Ford Motor has already been testing the theory of small premium cars, with some success.

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Advance testing this year led Hyundai Motor Co. to tweak one of its commercials.

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Ford Motor Company today begins real-world testing of future technologies as part of a research programme aimed at advancing car-to-car and car-to-infrastructure communication to European roads.

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Once at the motor sports complex, journalists took turns testing all-wheel-drive XJs and smaller XFs, which also get the system as an option for 2013, by flinging them through various obstacle courses, every one of which was covered in several inches of snow with thick ice underneath.

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Ford Motor ( F - news - people ) has already been testing the theory of small premium cars, with some success.

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Meanwhile, the FIA said in a statement that it was happy with the response of Spanish officials to the situation and agreed with the RFEA (the Spanish motor sport body) that a very small number of the 35, 000 spectators at the February testing session were involved.

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