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Hot seats: from design to delivery [sponsored]

As the user demands on car interiors are increasingly influenced by their growing design consciousness, so suppliers like Lear strive to bring better-engineered seating to satisfy. 2013 was another big year for Lear, as Jeanette Puig-Pey, its global fabric & leather design manager, enthuses: "At our ‘Design2Perform' event we celebrated the unveiling of our brand new collection, with special emphasis on color and texture and our TeXstyle Enhance product, perfect for customization. Laser etching is part of this offering, it is exclusive to Lear Corporation and can be used to add refined design elements to cloth and leather." A mix of fabric and leather in seating is not new but is often seen by the consumer as a cheaper alternative to full leather.

Range Rover Evoque starts PR world tour

Ten Range Rover Evoques are being dispatched around the world to cities such as London, New York, Milan, Madrid and Berlin for 'testing' by Land Rover engineers ahead of the global debut at the Paris motor show in autumn 2010. In reality though, these 10 prototypes will be painted in bright colours to attract future customers. Doesn’t sound like testing to us; maybe testing our eyes...

Mercedes-Benz recalling 2,297 diesel cars for fuel leak

Mercedes-Benz is recalling nearly 2,300 diesel-powered cars to fix a leak in the fuel system. The recall covers 2011 models of the E-class, the GL-class, the M-class and the R-class. The fuel leak is caused by a faulty fuel-filter O-ring that may have not been properly lubricated.