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One Lap of the Web: supercars and not-so-super cars

-- This has been a busy week for 'Ring records, and it's only Wednesday. The latest unconfirmed report is that the McLaren P1 may have set a time of 6:47 around the course. That would make it the fastest car to ever lap the course, being a full second faster than the Radical SR8 LM.

Who's Where?: Maximilian Missoni becomes vice president exterior design at Volvo

Maximilian Missoni has been promoted to the position of vice president of exterior design at Volvo Cars. He replaces Fedde Talsma, who has elected to leave the company. Talsma's decision brings to an end a career at Volvo that began in 1982, with the past nine years spent as the firm's exterior design director.  Although Volvo states that Talsma has retired after serving 31-years at the Swedish firm, his LinkedIn profile states that he is now an independent automotive design adviser in his native Netherlands.

Drivers in northeastern U.S. have highest crash average, insurance survey finds

If you don't want to be in a car crash, your best course of action is to pay attention, don't follow too closely and keep up on maintenance. You also help your odds if you can stay out of the northeastern United States. Allstate Insurance has released its yearly survey of the safest and most dangerous driving cities in the country.