(April 19, 2012) ATLANTA — Porsche has announced the debut of the Porsche Design Driver's Selection spring collection. Presented under the theme of The Speed of Sports, highlights of the collection include two new Porsche city bicycles, the Bike RS and S, along with new MARTINI RACING accessories and apparel.

(April 19, 2012) DEARBORN, Mich. — Rising oil prices have Ford upping the ante in its push to reduce petroleum dependence and use more sustainable materials — including retired U.S. paper currency — to make parts.
 
A wide range of alternatives to products now made with petroleum are under review for potential application in Ford vehicles from shredded retired currency to cellulose from trees, Indian grass, sugar cane, dandelions, corn and coconuts.

(April 18, 2012) NEW ORLEANS — As the nation’s top men’s basketball teams competed for an NCAA title earlier this month, participants in the Buick Arena at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans were shooting for a different record book. A total of 422 basketball fans completed the world’s largest game of “Knockout.”

Knockout is a basketball game involving participants lined up behind the free throw line. After the first player begins shooting, the next player is allowed to take a shot as well. If the second player makes a basket first, the earlier shooter is “knocked out” and the game continues until just one winner remains.

(April 18, 2012) The retro-styled Mustang is being abandoned at Ford in favor of a modern look with the next-generation pony car set for the 2014 model year, according to reports. The new Mustang will closely resemble that of the Evos concept car that Ford showed in September at the Frankfurt auto show, according to the Wall Street Journal, quoting Ford sources.