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As widely expected, Ford has announced it has sold Jaguar and Land Rover to Tata for $2.3 billion, which is less than half of what Ford initially paid for those 2 brands. The transfer is to take place at the end of second quarter.

[Read full news from Report on Business]

Scion wants you to create your own family crest and show it off to the world. I’m still not sure how this translates into Scion auto sales, but the idea is fun nonetheless. Customization options are plentiful, and some of the artwork created by other users are pretty outstanding. Above is what I quickly made using the website.

Go make your crest or look at the gallery at scionspeak.com

Hyundai’s newest coupe will be 2010 Genesis Coupe. It will be officially unveiled this week during New York Autoshow, but some official pictures have been leaked. Here are a few of them. Overall, the car looks like a marked improvement over Tiburon and that wheel looks particularly sweet. Specs have not been released, nor a projected price but knowing that this is a Hyundai vehicle, it will be affordable with plenty of standard features.

New study by researchers at the University of South Florida Public Health have discovered that intersections with red-light cameras installed have actually higher accident rate than the ones without cameras. The main cause is the fact that drivers slam on brakes when they see a yellow light causing the cars behind to collide with them. Apart from boosting city’s treasury, the camera was widely touted as a safety feature by reducing the number of people who run red lights.

[Read full release from USF]

Early Tuesday morning, due to severe weather conditions, there was a horrific accident on Abu-Dhabi-Dubai highway, near Ghantoot. It is reported that it involved 200 vehicles, including 25 of those that went up in flames. Early report suggests a death toll of 6, with hundreds injured.

For more information and pictures from the scene, visit Gulfnews.