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Win a limited-run Lewis Hamilton portrait

By Ben Pulman Competitions 19 August 2009 09:00 CAR Online has teamed up with Mobil 1 to offer you the chance to win a limited-edition print of Lewis Hamilton, based on a portrait of the F1 driver which used the oil from his own race car. Click here to enter our competition Earlier this year US artist David Macaluso painted a portrait of Lewis Hamilton using the oil from the sump of the current F1 champ’s title-winning grand prix car. And now CAR is giving away one of 50 limited-run prints being produced.

T-Mobile offers service to block cell calls, text messages while driving

The next step in the effort to keep people from using cell phones for calls and text messages while driving has arrived--a service that senses when the phone is moving at carlike speeds and automatically handles calls and messages. T-Mobile is providing the service, called DriveSmart, for its customers who use the LG Optimus T, a mobile phone that runs the Android operating system. T-Mobile says it will make the service available on other handsets soon.

BMW expands Mini lineup with two-seat coupe, roadster models

Mini is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its original model by confirming plans for a new compact performance-oriented coupe. The two-seater, revealed 50 years to the day after the premiere of the first Mini back in 1959, will make its public debut at the upcoming Frankfurt auto show. At the show, the BMW-owned carmaker also will unveil a similarly styled two-seat roadster, which sources say will head into production as part of a strategy aimed at further raising the appeal of the wildly popular and iconic small car.