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General Motors fires back at Volkswagen

General Motors issued a terse response this week to published comments by Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn, who suggested to the German press that Opel could be sold to a Chinese competitor. Detroit-based GM called Winterkorn's comments “regrettable” and accused him of “fanning speculation.” Opel was nearly sold to Magna and Russian investors in the wake of GM's 2009 bankruptcy. But then-CEO Ed Whitacre and the corporate board reversed that decision, igniting controversy from German political and labor leaders who have long chafed under American oversight.

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CAR has teamed up with McLaren sponsor Santander to bring you the chance to win one of these ace souvenirs – plus loads more prize opportunities including tickets to next year's British Grand Prix. To win one of the helmets simply answer this question: In which year was Jenson Button crowned F1 World Champion? Click here to enter For more great prizes – including signed merchandise from Lewis and Jenson, VIP tours of McLaren's HQ and 2012 weekend GP tickets  – click on the link below and check out the Competitions tab on Lewis and Jenson's Facebook page.

Man-made Modern Luxury Materials in Cars

Luxury, within the context of a car interior, has been closely related to the use of wood and leather for over a century. These natural materials have a familiar organic, tactile quality that are intrinsically desirable attributes for most people and, in today's mass manufactured plastic world, they also assume a luxury or premium quality. Throughout the last century, metal, leather and wood have also been progressively supplanted by bakelite, vinyl and then polymer-based plastic materials in car interiors as well.