Top Sport Utilities on MSN AutosThe most popular sport-utility vehicles

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

Grease-Burning Cars Make Fast Food Even Faster (ABC News)
Specially Adapted Diesel Engines Burn Used Cooking Oil from Restaurants

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.
Editors of MSN Autos

Luxurious Sports Cars Become a Strong Segment in Saudi Arabia (MENAFN)
Luxurious Sports Cars Become a Strong Segment in Saudi Arabia

Life of Guite: Yacht, fast cars on agency tab (Nanaimo Daily News)
MONTREAL -- An expensive sports car and yacht, pricey racing tires and Italian Grand Prix tickets highlighted a fast-lane lifestyle that bound the fortunes of two key players in the $250-million sponsorship scandal, according to previously unpublished testimony.

Cup drivers prepare for unknown speeds (The Charlotte Observer)
There's no question things could happen fast in tonight's UAW-GM 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

Closed to cars until summer (South London Press)
TRANSPORT bosses have confirmed a damaged bridge will remain closed to cars and motorbikes until next summer - despite it reopening to buses.

Lowest-Priced New Vehicles for 2006
Low price doesn't mean skimping on safety equipment anymore; some lowest-priced new cars include six standard airbags.
Ann Job

Wheeler Pushes Lowe's Track to Edge (Washington Post) CONCORD, N.C.,

Wheeler Pushes Lowe's Track to Edge (Washington Post)
CONCORD, N.C., Oct. 14 -- In the name of selling NASCAR tickets, Lowe's Motor Speedway President H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler has poked his head inside a tiger's mouth during a prerace stunt; hired a daredevil to jump a school bus over a 213-feet ravine filled with junked cars as flames erupted; and staged...

Lowest-Priced New Vehicles for 2006
Low price doesn't mean skimping on safety equipment anymore; some lowest-priced new cars include six standard airbags.
Ann Job

Charlotte II: Chevrolet teams Friday quotes (Motorsport.com)
HOW WAS YOUR CAR IN PRACTICE TODAY? It's good. It's still early to tell with the sun being out and all that, but it's been good so far. HOW IS THE CAR IN TRAFFIC? We're tight behind other cars. I really haven't been in a big pack or anything.

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

Lowe's Speedway Is Holding Fast (Washington Post)
Organizers continue to tweak the oval at Lowe's Motor Speedway and it has resulted in mixed results.

Closed to cars until summer (South London Press)
TRANSPORT bosses have confirmed a damaged bridge will remain closed to cars and motorbikes until next summer - despite it reopening to buses.

Fast track to breaking the mold (The Sacramento Bee) When

Fast track to breaking the mold (The Sacramento Bee)
When it comes to the Indy Racing League, a woman's place is behind the wheel - and in the pits and the garage, too.

2005 Frankfurt Motor Show
MSN Autos brings you highlights from one of Europe's major shows.
Editors of MSN Autos

Lowest-Priced New Vehicles for 2006
Low price doesn't mean skimping on safety equipment anymore; some lowest-priced new cars include six standard airbags.
Ann Job

Sadler is scary fast at Lowe's (Sun-Sentinel)
CONCORD, N.C. The laser-smoothed surface of Lowe's Motor Speedway produced the highest qualifying speeds of the Chase for the Championship on Thursday night.

He's talking new cars while she's waiting for ring (Chicago Sun-Times)
DEAR ELLIE: I've been in a relationship for five years, engaged for two. We've pushed back the date twice for financial reasons. Now, whenever I talk about the wedding, he changes the subject. Recently he was making plans to buy new cars for us both.

Sadler makes most of a fast track (Miami Herald)
The track surface at Lowe's Motor Speedway has undergone a mini-makeover since the Coca-Cola 600 in May, when 16 accidents and a record 22 cautions were recorded.

Tickets Kill Skateboarders Joyrides (The Daily Californian) Whenever police cars

Tickets Kill Skateboarders Joyrides (The Daily Californian)
Whenever police cars cruise by Berkeley's Orkin/Hsiang Memorial Skate Park on Harrison Street, Matt Mercer clears out as fast as he can and pretends to loiter along the park's outskirts as police routinely check for safety code violations and potential liabilities to the city.

Life in the Fast Lane (CSNews Online)
The drivers will pump ethanol-enriched mid-grade fuel, sign autographs and hand out free race merchandise at 7-Eleven convenience stores in Ontario and Pomona, Calif.

Porsche Cayman S Premieres
The largest show in Europe, the Frankfurt show featured worldwide premieres of 80 concept and production vehicles.
Editors of MSN Autos

He's talking new cars while she's waiting for ring (Chicago Sun-Times)
DEAR ELLIE: I've been in a relationship for five years, engaged for two. We've pushed back the date twice for financial reasons. Now, whenever I talk about the wedding, he changes the subject. Recently he was making plans to buy new cars for us both.

Accident victims suspect foul play (New Straits Times)
How did a heavy granite boulder land smack in the middle of the southbound fast lane of the North-South Expressway at Tangkak at 12.30am on Tuesday?

2005 Frankfurt Motor Show
MSN Autos brings you highlights from one of Europe's major shows.
Editors of MSN Autos

Skate Park Approved by Citizens in Special Town Meeting (Guilford

Skate Park Approved by Citizens in Special Town Meeting (Guilford Courier)
There were many happy 17-year-olds who yearned to skateboard their way out of Andrews Memorial Town Hall last week, but instead, they settled for walking fast to their parents' cars in the back parking lot.

Laguna Seca: STaSIS Engineering preview (Motorsport.com)
Sonoma, California (October 10, 2005) STaSIS Engineering is set to run three Audi A4 cars in the SPEED World Challenge Touring Car season finale in Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca this Sunday, October 16th.

Too much, too fast (NorthJersey.com)
Fed by as much as 4 inches of rain, North Jersey's streams and rivers rose menacingly Wednesday, threatening to inundate homes and swallow cars for the second time in a week.

Preview: 2006 Ford Fusion
Ford's most important sedan launch since the Taurus.
Perry Stern

Tops in Vehicle SatisfactionNissan models are big winners in this

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

Sensor tests risks for insurer (Chicago Tribune)
By now most consumers are aware that a little black box stored under the hood of many newer cars records driving data. The box tells how fast you were going and whether you applied the brakes or were belted in a collision.

Young Kiwi driver earns spot in Red Bull junior team (Stuff)
Teenager Brendon Hartley's motor racing career has entered the fast lane. Hartley, 15, was yesterday named in the Red Bull junior racing team to contest the Formula Renault European series next year.

Ramadan Ritual: Fast Daily, Pray, Head to the Mall (New York Times)
Once an ascetic month of prayer and reflection on God, Ramadan has gradually taken on the commercial trappings of Christmas and Hanukkah.

New Jeep Concepts
Two concept vehicles, unveiled at Europe's largest auto show, provide a peek into the future of DaimlerChrysler's Jeep brand.
Editors of MSN Autos

America's Most Loved New Vehicles
Discover which new cars and trucks Americans love the most . . .
Editors of MSN Autos

Tickets Kill Skateboarders Joyrides (The Daily Californian)
Whenever police cars cruise by Berkeley's Orkin/Hsiang Memorial Skate Park on Harrison Street, Matt Mercer clears out as fast as he can and pretends to loiter along the park's outskirts as police routinely check for safety code violations and potential liabilities to the city.

Car Safety Improves, but Not for Child Passengers (Fox News)
New cars may have improved on safety for adults in front seat, but not for child in the back seat, researchers report.

CSX train derails in Amsterdam (Capital News 9)
"The train's really loud today, it's almost like it's going to come through the building," said Amsterdam resident Cathy Groves. Groves didn't know how right she almost was. Eighteen train cars slammed right into each other on Wednesday, with one ending up in the Mohawk River.

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.
Editors of MSN Autos

230kmh horrifies police (Otago Daily Times) Two cars were checked

230kmh horrifies police (Otago Daily Times)
Two cars were checked racing at an absolutely insane 230kmh on Dunedin s Southern Motorway during peak traffic on Tuesday.

200,000 flood-wrecked cars waiting to be cleared out of New Orleans (San Francisco Chronicle)
As electricity gets slowly switched back on and drinkable water starts to flow again, the city is turning to another Herculean labor -- the removal and scrapping of more than 200,000 waterlogged and abandoned cars. The corroding cars are strewn about...

FBALL | Jamaican Davis on football fast track (Daily Orange)
Some of the greatest football players started in Pop Warner or Pee Wee leagues. Syracuse sophomore Dowayne Davis just happened to come across the sport one day during his freshman year of high school. "My friend that I knew from junior high school was in the line for a physical and I was wondering why," Davis said.

Fast-lane marketing: NASCAR's success story is more than racing (AberdeenNews.com)

Fast-lane marketing: NASCAR's success story is more than racing (AberdeenNews.com)
KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Here's a pop quiz, but for diehard NASCAR fans only. What is the official vegetable of NASCAR? The official breakfast cereal? Official ladies purse? Deodorant? Toothbrush? Infant bib?

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

America's Most Loved New Vehicles
Discover which new cars and trucks Americans love the most . . .
Editors of MSN Autos

2005 Frankfurt Motor Show
MSN Autos brings you highlights from one of Europe's major shows.
Editors of MSN Autos

200,000 flood-wrecked cars waiting to be cleared out of New Orleans (San Francisco Chronicle)
As electricity gets slowly switched back on and drinkable water starts to flow again, the city is turning to another Herculean labor -- the removal and scrapping of more than 200,000 waterlogged and abandoned cars. The corroding cars are strewn about...

TomTom GO 300 (CNET)
The TomTom GO 300 delivers lightning-fast route calculations, colorful maps, and concise audible driving directions. We only wish the screen were easier to view in bright sunlight.

Lowest-Priced New Vehicles for 2006
Low price doesn't mean skimping on safety equipment anymore; some lowest-priced new cars include six standard airbags.
Ann Job

AutoEmirates.com facilitates trading of used cars (AME Info)
Leading automotive portal AutoEmirates.com has announced the launch of a new section on their website that will facilitate the buying and selling of used cars. The section falls under the research section of the website and is called 'Pre-Owned Cars'.

Fast cars and a kiss from a cow (The Times

Fast cars and a kiss from a cow (The Times Argus)
It's Monday evening as I write, and the faint green stamp on the back of my left hand has faded almost to invisibility.

200,000 flood-wrecked cars waiting to be cleared out of New Orleans (San Francisco Chronicle)
As electricity gets slowly switched back on and drinkable water starts to flow again, the city is turning to another Herculean labor -- the removal and scrapping of more than 200,000 waterlogged and abandoned cars. The corroding cars are strewn about...

"Mass transit: The real solution for efficient evacuations" (Westchester County Business Journal)
If there was ever an object lesson for why we should be fast-tracking mass transit expansion in this country it is the unfolding disaster in the Gulf states. Katrina pointed up the vulnerability of people who don't have cars in which to escape a deadly storm.

Living Too Large In Exurbia (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! Asia News)
Big houses. Big cars. Now, bigger bills. A lifestyle built on cheap energy and cheap credit is in jeopardy

Higher gas prices hit rural Americans hard (USA Today)
In rural America, where wages languish 25% below those in urban areas and private transportation is more central to daily life, costly trade-offs are fast becoming a way of life in places where schools, jobs and the stores all require a lengthy and increasingly expensive trip behind the wheel.

Life in the Fast Lane (Time Magazine)
Sunday, Oct. 09, 2005 Maybe it's just the novelty of weaving around cars stuck in traffic jams, but the Parisian motorcycle taxi certainly seems to be the most fashionable way to commute around town these days.

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

AutoEmirates.com facilitates trading of used cars (AME Info)
Leading automotive portal AutoEmirates.com has announced the launch of a new section on their website that will facilitate the buying and selling of used cars. The section falls under the research section of the website and is called 'Pre-Owned Cars'.

Porsche Cayman S Premieres
The largest show in Europe, the Frankfurt show featured worldwide premieres of 80 concept and production vehicles.
Editors of MSN Autos

America's Most Loved New Vehicles
Discover which new cars and trucks Americans love the most . . .
Editors of MSN Autos

Lowest-Priced New Vehicles for 2006Low price doesn't mean skimping on

Lowest-Priced New Vehicles for 2006
Low price doesn't mean skimping on safety equipment anymore; some lowest-priced new cars include six standard airbags.
Ann Job

Higher gas prices hit rural Americans hard (USA Today)
In rural America, where wages languish 25% below those in urban areas and private transportation is more central to daily life, costly trade-offs are fast becoming a way of life in places where schools, jobs and the stores all require a lengthy and increasingly expensive trip behind the wheel.

Life in the Fast Lane (Time Magazine)
Sunday, Oct. 09, 2005 Maybe it's just the novelty of weaving around cars stuck in traffic jams, but the Parisian motorcycle taxi certainly seems to be the most fashionable way to commute around town these days.

Living Too Large In Exurbia (BusinessWeek)
Big houses. Big cars. Now, bigger bills. A lifestyle built on cheap energy and cheap credit is in jeopardy

Ciao Columbus! (NBC 5 Chicago)
Story In Pictures: A mix of fast cars, politicians, beauty queens and bands lined up downtown Monday for the Columbus Day Parade. Check out the all the fun in our slideshow. Story: Mayor Says Columbus Gets Bad Rap

US border agents using armoured cars (Brisbane Courier Mail)
US law enforcement officers have started patrolling a remote stretch of the Arizona-Mexico border in armoured cars after agents were shot at, pelted with rocks and rammed by Mexican smugglers in a surge of violence, authorities said.

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

200,000 junked cars still litter New Orleans (Sun-Sentinel)
NEW ORLEANS As electricity gets slowly switched back on and drinkable water starts to flow again, the city is turning to another Herculean labor: the removal and scrapping of more than 200,000 waterlogged and abandoned cars.

State government dealing with fast-rising natural gas and gasoline costs

State government dealing with fast-rising natural gas and gasoline costs (Montana Standard)
HELENA Like its citizens and businesses, the state of Montana is feeling the pinch of rising natural gas and gasoline prices, fiscal analysts told the Legislative Finance Committee on Friday.

200,000 flood-wrecked cars waiting to be cleared out of New Orleans (San Francisco Chronicle)
As electricity gets slowly switched back on and drinkable water starts to flow again, the city is turning to another Herculean labor -- the removal and scrapping of more than 200,000 waterlogged and abandoned cars. The corroding cars are strewn about...

'Modded' cars underground stars of Calif. auto show (Reuters via

'Modded' cars underground stars of Calif. auto show (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
ANAHEIM, Calif., Oct 8 (Reuters) - Soccer moms are not settling for the same old SUV. The stars of the first major auto show of the 2006 season may be a basement of "modded" cars, standard-issue models souped up and aimed at a mainstream audience that has exploded in recent ...

At least 20 dead in collapse of luxury apartment complex (San Francisco Chronicle)
Residents of this modern capital had eaten the traditional predawn meal Saturday before the daytime fast observed in this Islamic month of Ramadan, and many had gone back to sleep for a few hours. At 8:50 a.m., the earth shook for about a full minute, jolting...

Porsche Cayman S Premieres
The largest show in Europe, the Frankfurt show featured worldwide premieres of 80 concept and production vehicles.
Editors of MSN Autos

Chaos quickly yields to discipline in search for survivors at complex (The Buffalo News)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Residents of this modern capital had eaten the traditional predawn meal Saturday before the daytime fast observed in this Islamic month of Ramadan, and many had gone back to sleep for a few hours.

Search the Archives (Nashua Telegraph) You are not logged in.

Search the Archives (Nashua Telegraph)
You are not logged in. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Residents of this modern capital had eaten the traditional predawn meal Saturday before the daytime fast observed in this Islamic month of Ramadan, and many had gone back to sleep for a few hours.

At least 20 dead in collapse of luxury apartment complex (San Francisco Chronicle)
Islamabad, Pakistan -- Residents of this modern capital had eaten the traditional predawn meal Saturday before the daytime fast observed in this Islamic month of Ramadan, and many had gone back to sleep for a few hours. At 8:50 a.m., the earth shook for about a full minute, jolting everyone awake.

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

New Jeep Concepts
Two concept vehicles, unveiled at Europe's largest auto show, provide a peek into the future of DaimlerChrysler's Jeep brand.
Editors of MSN Autos

City Must Tow a Huge Line of Flooded Cars (Los Angeles Times)
New Orleans has only a few trucks in service to remove tens of thousands of vehicles pockmarking the ravaged landscape.

Preview: 2006 Ford Fusion
Ford's most important sedan launch since the Taurus.
Perry Stern

Fast cars and a kiss from a cow (The Times Argus)
It's Monday evening as I write, and the faint green stamp on the back of my left hand has faded almost to invisibility.

Plans for union facility on fast track (The Herald News)
WILMINGTON Plans for the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150's new training center seem to be on the fast track. This week, plans for the $50 million training center were unveiled at a workshop meeting.

Oktoberfest Races: "Fast Eddie" mixes business and pleasure (La Crosse Tribune)
WEST SALEM, Wis. Eddie Hoffman kept hearing a question, the same question, more often than he cares to remember. But he does remember.

At least 20 dead in collapse of luxury apartment complex (San Francisco Chronicle)
Residents of this modern capital had eaten the traditional predawn meal Saturday before the daytime fast observed in this Islamic month of Ramadan, and many had gone back to sleep for a few hours. At 8:50 a.m., the earth shook for about a full minute, jolting...

Sculpture's Ruin Is the Goal, but Not So Fast (New

Sculpture's Ruin Is the Goal, but Not So Fast (New York Times)
After a well-attended artists' opening on Oct. 1, the 15-by-25-foot sculpture replicating a Prada store was vandalized.

Robert Blake tells jurors his slain ex-wife was great for casual sex (CourtTV via Yahoo! News)
BURBANK, Calif. (Court TV) Robert Blake told jurors Thursday that he has three people inside him: the little boy who sleeps with a cap gun under his pillow; the swaggering teen who likes fast sports cars; and the old man who once enjoyed Bonny Lee Bakley's company because she was game for meaningless sex.

'Modded' cars underground stars of Calif. auto show (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
ANAHEIM, Calif., Oct 8 (Reuters) - Soccer moms are not settling for the same old SUV. The stars of the first major auto show of the 2006 season may be a basement of "modded" cars, standard-issue models souped up and aimed at a mainstream audience that has exploded in recent ...

Lowest-Priced New Vehicles for 2006
Low price doesn't mean skimping on safety equipment anymore; some lowest-priced new cars include six standard airbags.
Ann Job