Creme de la Chrome (Denver Westword) Get hot for hot

Creme de la Chrome (Denver Westword)
Get hot for hot rods, lowriders and custom bikes. FRI 11/25 If little red Porsches are for emasculated middle-aged men and monster trucks are for tattooed mullet-heads in muscle shirts, what rides do cool guys roll in?

Albanians call pals, not cops, to foil car theft (Stuff)
TIRANA: Albanians are so sick of police doing nothing about the theft and hijacking of luxury cars that they've taken to setting up their own informal networks of hot-lines and roadblocks.

Reflections on buying trends (The Courier News)
A private concert by Sir Elton John topped the list in Neiman Marcus' 79th annual Christmas Book at $1.5 million. The book lists fantasy gifts the luxury retailer found from around the world, including a Grand Empire railroad with life-size train cars and a caboose for $200,000.

Rundgren steps in for Ocasek in new Cars (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Cars principals Elliot Easton and Greg Hawkes are teaming with veteran singer/songwriter Todd Rundgren in a new incarnation of pioneering new wave rock act the Cars, which will tour and possibly record an album next year. Rundgren will step in for Cars frontman Ric Ocasek, who has no plans to participate in the project. Cars bassist/vocalist Ben Orr died of cancer in 2000.

Get It Out of Your System (Hartford Advocate)
This is delightful! A new game that allows me to take the part of a street racer. I get to "pimp out" cars and "make bank" by racing in a vast array of street competitions in the city. I can collect "hot new rides" and "pick up bitches."

Nothing like a memorable entrance (The Advocate)
LIMOUSINES, sports cars, hot rods . .. and a couch on a tractor? School leavers often try to make a splashy entrance at their final school event of the year but Latrobe High's Megan Brown might have pipped them all.

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

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