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Video: Yasushi Nakamuta on Mazda 3's 'unique' design process

It may be leaden with PR-talk but this short presentation by Yasushi Nakamuta, Mazda's director of advanced design studio at the press unveiling of the new Mazda 3 in Melbourne is still worth a couple of minutes of your time. But while the 3 is undeniably attractive we can't help but feel that the 'unique' design process Nakamuta describes (which appears wholly conventional to us) has resulted in little more than a thoroughly normal product. Take a look for yourself at the video to your left.

CAR interviews head of Audi design Wolfgang Egger (2012)

After years of producing near-identical looking Audis which even we struggle to distinguish, Ingolstadt is about to embark on a range redesign. CAR magazine caught up with Audi's head of design Wolfgang Egger for a quick interview to find out what he has planned for the four-ringed executive brand in the coming years. CAR: The Audi brand is about to reinvent itself.

Win a Silverstone driving experience

Christmas is just around the corner so what better gift for the petrolhead in your family than the chance to drive a supercar around Silverstone. In other words, enter our competition and win the driving experience for yourself. CAR Online has teamed up with Silverstone, the home of British motor racing, to give away a Christmas Super Choice Voucher.