Good oil: Pedicure required

It's enough to make a good Kiwi chippy reach for his nail gun. Nissan in Britain has launched a pink versionof the Cabstar light truck for "metrosexual tradesman". It comes with a matching leather-effect tool-belt with nail-file slot and an extra large, pink hard hat - "so the sculptured hairstyle below remains unspoilt while on the job", says Nissan. "Thus the metrosexual builder can go straight from the site to a wine bar without pausing to apply more hair product." Said Nissan brand manager Isabelle Kerdat: "Only recently I had a builder over and he was more interested in my clothing than my cornicing." British builders who want to get into a Cabstar, says Nissan, "will be required to produce proof of a pedicure."

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A magazine published by carmaker Lamborghini has won top prize at the International Mercury Awards for Public Relations, an annual get-together in New York. The twice-yearly customer magazine is published in English, Italian and German and has a circulation of 12,000 copies.

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Police in Los Angeles are testing a device that "harpoons" fleeing vehicles with a small global position system transmitter. The high-tech dart can be fired by hand or from a launcher on the front of a police car. It lodges in the escaping vehicle and its miniature GPS system allows police to track the vehicle from a safe distance. Asked if the large number of freeways and vehicles in California contributed to the large number of chases, the LA police chief said: "No, it is because there are so many nuts."

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Seven-times world Formula One champion Michael Schumacher and his wife Corinna Betsch have been holidaying on Queensland's Gold Coast leading up to this weekend's Melbourne Grand Prix. The two were spotted dining with Gold Coast resident and former 500cc motorcycle world champion Mick Doohan before flying in Doohan's helicopter to a winery near the Mt Cotton driver training centre.

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Dozens of blind students in Chicago public schools are nonetheless required to take driver-education classes, reports the Chicago Tribune. One sightless student told the newspaper she resented the requirement because it made her uncharacteristically dwell on something that she cannot do.