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Recall is last linked to fire hazard, Ford says

Ford Motor Co.'s new recall of vehicles that pose potential fire hazards will be its last because the latest action covers all remaining cars and trucks with cruise-control switches made by Texas Instruments, even if those switches don't pose safety risks, a Ford spokesman said today. "We did this to reassure customers and make sure there will be no future actions connected to this," spokesman Wes Sherwood said in an interview. "We've gone to extra lengths to include both vehicles with risks and those that don't show risk." Yesterday, Ford announced a recall of 4.5 million vehicles--its eighth in the past decade involving cars and trucks with faulty cruise-control deactivation switches.

Hopped-up Infiniti Q50 Eau Rogue set for Detroit auto show

Infiniti undoubtedly has a prestigious reputation when it comes to the world of Formula One racing, thanks to its partnership with Red Bull Racing and Formula One's baby-faced prodigy, Sebastian Vettel. So it's not surprising that its next concept will take inspiration from the F1 speed machines. Infiniti plans to debut the Q50 Eau Rogue concept at the Detroit auto show in January.

MINI Traveller set to return

MINI Traveller set to return You’d forgotten about the MINI Traveller, hadn’t you? Or maybe, as we foolishly did, you assumed that as the Countryman and Traveller were the same thing MINI would leave the Traveller moniker in the history books. No chance.