Motor Trader - Hot News (Motor Trader) The plate change

Motor Trader - Hot News (Motor Trader)
The plate change boosted consumer finance on new cars in September as figures were up 3 per cent to 779m year-on-year, according to the latest UK statistics from the Finance and Leasing Association.

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."

Katrina victims miss home (Florida Today)
MERRITT ISLAND - From their house and business to their cars, clothes and furniture, the Martins lost just about everything to Hurricane Katrina. Water marks were more than 5 feet high on walls, black sludge covered floors, and mold dripped from upholstered chairs and sofas.