Ford designers Patrick Schiavone and Craig Metros already fantasize about "a Rolls-Royce (otc: RYCEY - news - people ) of pickups" with an all-aluminum body and the ability to kneel at curbs and roll, half-submerged, through water.

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Given this gruesome roll call, it is a wonder the Spaniard's mind isn't submerged by dread as he tears round the track but it is with a softer, more sensuous tone that Lorenzo explains his relationship with the motorbike that so often puts him in harm's way.

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