Chinese cars snatch spotlight at Frankfurt auto show (USA Today)

Chinese cars snatch spotlight at Frankfurt auto show (USA Today)
Among the buzz at the Frankfurt Auto Show, which runs through Sunday, is the appearance for the first time here of Chinese cars. Also a big attention-grabber: Cool new Mini concept car.

Retail sales hit record in July with strong sales of cars, food, furniture (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
TORONTO (CP) - Surging auto sales, fuelled by employee-pricing discounts, helped kick retail sales into overdrive in July, as spendthrift Canadians eagerly forked out a record $31.3 billion during the month.

A world beneath the earth (San Francisco Chronicle)
The key was turned, the gate unlocked, and we entered an underground world that few have seen. Ahead were miles of tunnels, rooms, shafts and connectors. It was hot and dry outside, but here the air was cool and moist.

Son of Cool - New York Times (New York Times)
IN high school the cool rich girls wore Esprit. They styled their blond hair in the slightly asymmetrical bob that could pass for Flock of Seagulls hip or, secured with a barrette, still look appropriate at the country club. They got cars for their 16th birthdays.

Preview: 2006 Honda Civic
The 2006 Civics have a new platform, more expressive styling, more powerful engines and increased safety. The Civic Hybrid is more fuel-thrifty, too.
Ann Job

Tanker Cars Jump the Tracks (WTOL News 11)
SOUTH TOLEDO -- People in south Toledo are now back in their homes after several tanker cars in a freight train jumped the tracks. It happened around midnight at Hawley and Whittier, not far from Libbey High School in south Toledo.