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Aston Martin has announced a new track program, designed to give customers access to some of the world's most famous circuits with full tuition. Dubbed the AMR Drivers' Club, the program will have three different levels, each designed to cater for drivers of different levels – from beginner, all the way through to wannabe racer. AMR Experience is the entry-level pack, offering "an introduction to the brand and products" and one-on-one tuition with an Aston Martin instructor.

Mental health charity Drive Against Depression will run four tarmac rallies in 2019, designed to let drivers properly experience their cars on closed roads around Victoria. The charity, which aims to raise awareness about depression and anxiety, has partnered with WD Motorsport Touring Super Sprint for events at Mount Baw Baw, Lake Mountain, Snowy River and Marysville.

Claimed new vehicle sales continued their downward trajectory in Australia over January, with the market down 7.4 per cent over the same month in 2018, to 88,851 units. This follows the trend from last year, when new vehicle sales went backwards for the first time in a few years after a strong start, and in which 10 of 12 months showed negative growth.

It's widely believed the car seen here, a successor to today's Ford EcoSport, has been engineered with the developed world in mind, and rides on the same platform as the current Fiesta. The current EcoSport was designed primarily for the India, South America and other developing nations, and has not been warmly received outside of these markets.

Super Bowl LIII is over (finally!), and we can now review the crop of automotive ads peppered throughout this year's showpiece American football match. Maybe it was the defensive nature of the game, the awful half-time show, or being forced to barrack for either the New England Patriots or the recently-relocated Los Angeles Rams, but it was hard to get into this year's Super Bowl. Thankfully there were one or two ads to brighten up the whole shebang.