Meanwhile in Asia…Another Kid falls off a School Minibus!

What is it with kids falling from minivans these days? This is the second incident we've seen this week. The YouTube poster of the video says it took place in China.

We can't say for sure if the child was placed in the trunk behind the seats by the school bus driver and fell when the tail gate opened by itself in a corner turn or if he was up to mischief and opened the hatch by himself.

Either way, the sizeable school bag seems to have cushioned his fall. Watch the video right after the jump.

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Nissan Plans to Revive Datsun Brand for Emerging Markets Including Russia, Indonesia and India

It's been more than two decades since Nissan Motors phased out its Datsun brand to strengthen its own company name.

But times and circumstances changes and here we are with Nissan now planning to wake up its old Datsun brand from the dead, according to a report from Japanese business daily Nikkei that was forwarded by Reuters.

The newspaper said that Nissan wants to use the Datsun brand name on a new lineup of low cost vehicles tailor made for emerging markets starting from 2014. The move is reminiscent of Renault's decision to buy out the Romanian automaker Dacia in 1999 for the same purpose.

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