Ford Motors is setting its sights on unveiling new compact car made for the Indian market. The new car model is the Ford Figo, a new and fresh face which is Ford’s bet to compete with the growing demand for small cars in India. Only the exterior design was revealed to the public at the press conference held in New Delhi and further details will be unveiled once the vehicle production launches in 2010.

For the record, Figo is an Italian word for “Cool”. Production for the Ford Figo will be held at the expanded integrated manufacturing facility near Chennai.

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The United Kingdom has made good its promise to address the growing problem of carbon emissions by older cars as its car scrappage scheme was officially inaugurated today, providing owners a £2,000 discount if they surrender their car for scrappage. Cars over 10 years are eligible for the scheme.

Now before you go on considering this deal, would £2,000 be sufficient to get rid of that old automobile in lieu for a new one? Depending of course on the type of car you will be getting, you just have to do some pencil pushing. New cars don’t come cheap despite the price cuts and discount deals that car manufacturers are undertaking to survive.

One cry is to adjust the said discount deal, something more tempting to be able to get a good vehicle in the market. Though nothing has been said for now, it looks like this deal will remain the same although it is likely studies may be ongoing as we speak.

“There are so many good deals out there on pre-registered nearly-new stock that actually it’s easier to find a car with a bigger discount under these pre-registered deals than it is under the scrappage scheme,” said Kieran Puffett, editor of Parker’s.

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I am sure you too prefer the original Top Gear show so if your home base is America then you’ll be happy to know that BBC AMERICA will premiere the new, original Top Gear season.

The new season of Top Gear will premiere on Monday, February 9, 8:00 PM ET/PT. So no matter if you’ve somehow seen the new episodes, and notice how I am not mentioning anything about any type of legal or illegal downloading, you will enjoy them again soon on BBC AMERICA. Top Gear 10 and 11 are available on iTunes already at special prices when getting the entire seasons.

I am not going to reveal any of the episode synopsis, which by the way are available already in more than one place, but I just want to remind you that you’ll be able to check all that Top Gear Tesla Roadster testing we’ve been talking about earlier.

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That’s only a teeny weeny bit of the madness we’re about to see in Top Gear 12. Clarkson, Hammond and May are arriving on November 2nd so tune in to BBC somehow. No matter where you are in the world you’d have to get the original show and watch it. No other spin off, although I haven’t actually had the time or the patience to watch one, is worth watching. You get my point right?

So did you like all the supercars there? But what about the big trucks. What are the guys doing? That’s what I want to see!

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