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Lamborghini is serious about making cars faster by means other than adding horsepower. After recently opening its Advanced Composite Research Center (ACRC) at its headquarters in Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy, Lamborghini engineers began work not only on new cars, but also developing lighter versions of current offerings. The first to get their attention was the Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Spyder Performante.

Ford already spilled the beans that it intends to push the all-new 2012 Focus into motorsports events around the world, but it refrained from showing us what a race-spec form of its new global compact car could look like until now. The 2012 Focus Race Car Concept, which debuts later today at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show, is designed to give us a sneak peek at what lies ahead.

Enter text here.Arguably, the true surprise came not from Cadillac, but GMC. Designers expounded upon the Granite concept shown earlier this year to create a stylish, compact pickup truck. The micro-ute features only a four-foot bed, but a trick split tailgate design allows the cargo space to securely haul items up to six feet in length. At this stage, the Granite truck is merely a design exercise, but it shows GM (a. is pleased with critical and consumer reaction to the Granite's design, and (b. isn't ignoring the conspicuous lack of a small, efficient pickup in our market.