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BMW presents the armored off-road vehicle X5 - Security. For BMW, personal protection from criminal attack has absolute priority, no matter what situation. The BMW X5 Security provides you with all the benefits of a Sports Activity Vehicle (SAV), coupled with the very latest security technology. Its passenger cell will protect you and your family from many kinds of violent crime – whether robbery, kidnapping or carjacking. You will feel safer than ever before, wherever you might be.

The go-fast gurus at Ferrari are working on a successor to the jaw-dropping Enzo that could be the lightest, quickest two-seater ever to roll out of Maranello.

We told you months ago the Scuderia's next supercar would be based on the Millechili concept that embraces the "less is more" ethos. Ferrari sees lighter cars as the best way to reach its goal of increasing fuel economy 40 percent and reducing emissions 25 percent without compromising its reputation for performance. The Millechili is a guidepost to that greener future.

With oil prices at a record high, it comes as no surprise to find alternative vehicles such as the Lumeneo Smera catching the eye of car enthusiasts everywhere. The Smera is a two seat, four wheel electric vehicle that is narrow enough to maneuver as a motorcycle. We’ve heard of small vehicles, but the Smera is taking thin to a new transportation extreme.

Concept cars give automotive designers a chance to let their imaginations run wild, often with outlandish results. But even by that measure, BMW has come up with something as strange as it is innovative -- a shape-shifting car covered with fabric.

Volkswagen AG, Europe's biggest carmaker, recalled 293,199 Brazilian-made Fox cars after a backseat mechanism injured at least eight people, some of whom lost the tip of their fingers.

The recall, ordered by the Brazilian Justice Ministry, includes the Fox, CrossFox and SpaceFox models, Volkswagen's Brazilian unit said.

The company will add parts and put stickers in the back seat with additional instructions explaining how to safely fold the seat the expand trunk space. The measures were approved by the ministry, Volkswagen said.