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News watch June 2012: today's auto industry news

Welcome to CAR Magazine's news aggregator as we round up the daily stories in the auto industry. Top tip: news summaries are added from the top hour-by-hour Friday 29 June 2012• As predicted, BMW and Toyota today announced the next stage of their cooperation to jointly develop powertrains, lightweight technologies, fuel-cells and future platforms (BMW and Toyota)• Today's announcement follows the initial agreement signed in December 2011; in March 2012, BMW and Toyota signed a binding agreement to work together on lithium-ion battery research and for Munich to supply Toyota with diesel engines from 2014 • Now Toyota and BMW have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on the electrification of car powertrains, research into lightweight technologies, develop fuel-cells and to consider future vehicle architectures – 'for a sports car, for example'• Renault will cut 300 jobs at its Flins plant near Paris, it announced today. The factory builds the Clio and is preparing for the new Zoe ZE too (Automotive News Europe)• Ford has warned its pre-tax operating profit in the second quarter will be 'substantially lower' than before.

CAR launches new supercar zone

By Tim Pollard Motoring Issues 31 July 2008 10:26 CAR Online today launches its new supercar zone – a celebration of all things supercar related. We name the greatest and most significant supercars over the past four decades to coincide with the 36-page Supercars 2008 supplement free with the new September 2008 issue of CAR Magazine. Here's a whistle-stop tour of the highlights of our supercars microsite: • We name the landmark supercars• Browse our GBU supercar guide• The forgotten supercars• Vote for your favourites in our polls• Gallardo 560-4 vs Ferrari F430 video• New video library of supercar videos• CAR blogs: how we crashed on the Reventon launch and other supercar tales• Tomorrow's supercars: the scoops• The technical advances – 1966 vs 2008• Test your knowledge in our supercar quizFor all this and more, click here to go to our new supercar zoneClick here for a preview of the Supercars 2008 supplement

Who's Where: Richard Ferlazzo appointed GM Australia design director

Richard Ferlazzo has been appointed General Motors Australia design director. Taking up the position from 1 September, he will report directly to executive director international operations design Michael Simcoe and also GM Holden chairman and managing director Mike Devereux. Ferlazzo will be responsible for Advanced, Production and Global Contract programs and replaces Andrew Smith who left Holden this month to take up the position of executive director of global Cadillac and Buick design at GM's technical center in Warren, Michigan.