Zed-F, as the company is known, also makes the eight-speed in the Dodge Ram.

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Zed Drebin is an avatar in the virtual world of Second Life.

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Heins says the Z10 which he's pronouncing "zed-10" will be out in the U.K. on Thursday, in Canada on Feb. 5 and in the U.S. in March.

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