Cool Reception for Porsche-VW Link (New York Times) FRANKFURT, Sept.

Cool Reception for Porsche-VW Link (New York Times)
FRANKFURT, Sept. 26 - The chief executive of Porsche, Wendelin Wiedeking, said two weeks ago at the Frankfurt Motor Show that his company had two options for growth: sell more sports cars, which would mean competing on price, or try to break into the broader luxury market, building on the success of its Cayenne sport utility vehicle.

Country is cool with 'redneck' (USA Today)
At a time when, a study says, the country format's average market share is at its highest point since the late '90s, singers and their audiences are turning words coined as pejoratives into, as another current hit puts it, "something to be proud of." Case in point: the term 'redneck.'

Frankfurt Motor Show Favorites
Public days for this huge auto show run through September 25, and concept cars continue to be a big draw. Our editors pick their ten favorites.
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Git-R-'Dome': Larry the Cable Guy first comedian to perform in UNI-Dome since 1978 (Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier)
CEDAR FALLS --- Blue Collar comedian Larry the Cable Guy gets along great with Iowa fans, on one condition. "We don't talk football, we just tell jokes," he says in his tell-tale drawl. "I like Iowa. Everybody's cool."

Huge Ford Recall
Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday recalled 3.8 million pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles for a cruise control switch suspected of causing engine fires. It is the fifth largest auto industry recall in U.S. history.
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Smaller Cars Enjoy New Chic (Washington Post)
John Mathews of Universal Toyota in San Antonio has witnessed the day that auto industry executives in Detroit said would never come.