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" Los Angeles is home to one of the greatest concentrations of automotive design studios in the world. So each year, as part of the Los Angeles Auto Show, designers from the major car companies are given a general theme and then cut loose to create their vision of the future. It&amp;#039;s called the Design Challenge and 2006 marks the third year for the competition. This year, the participants will create vehicles that are &amp;quot;environmentally aware of their global footprint.&amp;quot; Uh, in other words they&amp;#039;re supposed to be &amp;quot;green.&amp;quot; Although the designs are only two-dimensional and a little far-fetched, some ideas could be used in real production cars someday. We don&amp;#039;t have all the details about the entries yet, but we are told one will have interchangeable and recyclable body panels and another will use algae-filled panels meant to change harmful CO2 into oxygen. Here&amp;#039;s an early look at both the Mercedes-Benz RECY and Toyota RLV entries. We&amp;#039;ll get the full low-down on all nine entries next month. \u2014Ben Stewart Mercedes-Benzs entry into the LA Auto Show Design Challenge 2006 is called the RECY. The Toyota RLV is entered in the LA Auto Show Design Challenge 2006. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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