Law grants dogs in Rome a daily walk (UPI) ROME,

Law grants dogs in Rome a daily walk (UPI)
ROME, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Roman dogs are entitled to walks every day under new rules in the Italian capital that also ban docking pets' ears and tails and leaving them in hot cars.

Hot Import Nights Announces New Format for 2006 after Record-Setting 2005 Season (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Vision Entertainment, creators of the largest lifestyle custom car festival in the nation - Hot Import Nights and Hot Import Daze - celebrates its record-breaking 2005 season and announces a brand new format focused on street tuning and performance.

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

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

Rocks, concrete hurled at cars (News Interactive)
SIX cars have been damaged by rocks, concrete and timber dropped from an overpass on the Hume Freeway in Melbourne's north.

20 cars are vandalised (The News and Star)
POLICE are linking a costly vandal attack on more than 20 cars to ongoing teenage disorder in the north of Carlisle. Officers are currently patrolling problem hot spots in Stanwix and Belah after residents reported large intimidating gangs drinking alcohol and wrecking property.

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

Motor Trader - Hot News (Motor Trader)
No Banners found for this page! While more car buyers are clicking onto the internet to research vehicle purchases, dealers are still failing to log on. According to research by MSN, almost two thirds of customers who want to buy cars via the internet are never contacted by the relevant dealership.

U.S. cars better than you think (The Indianapolis Star)
Buick or Mercedes? Chevy or Audi? Lincoln or Volvo? Ford or Volkswagen? Consumer Reports, the influential nonprofit product-test magazine, sees the same trend. "Domestic manufacturers are now in second place behind the Japanese" when it comes to reliability, spokesman Doug Love said.

UGS Digital Product Development Software Speeds KB Racing and Driver Greg Anderson to Third Straight Championship Season (The Auto Channel)
PLANO, Texas, Oct. 26 -- UGS, a leading provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) products and services, today announced KB Racing -- whose cars are developed with the help of UGS(R) digital product development technology -- won the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Pro Stock Championship for the third straight year.