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BASF's 'sit down. move' contest: Chemistry for the senses

BASF design contest ‘sit down. move.' Contest type seat design Launched 26 September 2012 Deadline for entries 30 January 2013 Contest coordinators Eva Höfli & Jordan Kurikov Headquarters Ludwigshafen, Germany Contact sitdownmove@basf.com Website www.designfabrik.basf.com/sitdownmove In September 2012, BASF's Global Competence Seating Team and its ‘designfabrik' studio launched a seating design contest called ‘sit down. move'.

Drivers walk to avoid parking fees

DRIVERS are voting with their feet over parking charges, with most prepared to walk so they do not have to pay. On average, drivers are willing to walk up to half a mile to dodge parking charges, a survey from market research company Viewsbank found. A fifth of motorists were prepared to walk a mile or more rather than pay up, with only 11% saying they would rather pay than walk, the poll of 2,053 drivers revealed.

Citroen DS3 Racing concept car (2010) first pictures

This is Citroen taking a swipe at the Mini Cooper S Works – and giving us a hint at what Sebastian Leob will be driving in next year’s WRC. The DS3 Racing is a pumped up version of the new C3-based premium supermini and just 1000 will be finished at the workshops of Citroen Racing, the team behind 11 rally championship titles. Based on the production 1.6 THP, the Racing version gets tweaks to the turbo, exhaust and engine management system to boost power from 148bhp to 197bhp and add 26lb ft of twist for a 203lb ft total.