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NOVEMBER 2011 MATERIALS | SAFETY | STATE OF INDUSTRY: INTERNATIONAL
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HYDROGEN
Back in the Spotlight
Mercedes refocuses with F 125! concept.
Plus, Ward’s test drives Hyundai FCV.
ON PAGE 44
’12 VW Beetle p.51
In search of male buyers.
See VIDEO
from the
Ward’s 10
Best Engines
Ceremony on
page 32.
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2007
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2010
2011
2012
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