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 This competition closed at 11.59pm Wednesday July 13.The winners will be announced on Carsguide.com.au on Monday July 18. Stay tuned… SMS codes have been revealed! Check out our online gallery here.Vote now for your favourite Carsguide Car of the Show and you could win a Lexus CT 200h in Vermillion red with a leather enhancement pack. There is also a runner up prize of a $1,000 prepaid gift card to be won in each region.If you're at the 2011 Australian International Motor Show in Melbourne, note the codeword on the yellow sign next to your choice for Carsguide Car of the Show and sms it to 199 888 00.If you're not attending the show, check out the Carsguide Car of the Show gallery in your local Carsguide lift-out, in the following papers:The Daily Telegraph - Saturday 2 July, Friday 8 July & Saturday 9 July 2011Herald Sun - Friday 1 July, Saturday 2 July, Friday 8 July & Saturday 9 July 2011Courier Mail - Saturday 2 July & Saturday 9 July 2011The Advertiser - Saturday 2 July & Saturday 9 July 2011Northern Territory News - Saturday 2 July & Saturday 9 July 2011The Mercury - Saturday 2 July & Saturday 9 July 2011The Sunday Times - Sunday 3 July & Sunday 10 July 2011.Then SMS your name and the codeword for the car you want to vote for. SMS cost 55c per entry. The SMS numbers for each state are:NSW/ACT: 197 467 67VIC: 199 888 00TAS: 197 036 63QLD: 197 197 22WA: 199 882 00SA/NT: 199 199 03We will be showing the full gallery and code words on carsguide.com.au from Monday, July 11.However ALL voting will be by SMS. To make sure the choice of winner is entirely by a legal random selection, we cannot enable voting by email, letter or phone call.MAJOR PRIZELexus CT200h in Vermillion red with the Leather enhancement Pack including all drive away costs valued at $47,254.71.You could own one of the world's first luxury hybrid hatch! The CT 200h reinforces Lexus' commitment to innovation. Lexus Hybrid Drive delivers an unmatched balance between performance and environmental sensitivity for a driving experience that is pure enjoyment.Introducing the Lexus CT 200hFind a Lexus dealerRequest a brochureRequest a test drive Enhancement Pack 1 includes:Ivory Leather-accented trim.17-inch alloy wheels.Front-seat heaters.Reversing Camera & self-dimming mirror with the reversing camera image shown in the mirrorStandard specifications:100kW hybrid powerplant.Electronically-controlled Continuously Variable Transmission (E-CVT).Drive Mode Select (EV, ECO, NORMAL and SPORT).Eight SRS airbags.6 speaker audio.Full active safety package of ABS, Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD), Brake Assist (BA), Vehicle Stability Control and Traction Control.Emergency flashing brake lights.Daytime Running Lamps (DRL).Mood lighting around the Drive Mode Select dial and overhead illumination.Dual-zone climate control air conditioning.Hill-start Assist Control (HAC).Smart Start.Multi-Information Display (MID).Alloy wheels with Yokohama 'dB decibel E70' tyres.60/40-split fold rear seat with flat floor.Genuine leather steering wheel.Hydrophilic and heated exterior mirrors.Cruise control.Rear spoilerEngine immobiliser.RUNNER UP PRIZESSix lucky runner up winners will each receive a prepaid gift card to the value of $1,000 (one winner per the following regions will be drawn: NSW/ ACT, VIC, TAS, QLD, WA and SA/NT).Competition closes 23:59 (AEST) 13/07/2011. Competition is drawn at 14:00 (AEST) 14/07/2011 at Salmat Interactive, 100 Arthur Street,North Sydney, NSW 2060. Prize includes Lexus Hybrid CT200h Prestige in Vermillion Red with the Leather Enhancement Pack. For full terms and conditions click here. Authorised under NSW: LTPS/11/05505; ACT: TP 11/02335; VIC 11/1181; SA: T11/1180 *Call cost 55c (inc GST) per entry.

In 1926 it won the Grand Prix World Championship after winning more that 350 races.

THE name means "all roads" and now Ducati's Multistrada has proved it with an around-the-world journey.It took 31-year-old Paolo Pirozzi, president of the Naples Ducati Dreams Club, 350 days to travel 100,000km over five continents on his Multistrada 1200 S, and eight sets of Pirelli tyres.Pirozzi, who says his profession is "motorcyclist" has now clocked up more than 450,000km on his Bologna-made Ducati bikes.The Multistrada 1200 features electronic engine management and suspension adjustment that makes the bike suitable for all road surfaces with the rider able to select between riding modes of Sport, Touring, Urban and Enduro.Pirozzi's round-the-world trip began at World Ducati Week in Misano in June 2010 and ended at the racetrack of Imola at the end of May.He visited 80 Ducati Owners Clubs around the world with one Moscow Ducatista becoming a travel companion for three weeks through Siberia. In Malaysia, Pirozzi rode around the Sepang track with his hero and three-time World Superbike champion, Troy Bayliss, of Australia where he also visited.Paolo Pirozzi's dreams are not over yet and this intrepid traveller from Naples is already planning his next trip, which will take him to the magic half a million kilometres and the next World Ducati Week event in 2012.

The campaign for the Kia Soul sees the hamsters rapping on the virtues of the boxy Soul while less hip hamsters cruise the streets in giant toasters and washing machines - in a fairly sizable dig at Toyota’s reputation for turning out dull cars.It’s not the first Effie for Kia, which won the Silver award last year for the same campaign’s opening ad, in which the hamsters cruise around in a red Soul while everything else on the streets is in a hamster wheel.Awards are one thing, but selling cars is another. Kia Australia thinks the entertaining approach translates into more buyers. "The ad is really popular over there, and I would think any sort of interest created would be worth sales somewhere down the line," Kia spokesman Kevin Hepworth says. "I think fun in advertising is important and we showed that with the Grandmaster Flash ad for the Sportage."So with the success of the rapping hamsters, perhaps we should stay tuned for a ‘cute Aussie animal’ ad for the Soul. Break-dancing wallabies with a chorus line of koalas should do nicely.

The hamsters cruise around in a red Soul while everything else on the streets is in a hamster wheel.