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Lamborghini Aventador Nazionale debuts in Beijing

Lamborghini used the Beijing auto show to display some its Ad Personam wares on the Aventador LP 700-4. The Nazionale gets a coat of white paint that Lambo calls “bianco opalis” and Italian flag-inspired racing stripes up the middle. The interior leather is done in black and blue.

General Motors spending $131 million to upgrade Corvette plant

General Motors is spending $131 million on its Bowling Green, Ky., assembly plant to prepare it to build the next-generation Corvette. The plant will spend the money on manufacturing equipment, specialized tooling and plant updates, said Mark Reuss, GM's president of North America. The plant will add about 250 jobs, which will boost its workforce by about 50 percent, to about 750 workers.

Ford Motor Company Fund expands driver-education program for teens

Driving Skills for Life (DSFL), a free program sponsored by the Ford Motor Company Fund to teach teen drivers safe driving skills, will be coming to 31 more cities this year as part of the DSFL national high-school tour and community program. New sites for the clinic include Albany, N.Y.; Louisville, Ky.; Atlanta; Phoenix, and Boston. “There is nothing more important than the safety of our young people on the road,” said Jim Graham, manager of DSFL.