Ferrari has decided to recall all of the 458 Italia cars it made this year, following reports of a number of the luxury cars catching fire.

Ferrari said its engineers had flown around the world to investigate five reports of “thermal incidents”.

As a result, it will be asking the owners of more than 1,200 of the supercars to bring them in for modification work.

BBC

In 2008 we showed you this automotive family tree. Two years and a Carpocalypse later, everything’s changed. So we’ve created an up-to-date automotive family tree. Except now brands and automakers are so interconnected it’s more like a giant circuit board.

Jalopnik

When Mazda invited us to Milan to see its new concept car, we knew it must be something important. Normally concept cars get their 15 minutes of fame at an auto show, and then it’s off to the next press conference to see what the following automaker will introduce. Not so with Mazda’s latest styling endeavor. The Japanese automaker wanted our full and undivided attention, with the center of international design and fashion in Italy as a fitting backdrop.

Autoblog

We all knew the 2011 Dodge Charger would be restyled. Now Chrysler has issued the first factory photo of the new model, decked out in full police pursuit gear.

MotorAuhtorithy

Whether you agree or not, that’s the opinion of the folks at Ward’s Automotive, who observe a dramatic transformation in the way concepts are being developed. Years ago, concepts showed what was possible if cost, physics and safety, weren’t constraints. Today however, many concepts are design exercises in practicality.

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The Offenders: The Cross-Bronx Expressway, New York City; The Alaskan Way Viaduct, Seattle

To the 21st-century American, the idea of razing homes to make room for more roads may seem inconceivable, or at least dated. Our metropolises might be strangled with congestion, but you’d be hard-pressed to find a traffic engineer or highway designer who thinks more urban expressways are the solution. That wasn’t always the case.

Popular Mechanics

The White House said at the time that it was confident haulage firms could cut emissions from heavy trucks by about 20 percent using existing technologies.

Now the EPA and DOT have lodged draft standards with the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review.

The OMB provided no details on the nature of the proposed rules, signaling only that it has received a draft proposal for “commercial medium- and heavy-duty on-highway vehicles and work truck fuel efficiency standards.”

The main reason for cheer in the new machine is top of the line latest Denali trim version, the new Denali model is equipped to give compete with Ford King Ranch. The tires in the new machine can be upgraded to 20-inch wheels. The new 2011 GMC Sierra 3500HD is carry over version of the last year’s GMC Sierra but with lots of upgraded features. The new GMC is a full size pickup truck that is available with three body styles that gives the design of a two-rear axle. The machine has been designed to accommodate long bed and comfortable interior designing options that helps to give you a comfortable and powerful ride.

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Back before Ford announced it was producing a new aluminum block version of its supercharged 5.4-liter V8 for the 2011 GT500, speculation ran rampant that the new 5.0-liter Coyote V8 would get the force-feeding treatment. At the time, Ford declined to comment, but even with the introduction of the lighter 5.4-liter, the speculation never died away.

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