Some models sold in Brazil, like the Chinese-made JAC J3, scored only one star in a recent crash test despite having air bags and antilock brakes.

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At the big press conference in San Francisco, Ford president and chief executive Jac Nasser waxed lyrical about the impact of Ford taking a minority stake in CarPoint, Microsoft's car-buying site.

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