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Shelby to be honored with Keith Crain award at Washington auto show

Famed car designer Carroll Shelby will receive the 2011 Keith Crain/Automotive News Lifetime Achievement Award on Thursday, Jan. 27 during the Washington auto show. The award is given annually to an individual who has made a significant contribution to the auto industry.

Aston V12 Zagato confirmed for production in 2012

Aston Martin has confirmed production of the V12 Zagato – yours for £330,000, plus local taxes. It will build just 150 examples will be hand-built at Gaydon, with first deliveries expected in summer 2012. An aluminium and carbonfibre body is designed to echo the 1960 DB4 GT Zagato.

Call for ban on in-car hands-free phones

Road safety charity Brake is calling for a blanket ban on in-car hands-free phone systems. Using a hand-held phone while driving is already illegal in the UK, so a proposal to prohibit even hands-free kits would completely eradicate calling from behind the wheel. On Bing: see pictures of people using mobile phones while driving 1 in 3 use mobile phone behind the wheel A decade on from when the mobile phone ban was introduced, Brake is asking the government to assess its policy on all forms of telephone communication while driving.