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Range Rover Evoque starts PR world tour

Ten Range Rover Evoques are being dispatched around the world to cities such as London, New York, Milan, Madrid and Berlin for 'testing' by Land Rover engineers ahead of the global debut at the Paris motor show in autumn 2010. In reality though, these 10 prototypes will be painted in bright colours to attract future customers. Doesn’t sound like testing to us; maybe testing our eyes...

Ford and IDSA to host 'Designing Innovation' live design panel discussion tomorrow

Freeman Thomas, strategic design director at Ford, will take part in a live design panel discussion on Wednesday 7 May. The panel, hosted by Ford and the Industrial Designers Society of America, will also include CEO of industrial design firm Fuseproject Yves Béhar, and Christopher Williams, business development director at product design and company Lime Lab. Topics will how technology plays a role in design; how designers shape consumer behaviors and responses to innovative products; and how products both stand out from and fit in with the world around them.

Most drivers say no to toll roads

RADICAL Government proposals to privatise some roads in the UK and for companies to charge a toll have been rejected by drivers. Seventy-seven per cent of drivers say they would avoid toll roads and use another route to avoid paying to drive on a road. The government is considering handing over the running of some roads to private companies as part of the Infrastructure Bill as recommended in the Cook Report.