ABOUT THE S.F. INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW (San Jose Mercury News)

ABOUT THE S.F. INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW (San Jose Mercury News)
What: About 800 new cars, trucks, vans and sport-utilities on display. Also includes vintage Corvettes and Ferraris, other classic cars, new models from coach-builder Steve Moal, race cars, motorcycles and vendors.

Fall Football Classic offers hits, cars, fun (The Greyhound)
Last Friday the fifth annual Fall Football Classic brought the members of all classes together in an exciting outpouring of Loyola school spirit. The juniors beat the seniors 18-6, leaving the class of '06 as the only class to never have won an FFC besides the class of '02, who lost as seniors in the debut year of the event.

The Manx Classic is Back ! (Manxnet)
A proposed new motorsport event to note in 2006 diaries is The Manx Classic 2006 to be held 20-22 April. Organised by the Manx Motor Racing Club, and sponsored by Singer & Freidlander, the event features three different competitions with classes for historic and modern cars.

San Francisco International Auto Show (Bayinsider)
Open at the Moscone Center every day this week (including the Thanksgiving holiday), the 48th Annual San Francisco International Auto Show features a comprehensive exhibit of 2004 model cars, SUV's, trucks and vans representing the work of over 40 manufacturers.

Collectibles: Schuco vintage tin windup cars are a real kick (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Remember all those wonderful tin windup cars and trucks you used to get for Christmas? Chances are they were manufactured by Schuco, arguably the world's oldest toy car company, dating to 1912 when it was known as Schreyer & Co. It took on the name of Schuco in 1921.

Hybrids Are Hot
Automakers that used to downplay the viability of gasoline-electric hybrids are now embracing them.
Ann Job

CLASSIC AFRICAN XT500 ODYSSEY (Insidebikes.com)
A couple of new events for classic bikes and cars have been launched by two ex-Dakar legends Hubert Auriol and Patrick Zaniroli. The first, The Heroes Legend, leaves Paris on 18 Feb 2006 and arrives in Dakar on 4 March and is open to XT500s only.

Tops in Vehicle Satisfaction
Nissan models are big winners in this annual vehicle satisfaction study.
Editors of MSN Autos

Top Sport Utilities on MSN Autos
The most popular sport-utility vehicles on MSN Autos, based on visits to the site's vehicle research pages during the third quarter of 2005.
compiled by MSN Autos

Florida Classic shows Orlando the money (Tallahassee Democrat)
Picture Florida A&M's homecoming - then multiply it by 10. That's the magnitude of this weekend's Disney Florida Classic. Orlando welcomes the mega-event. Thousands of fans from around the Southeast take days off just to get there by plane, chartered bus or car.