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Third annual World Automotive Design Competition

The third annual World Automotive Design Competition, sponsored by Alias, was hosted by the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto, Ontario, on February 12. Britain's Coventry School of Art and Design, and Tsinghua University in Beijing, China were the big winners, together garnering seven of the eight prizes. Ninety-four students from twenty design schools from China, Brazil, Japan, France, Korea, England, Wales, Italy, Spain, India, Sweden, the USA and Canada competed to win over US$140,000 in prizes.

Range Rover Sport SVR takes on the Nurburgring – and wins (video)

Range Rover Sport SVR takes on the Nurburgring – and wins (video) We’re not sure at what point a car actually becomes a ‘production’ car, but that’s a tag Land Rover are putting on the new Range Rover Sport SVR as it takes to the Nurburgring and comes away with a time of 8 minutes 14 seconds – the fastest by a production SUV. Land Rover are keen to tell us the lap by the RRS SVR was in a standard production car, by which we assume a car that’s built to the specification announced for the Sport SVR when it arrives next year. That means the full fat 542bhp from its 5.0 litre V8 and performance that is clearly impressive, although Land Rover still hasn’t given us specific performance figures, and certainly enough - together with suspension tweaks – to make it very impressive on road.

Ferrari HY-KERS 2012 heading for F70 revealed: Beijing 2012

Ferrari HY-KERS 2012 Ferrari has revealed a new HY-KERS hybrid setup for 2012 at the Beijing Motor Show which is heading for the F70 Enzo replacement. It may seem odd to talk about a hybrid Ferrari, but it’s vital for companies like Ferrari to have a hybrid option in their arsenal to reduce average CO2 emissions for as long as legislators continue their pointless governance of carbon dioxide levels. That’s why Ferrari developed their HY-KERS system, which was shown on a 599 in 2010, and it’s why Ferrari has now revealed a new HY-KERS system at the Beijing Motor Show.