News :

• Bertone Seeks Bankruptcy Protection (Edmunds.com)
  TURIN, Italy — Carrozzeria Bertone, one of Italy's oldest and most renowned coachbuilders, said it is seeking the equivalent of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it tries to reorganize its contract manufacturing business.
  www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=123701
  
  
• by Sam Livingstone (Car Design News)
  Car door panels and fenders are generally made of steel, sometimes of aluminum or plastic composites, and you can't see through them. Car windows, on the other hand, are made of a transparent sandwich of glass and plastic - and you can see through them.
  www.cardesignnews.com/site/home/new_cars/display/store4/item93946
  
  
• Cinquecento is Car of the Year (Times of Malta)
  The international jury presiding over the Car of the Year award, made up of 58 specialist journalists from 22 European countries, has named the Fiat 500 Car of the Year 2008 with 385 votes. The little Fiat beat the Mazda 2 with 325 votes and the Ford Mondeo 202.
  www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20071125/motoring/cinquecento-is-car-of-the-year
  
  
• SPECIAL EVENT (LONDON, UK.) - LEGEND PER EKLUND TO COMPETE IN LONDON RALLYCROSS (The Auto Channel)
  World rally legend Per Eklund is competing in tne inaugural 2007 London Masters Rallycross competition, held at ExCel on Saturday and Sunday 8/9 December.
  www.theautochannel.com/F/news/2007/11/23/071784.html
  
  
• FullPress.it è una testata di informazione tecnologica! (Full Press)
  F5 Networks annuncia che il dispositivo FirePass 4100® Controller v5.5 si è aggiudicato il premio 'Hot Pick' dal magazine americano Information Security per la sua versatilità, facilità di utilizzo e scalabilità.
  www.fullpress.it/comunicati-stampa/information-leakage.aspx
  
  
• FullPress.it è una testata di informazione tecnologica! (Full Press)
  Il Progetto Integrato AXMEDIS - Produzione automatica di contenuti multimediali per la distribuzione multi-canale - lancia un Bando europeo per la ricerca di nuovi partner (aziende e istituzioni) per lo svolgimento di sotto-Progetti quali Azioni Pilota all’interno dello stesso progetto integrato della Commissione Europea, al fine di convalidare e promuovere la diffusione delle tecnologie AXMEDIS ...
  www.fullpress.it/comunicati-stampa/axmedis.aspx
  
  
• Perez heads 'East' after RAC 1-2. (Crash.net)
  Steve Perez set for East African Safari debut.
  www.crash.net/motorsport/rally_uk/news/157477-0/perez_heads_east_after_rac_1-2.html
  
  
• Advertisement starts (Tiscali)
  But with increasingly vociferous resistance by civic groups against using big, gas-guzzling SUVs for daily urban trips, carmakers are trying to position the smaller versions as green vehicles.
  www.tiscali.co.uk/news/newswire.php/news/reuters/2007/09/03/business/european-roads-brace-for-onslaught-of-smaller-suvs.html&template=/news/feeds/story_template.html
  
  
• The Fiat 500 Is Car Of The Year 2008 (carpages)
  The international jury presiding over the Car of the Year award, made up of 58 specialist journalists from 22 European countries, has elected the Fiat 500 Car of the Year 2008 with 385 votes, ahead of the Mazda 2 (325 votes) and the Ford Mondeo (202).
  www.carpages.co.uk/fiat/fiat-500-19-11-07.asp
  
  
• ITALY: International jury names Fiat 500 car of the year (just-auto)
  Fiat's revived, retro-look 500 has been named car of the year (COTY) by an international jury of 58 journalists with 385 votes, ahead of the Mazda 2 (325) and the Ford Mondeo (202).
  www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=93110