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.'

Porsche's VW link gets cool market reaction (International Herald Tribune)
Porsche's surprise announcement that it planned to amass a 20 percent stake in Volkswagen is reverberating through the German auto industry, challenging long-held assumptions about Porsche.

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

Preview: 2006 Pontiac Solstice
Pontiac builds an exciting, new roadster that should draw lots of attention.
Mike Meredith

Cool Cars for Gen-XCool Cars for Gen-X (Hindustan Times)
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2005 Monterey Historics
A weekend of amazing cars and racing superstars at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in California.
Editors of MSN Autos