Winter Driving Tips From the ExpertsWinter conditions can be challenging

Winter Driving Tips From the Experts
Winter conditions can be challenging for drivers of all skill levels. The editor of Sympatico / MSN Autos Canada offers sound advice from the Great White North.
Marc Lachapelle, with Gerry Malloy for Sympatico / MSN Autos Canada

Govt to crackdown on noisy exhausts (TVNZ)
Noisy boy racer cars won't be given Warrants of Fitness under new laws the government hopes to introduce early next year. Nationwide more than 2,000 cars have been impounded since last year under new boy racer laws.

Rascal Flatts Named Billboard 's Country Artist of the Year (cmt.com)
Rascal Flatts have been named 2005's country artist of the year by Billboard magazine -- the first time a group has been named in that category in the award's 13-year history. The group spent a combined eight weeks at No. 1 with "Bless the Broken Road" and "Fast Cars and Freedom."

Rodriguez: Fast and Furious Driver (E! Online via Yahoo! News)
Michelle Rodriguez's fast and furious driving is taking its toll on her bank account.

Cell phone film contest inspires students to think small (New York Newsday)
Bigger houses, bigger cars, bigger portions at the local fast food joint. In America, the guiding maxim is to think big. Really big.

Councilman wants towed cars to stay in Provo (Salt Lake Tribune)
PROVO - Getting towed in Provo may send you hunting for your car in Orem and Springville. Provo City Councilman Steve Turley wants to change that. Turley proposes altering Provo's oft-tweaked towing ordinance to require the city to contract only with towing companies with storage yards located inside city limits. Orem and Springville have similar laws. "It's wise policy,"

Personal Phone Booths? More Drivers Gab In Cars (Action News 4 Pittsburgh)
WASHINGTON -- More people than ever are turning their cars into personal phone booths, with a million and a half drivers gabbing on cell phones at any given time. Women and young people are the most common yakkers.

Fast drivers caught on camera (Wanstead and Woodford Guardian)
MORE THAN 20 people where caught in two hours speeding down Oak Hill when police, working with the Accident Prevention Unit and the London Safety Camera Partnership (LSCP), carried out a speed enforcement operation.

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

Test Drive: Project Gotham Racing 3
Editors at MSN Autos take Microsoft's latest driving game out for a spin.
Perry Stern

How Will America's Big Two Automakers Survive?After decades of market

How Will America's Big Two Automakers Survive?
After decades of market share losses, look for a leaner and more focused Big Two.
Ann Job

More people than ever gabbing while driving (Arizona Daily Sun)
WASHINGTON -- More people than ever are turning their cars into personal...

Rodriguez: Fast and Furious Driver (E! Online via Yahoo! News)
Michelle Rodriguez's fast and furious driving is taking its toll on her bank account.

Intel, BMW tie up for Formula One (Business Standard India)
Biggest example of chipmakers identification with fast cars. Intel, the world s biggest semiconductor maker, will on Thursday announce a wide-ranging partnership with the carmaker BMW, ranging from support for its Formula One racing team to co-operation on standards for in-car equipment.

Cell phone film contest inspires students to think small (Newsday.com)
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Bigger houses, bigger cars, bigger portions at the local fast food joint. In America, the guiding maxim is to think big. Really big. At Ithaca College's Roy H. Park School of Communications, Dean Dianne Lynch is encouraging students to think small. Really small.

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

Govt to crackdown on noisy exhausts (TVNZ)
Noisy boy racer cars won't be given Warrants of Fitness under new laws the government hopes to introduce early next year. Nationwide more than 2,000 cars have been impounded since last year under new boy racer laws.

IIHS's Top 10 Safety Picks
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety picks the ten safest cars of the 2006 model year.
Perry Stern

Personal Phone Booths? More Drivers Gab In Cars (Action News 4 Pittsburgh)
WASHINGTON -- More people than ever are turning their cars into personal phone booths, with a million and a half drivers gabbing on cell phones at any given time. Women and young people are the most common yakkers.

Councilman wants towed cars to stay in Provo (Salt Lake Tribune)
PROVO - Getting towed in Provo may send you hunting for your car in Orem and Springville. Provo City Councilman Steve Turley wants to change that. Turley proposes altering Provo's oft-tweaked towing ordinance to require the city to contract only with towing companies with storage yards located inside city limits. Orem and Springville have similar laws. "It's wise policy,"

Cell phone film contest inspires students to think small (Newsday.com)

Cell phone film contest inspires students to think small (Newsday.com)
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Bigger houses, bigger cars, bigger portions at the local fast food joint. In America, the guiding maxim is to think big. Really big. At Ithaca College's Roy H. Park School of Communications, Dean Dianne Lynch is encouraging students to think small. Really small.

Councilman wants towed cars to stay in Provo (Salt Lake Tribune)
PROVO - Getting towed in Provo may send you hunting for your car in Orem and Springville. Provo City Councilman Steve Turley wants to change that. Turley proposes altering Provo's oft-tweaked towing ordinance to require the city to contract only with towing companies with storage yards located inside city limits. Orem and Springville have similar laws. "It's wise policy,"

Cell use in car growing trend (Inside Bay Area)
WASHINGTON More people than ever are turning their cars into personal phone booths, with a million and a half drivers gabbing on cell phones at any given time.

Test Drive: Project Gotham Racing 3
Editors at MSN Autos take Microsoft's latest driving game out for a spin.
Perry Stern

Preview: 2006 Ford FusionFord's most important sedan launch since the

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

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

Rodriguez: Fast and Furious Driver (E! Online via Yahoo! News)

Rodriguez: Fast and Furious Driver (E! Online via Yahoo! News)
Michelle Rodriguez's fast and furious driving is taking its toll on her bank account.

New status symbol having more kids (The Star Online)
CHINA S nouveaux rich are not only competing with each other to buy grandiose mansions and fast, expensive cars their latest status symbol is a brood of children.

Rodriguez is 'Lost' in the fast lane (Boston Herald)
MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ, who stars on ABC's "Lost," has settled two traffic cases as she awaits a court hearing on a drunken driving charge - her fourth alleged traffic...

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

Growing up fast (The Times Argus)
One weekend a month and two weeks a year turned into 13 months in the Kuwaiti desert for the almost 600 Vermont Army Guardsmen now awaiting their flights home.

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

Rte. 7 Makeover Part Of Dulles Rail Plan (Washington Post)
Leesburg Pike in Tysons Corner is a mishmash of fast-food restaurants, car dealerships and chain stores. Access roads bump up against the main highway, traffic lights are jammed together, and this time of year, cars slow to a crawl.

CARS FEEL THE COLD, TOO (La Grande Observer)
BAKER CITY Dusty Christensen will tell you what your car can't: It's freezing.

Mo. Reservoir Breach Washes Away Homes, Cars (AP via Yahoo!

Mo. Reservoir Breach Washes Away Homes, Cars (AP via Yahoo! News)
Water poured through a breach at a hydroelectric plant's rural reservoir in southeast Missouri on Wednesday morning, washing away an unknown number of homes and vehicles, authorities said.

CARS FEEL THE COLD, TOO (La Grande Observer)
BAKER CITY Dusty Christensen will tell you what your car can't: It's freezing.

New status symbol having more kids (The Star Online)
CHINA S nouveaux rich are not only competing with each other to buy grandiose mansions and fast, expensive cars their latest status symbol is a brood of children.

Dozens of high performance cars sold at Dubai Motor Show (AME Info)
Dozens of high-performance cars have been sold within the first three days at the 8th Middle East International Motor Show, organized by the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) that is currently on until December 16 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre.

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

Rodriguez: Fast and Furious Driver (E! Online via Yahoo! News)
Michelle Rodriguez's fast and furious driving is taking its toll on her bank account.

GM prepares to triple cars made in India (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
General Motors Corp. said Tuesday it plans to nearly triple the number of cars it produces in India to meet growing demand in the South Asian country.

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

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

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

eLong Ranked Number 372 in Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia

eLong Ranked Number 372 in Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2005 Program (FinanzNachrichten)
BEIJING, Dec. 13 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- eLong, Inc. , a leading online travel service provider in China, today announced that it ranked Number 372 in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2005 program, which recognizes fast growing technology companies across Asia Pacific.

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

Stewart to drive midget cars (Provo Daily Herald)
INDIANAPOLIS -- Tony Stewart will drive a midget car again, and won't try to fool anybody.The two-time NASCAR champion will drive in a pair of U.S. Auto Club indoor midget car races at Fort Wayne, where he won a 60-lap feature a year ago under an assumed name in an old junker he bought during a poker game the night before.

Arab nations plagued by reckless driving (MSNBC) On urban highways

Arab nations plagued by reckless driving (MSNBC)
On urban highways in the Middle East, cars pinball across lanes at over 100 mph and wrecks are so gory one might think the mangled vehicles were destroyed by a bomb.

Arab Nations Plagued by Reckless Driving (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
By JIM KRANE Associated Press Writer DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- On urban highways in the Middle East, cars pinball across lanes at over 100 mph, and wrecks are so gory and damage so great one might think the mangled vehicles were destroyed by a bomb.

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

Rte. 7 Makeover Part Of Dulles Rail Plan (Washington Post)
Leesburg Pike in Tysons Corner is a mishmash of fast-food restaurants, car dealerships and chain stores. Access roads bump up against the main highway, traffic lights are jammed together, and this time of year, cars slow to a crawl.

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

World news (Houston Chronicle)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates On urban highways in the Middle East, cars pinball across lanes at over 100 mph, and wrecks are so gory and damage so great one might think the mangled vehicles were destroyed by a bomb.

eLong Ranked Number 372 in Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2005 Program (FinanzNachrichten)
BEIJING, Dec. 13 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- eLong, Inc. , a leading online travel service provider in China, today announced that it ranked Number 372 in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2005 program, which recognizes fast growing technology companies across Asia Pacific.

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

Reckless drivers blamed for 3,000 traffic deaths per month in Arab nations (San Diego Union-Tribune)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 11:42 a.m. Dec. 13 (AP): On urban highways in the Middle East, cars pinball across lanes at over 100 mph and wrecks are so gory and damage so great one might think the mangled vehicles were destroyed by a bomb.

GM to nearly triple number of cars it produces in India (TimesLeader.com)
BANGALORE, India - General Motors Corp. said Tuesday that it plans to nearly triple the number of cars it produces in India to meet growing demand in the South Asian country.

Fast Forward: A decade after the end of national speed

Fast Forward: A decade after the end of national speed limits (Greensboro News-Record)
One nonprofit safety group, while not advocating a new national standard, says speed is still a concern.

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

eLong Ranked Number 372 in Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2005 Program (FinanzNachrichten)
BEIJING, Dec. 13 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- eLong, Inc. , a leading online travel service provider in China, today announced that it ranked Number 372 in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2005 program, which recognizes fast growing technology companies across Asia Pacific.

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

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

Fast snowstorm leaves mark (The Journal News)
House fires, traffic jams, car accidents and school closings were among the many aftershocks of yesterday's fast-moving winter storm that dropped up to 10 inches of snow in parts of the region.

Fast-Falling Snow Piles On Trouble for the Northeast (Los Angeles Times)
NEW YORK A storm spread a blanket of snow up to a foot thick across much of the Northeast on Friday, snarling commutes, closing schools and piling up the flakes so fast that shovel crews could barely keep up.

Fast trips home only good news for tunnel (Sydney Morning Herald)
ALMOST half the motorists who took advantage of the Cross City Tunnel's toll-free period have abandoned it since the return of the $3.56 one-way toll. -

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

'Inclement weather' means joy for kids (NorthJersey.com)
For many adults, the snow that fell fast and hard early Friday morning meant a commuting nightmare or the backache of having to shovel out the car.

Fast Forward: A decade after the end of national speed limits (News-Record)
It passed with little fanfare last week -- the 10th anniversary of the repeal of a national maximum speed limit.

Fast trips home only good news for tunnel (Sydney Morning

Fast trips home only good news for tunnel (Sydney Morning Herald)
ALMOST half the motorists who took advantage of the Cross City Tunnel's toll-free period have abandoned it since the return of the $3.56 one-way toll. -

Pedestrian safety plan passed onto selectmen (Greenwich Time)
A measure to make the walk to Riverside School safer by forcing cars to park farther away from intersections near the school during drop-off and pickup times moved one step closer to approval this week.

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

Fast snowstorm leaves mark (The Journal News)
House fires, traffic jams, car accidents and school closings were among the many aftershocks of yesterday's fast-moving winter storm that dropped up to 10 inches of snow in parts of the region.

Northwest Shooting Leaves Two Dead, 3 Hurt (Washington Post)
Two people died yesterday after a shooting late Friday night in Columbia Heights that left three others wounded and police searching for suspects and a motive.

Obama says Republicans practice "Social Darwinism" (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Republicans controlling the federal government practice Social Darwinism, a discredited philosophy that in economics and politics calls for survival of the fittest, according to a Democratic U.S. senator.

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

Fast Forward: A decade after the end of national speed limits (Greensboro News-Record)
One nonprofit safety group, while not advocating a new national standard, says speed is still a concern.

Fast Forward: A decade after the end of national speed limits (News-Record)
It passed with little fanfare last week -- the 10th anniversary of the repeal of a national maximum speed limit.

America's Most Loved New VehiclesDiscover which new cars and trucks

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

Fast-moving storm dumps wintry mix on state (Baltimore Sun)
Overnight snow hits Western Maryland hardest; minor accidents reported, but most roads said to be in decent shape; many schools cancel classes A fast-moving winter storm that wreaked havoc from Texas to Indiana dumped a messy mixture of ice, rain and snow on parts of Maryland today, closing schools and causing a number of early morning accidents.

Driving the rich into the red (E4: Engineering)
Ferrari has unveiled a production vehicle so expensive, so exclusive and so fast that the small number of specially selected customers who are able to afford its N1.5m (just under 1m) price tag will only ever be allowed to drive it around private racing tracks.

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

Fast snowstorm leaves mark (The Journal News)
House fires, traffic jams, car accidents and school closings were among the many aftershocks of yesterday's fast-moving winter storm that dropped up to 10 inches of snow in parts of the region.

Fast trips home only good news for tunnel (Sydney Morning Herald)
ALMOST half the motorists who took advantage of the Cross City Tunnel's toll-free period have abandoned it since the return of the $3.56 one-way toll. -

Fast-Falling Snow Piles On Trouble for the Northeast (Los Angeles Times)
NEW YORK A storm spread a blanket of snow up to a foot thick across much of the Northeast on Friday, snarling commutes, closing schools and piling up the flakes so fast that shovel crews could barely keep up.

Riding in cars with boys (Boston Globe) Exactly one week

Riding in cars with boys (Boston Globe)
Exactly one week after he got his driver's license, Todd Stratford, age 16, sits on the floor of a friend's garage, painting the brake calipers of the black 1991 Acura Integra he bought for $3,100 with money he'd been saving since he started working at 14. ''It was dropped off on July 4," he says, ''which I thought ...

Fast snowstorm leaves mark (The Journal News)
House fires, traffic jams, car accidents and school closings were among the many aftershocks of yesterday's fast-moving winter storm that dropped up to 10 inches of snow in parts of the region.

State looks to diversify financial services (Delaware Online)
What Detroit is to cars, Wilmington is to credit cards. The city is home to the nation's No. 1 and No. 3 largest credit card issuers, JPMorgan Chase and MBNA Corp., which collectively control more than 30 percent of the U.S. market and have more than 140 million credit cards in circulation.

Fast-moving storm dumps wintry mix on state (Baltimore Sun)
Overnight snow hits Western Maryland hardest; minor accidents reported, but most roads said to be in decent shape; many schools cancel classes A fast-moving winter storm that wreaked havoc from Texas to Indiana dumped a messy mixture of ice, rain and snow on parts of Maryland today, closing schools and causing a number of early morning accidents.

Fast-Falling Snow Piles On Trouble for the Northeast (Los Angeles Times)
NEW YORK A storm spread a blanket of snow up to a foot thick across much of the Northeast on Friday, snarling commutes, closing schools and piling up the flakes so fast that shovel crews could barely keep up.

Will we be buried by cars? (Desert Sun) PALM DESERT

Will we be buried by cars? (Desert Sun)
PALM DESERT - "It's not always just the number of cars," said Rancho Mirage resident Fabian Perez, finishing a Thursday shopping trip at Home Depot. "If you're waiting for 10 minutes at a stoplight and nobody else is around, that's just got to be fixed."