discovered it you can't help but see - the front lamp cans are based on Star Wars' TIE Fighter. What has been seen can not be unseen.

A 75th birthday for the '34 Ford

Two years ago, the hot-rodding world pulled out all the stops to celebrate the diamond jubilee of the iconic 1932 Ford, the hot-rodder's hot rod. The high point of that jubilee was a gathering of the 75 most significant '32s in conjunction with the Grand National Roadster Show of 2007. It was held in its own hall at the L.A.

London motor show A-Z report and videos

By Tim Pollard Motor Shows 24 July 2008 17:30 CAR Online now has a full A-Z multimedia guide to the London motor show 2008. Check out our full reports from every stand at the British International Motor Show, complete with: • A written stand review by CAR journalists • Video of the key cars at the London show • Separate video news stand-by-stand • Reader reports by CAR's citizen journalists Scroll to the foot of each manufacturer report for exclusive CAR video reports – and be sure to click 'Add your comment' to rate our news and our readers' reviews of the British International Motor Show. Do we have some star writers in the making?