Hamburg - High fuel prices are triggering major changes in the car market worldwide with customers turning their backs on fuel-guzzlers and the industry rethinking its product line-up.

In the United States, the world's largest car market, the sales figures for May showed a major shift from SUVs (sports utility vehicles) and pickup trucks to more economical small cars.

"May was a watershed month," said Ford's Vice-President of Marketing and Communications, Jim Farley, admitting that the industry is catching on to their customers' new buying habits.

The market leader in the US, General Motors (GM), saw sales in May falling by a quarter to 272,00 units with Ford's sales down to 257,000.

Hamburg  - An avid gamer, Eje Stabler is not always prepared to wait for the German release of computer games. And thanks to online stores specializing in imported games, he doesn't have to.

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Hamburg - Stepping up output of its giant A380 plane, Airbus opened a second delivery centre Friday in the German city of Hamburg.

Reflecting its Franco-German heritage, the company builds the hulls of the two-deck planes in Toulouse, France and paints them and fits the seats in Hamburg, sharing out most of the work equally.

The delivery centre is an office block for the use of customers when they check out a plane before paying for it. They spend several days trying out the controls, watching videos from every seat and test-flying the jet for up to six hours before flying it away.