MG Comeback Stymied as Austin Healey Name Sold by Family

MG Comeback Stymied as Austin Healey Name Sold by Family (Edmunds.com)
BIRMINGHAM, England The consortium planning to revive MG production in Great Britain has suffered a major blow. The family of the late Donald Healey has just sold the rights to the Austin Healey name to a rival group for a cool $2 million.

Camry to Get Hybrid Version Soon
The best-selling passenger car in the U.S. will soon get a hybrid version.
Editors of MSN Autos

Four games give N-Gage new life [2005-03-09] (T3)
Drive fast cars, conquer the Caribbean, raise and race a thoroughbred horse and be a pinball wizard, all on your N-Gage QD. [ more ] Ultra-thin Cyber-shot T7 unveiled [2005-03-09] Sony shows off the digital camera equivalent of Kate Moss, the extremely-skinny-but-still-damned-sexy Cyber-shot T7.

Winds of change (The Indianapolis Star)
At the Indiana Statehouse, Republicans are turning a shade of green. Some Republicans, typically warm to business interests but cool to environmental causes, have tried this year to advance bills to encourage -- and even to require -- Hoosiers to use more clean energy.

Preview: 2007 Toyota Camry
With sleeker styling, a more powerful engine and a new hybrid version, America's best-selling car sets a new benchmark.
Ann Job

FIRM ATTUNED TO THE TIMES (Asbury Park Press)
John Colucci recently got a pretty cool present, an iPod, Apple's hot portable digital music player.

AUTO RACING: Rolex 24 at Daytona becoming the place to be for drivers (Kansas City Star)
Not so long ago, the joke around U.S. racing was that the number 24 in the title of the Rolex 24 sports-car race referred to the number of people who cared about the event.

JVS students visit auto show (The Steubenville Herald-Star)
BLOOMINGDALE - There are not too many students who receive the opportunity to view some really cool cars as part of their educational experience. However, for one area school, that opportunity presented itself in a unique way last week.

Vote for Your Favorite!
Vote now for the best concept car of the NAIAS 2006 in Detroit.
Editors of MSN Autos

Davos debates web privacy (BBC News) Byte by byte the

Davos debates web privacy (BBC News)
Byte by byte the internet is taking away our privacy - but is that a good or a bad thing?

Lexus Claims 'World's Best Car'
The luxury carmaker claims to have the world?s best car in an all-new flagship.
Editors of MSN Autos

Funny Car Flashback (Jalopnik)
As Montrosian Madman Bumbeck points out in his latest column on dragracingonline, there's not much of a connection between the cars that roll off the showroom floor today and those that barnstorm...

Lincoln's New Luxury CUV
Lincoln unveils a feature-rich crossover-utility vehicle with advanced safety features.
Editors of MSN Autos

Funny Car Flashback (Jalopnik) As Montrosian Madman Bumbeck points out

Funny Car Flashback (Jalopnik)
As Montrosian Madman Bumbeck points out in his latest column on dragracingonline, there's not much of a connection between the cars that roll off the showroom floor today and those that barnstorm...

Cool cars make their debuts at Detroit's big auto show (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel)
Every year, we're wowed by what we see at the North American International Auto Show. And this year was no different. What's fun about the show is the chance to see all the cool cars and concepts in one place. It's a great place to see what you might be driving down the road someday.

Buick Enclave Debut
This luxury crossover SUV with high-tech features, which debuted at the auto show in Detroit, should be in production during 2007.
Editors of MSN Autos

Vote for Your Favorite!
Vote now for the best concept car of the NAIAS 2006 in Detroit.
Editors of MSN Autos

JVS students visit auto show (The Steubenville Herald-Star)
BLOOMINGDALE - There are not too many students who receive the opportunity to view some really cool cars as part of their educational experience. However, for one area school, that opportunity presented itself in a unique way last week.

Highlights From the 2006 NAIAS
MSN Autos highlights the eight things you should know about this year's show in Detroit.
Ann Job

Camry to Get Hybrid Version Soon
The best-selling passenger car in the U.S. will soon get a hybrid version.
Editors of MSN Autos

2006 International Auto Show (Colgate Maroon-News)
The 2006 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) took place this month in the automotive capital of the United States: Detroit, MI. While there was a lot to see, a few cars definitely stood out from the mass. Here are the highlights: For American automakers, it seems that retro's reign is not going anywhere.

Winter can't cool Downshifters' Angel (South Coast Today)
There's a classic rock anthem lament that "there ain't no cure for the summertime blues".

From the Editors -- A Final Goodbye (Cavalier Daily Online)

From the Editors -- A Final Goodbye (Cavalier Daily Online)
In radio, the way to end a show is to spare your audience the tearful goodbye and simply plug the next DJ. After all, what's goodbye for you isn't a milestone for listeners -- they're going to drive their cars, go on with their workdays and listen whether you're there or not -- it's just the way it works. tableau, too, will go on as usual.

Preview: 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser
Toyota builds a new SUV with strong ties to the past and true off-road capability.
Perry Stern

Winter can't cool Downshifters' Angel (South Coast Today)
There's a classic rock anthem lament that "there ain't no cure for the summertime blues".

JVS students visit auto show (The Steubenville Herald-Star)
BLOOMINGDALE - There are not too many students who receive the opportunity to view some really cool cars as part of their educational experience. However, for one area school, that opportunity presented itself in a unique way last week.

JVS students visit auto show (The Steubenville Herald-Star) BLOOMINGDALE -

JVS students visit auto show (The Steubenville Herald-Star)
BLOOMINGDALE - There are not too many students who receive the opportunity to view some really cool cars as part of their educational experience. However, for one area school, that opportunity presented itself in a unique way last week.

Low inflation signals stable Australia rates (International Herald Tribune)
Australian consumer prices had the smallest increase in more than a year during the fourth quarter, the government said Wednesday, as retailers charged less for clothing, cars and computers.

Top Sport Utilities of 2005 on MSN AutosThe most popular

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

Highlights From the 2006 NAIAS
MSN Autos highlights the eight things you should know about this year's show in Detroit.
Ann Job

Why We Like Chip Foose (Jalopnik)
We don't know Chip very well, but he was always really cool to us when we were a struggling hack. One of our favorite memories came from the night before the Grand National Roadster Show a few years...

JVS students visit auto show (The Steubenville Herald-Star)
BLOOMINGDALE - There are not too many students who receive the opportunity to view some really cool cars as part of their educational experience. However, for one area school, that opportunity presented itself in a unique way last week.

Press: 'I was in love with cars every second' (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News)
Once or twice a day, Jim Press dives into a world of solitude. No phones, no appointments. He can meditate, plan his day, rehearse a speech or simply focus on making the next stroke better than the last.

Preview: 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser
Toyota builds a new SUV with strong ties to the past and true off-road capability.
Perry Stern

Preview: 2007 Toyota FJ CruiserToyota builds a new SUV with

Preview: 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser
Toyota builds a new SUV with strong ties to the past and true off-road capability.
Perry Stern

Lowe's set to repave troubled track surface (USA Today)
After a whopping 37 cautions during the two premier events at Lowe's Motor Speedway, officials knew they had to act quickly to fix the troubled track surface before it became too treacherous for racing. The result is a $3 million repaving project that track officials said Tuesday will give the 46-year-old speedway an "attitude adjustment."

Lowe's repaving troubled track surface (Sports Illustrated)
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) -- After a whopping 37 cautions during the two premiere events at Lowe's Motor Speedway, officials knew they had to act quickly to fix the troubled track surface before it became too treacherous for racing.

2006 Detroit Auto Show Preview
2006 NAIAS in Detroit: Image is Everything
Ann Job

Best Of (Riverfront Times)
Best Car Wash The Neighborhood Car Wash Hand car washes are for special occasions (or men who love their cars even more than their lawns). Automated drive-through car washes are a quick fix in emergency situations. Wielding a hose at self-service bays is the most common method, and if...

When 'cool' messages lose their punch (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
Walking through the lobby of a movie megaplex with my family recently, we were accosted by hawkers offering my children tattoos and stretchy bracelets.

Too cool for fuel (Sydney Morning Herald)
Sugar is reducing Brazil's dependency on petrol and slashing greenhouse emissions from transport, writes Tom Phillips. -

Australia's 4th-Qtr Consumer Price Index Rises 0.5% (Update5) (Bloomberg.com)
Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Australia's fourth-quarter consumer prices had the smallest increase in more than a year as retailers lowered prices of clothing, cars and computers.

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

JVS students visit auto show (The Steubenville Herald-Star)
BLOOMINGDALE - There are not too many students who receive the opportunity to view some really cool cars as part of their educational experience. However, for one area school, that opportunity presented itself in a unique way last week.

2006 NAIAS CoverageThe Official Web Site of the North American

2006 NAIAS Coverage
The Official Web Site of the North American International Auto Show.
Editors of MSN Autos

America's Bestsellers of 2005Trucks continued to dominate U.S. vehicle sales

America's Bestsellers of 2005
Trucks continued to dominate U.S. vehicle sales in 2005.
Editors of MSN Autos

When 'cool' messages lose their punch (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
Walking through the lobby of a movie megaplex with my family recently, we were accosted by hawkers offering my children tattoos and stretchy bracelets.

How I lost my cool (The Daily Advance) I lost

How I lost my cool (The Daily Advance)
I lost my cool recently.

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

2006 NAIAS Coverage
The Official Web Site of the North American International Auto Show.
Editors of MSN Autos

Carsten Holler's Amusement Park (2006-01-21 - 2006-10-31) (Absolutearts.com) Creating a

Carsten Holler's Amusement Park (2006-01-21 - 2006-10-31) (Absolutearts.com)
Creating a vast environment of slow-turning carnival midway rides, Carsten Holler explores the effects of spatial and temporal disorientation with a new installation opening at MASS MoCA on January 21, 2006. For the large, multi-part installation, H ller has installed five full-sized amusement park rides familiar from childhood - a Gravitron, bumper cars, a Twister and more - in MASS MoCA's

HOT & COOL STUFF (Chicago Tribune)
There's more than one way to beat the winter blues Off the beach in the Dutch ABCs I was taking what seemed like a country back road, dodging wide puddles left by the previous day's downpour. The scenery included barbed wire, prickly pears and darned if there wasn't a windmill rising above the scrub. It was the typical springtime drive in Central Texas--except that I was on Bonaire.

Dogs, their owners spend a day walking to raise money

Dogs, their owners spend a day walking to raise money for Humane Society (Bonita Daily News)
Rolling down Six Mile Cypress Parkway in Fort Myers, it was easy to spot what cars were headed to the Humane Society of Lee County s inaugural Walk for the Animals.

Darryl Starbird's exotic car show at Century II (The Wichita Eagle)
More than 400 custom cars, street rods, sports cars, race cars, classic and antique cars, even motorcycles will be on display this weekend at the Darryl Starbird Exotic Car Show.

Americans caught the bug for Hitler's car (Wausau Daily Herald)
The first Volkswagen "Beetles" arrived on American shores from Germany during the second week of 1949, and before long they had revolutionized the relationship many Americans had with their cars.

When 'cool' messages lose their punch (The Christian Science Monitor)
Silicone bracelets may no longer be trendy, but the causes they represent still need our focus.

Hybrid Vehicle Tax Credit: Like a Raffle?
60,000 is the magic number when it comes to getting that tax credit for purchasing a brand-new hybrid vehicle.
Ann Job

Highlights From the 2006 NAIAS
MSN Autos highlights the eight things you should know about this year's show in Detroit.
Ann Job

Top 10 Vehicles of 2005 on MSN Autos The most

Top 10 Vehicles of 2005 on MSN Autos
The most popular vehicles on MSN Autos, based on visits to the site's vehicle pages.
compiled by MSN Autos

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

Darryl Starbird's exotic car show at Century II (The Wichita Eagle)
More than 400 custom cars, street rods, sports cars, race cars, classic and antique cars, even motorcycles will be on display this weekend at the Darryl Starbird Exotic Car Show.

Hybrid Vehicle Tax Credit: Like a Raffle?
60,000 is the magic number when it comes to getting that tax credit for purchasing a brand-new hybrid vehicle.
Ann Job

Cool Atkinson fires on debut in Monte Carlo (The Age)
AUSTRALIAN rally star Chris Atkinson has made a stunning debut in the Monte Carlo rally in Monaco, rocketing into second place.