2006 NAIAS CoverageThe Official Web Site of the North American

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

The calm before the storm (Florida Today)
Yes, it's the Christmas shopping season and ideally businesses count on a buying frenzy during the holidays to bolster their bottom lines. Of course, clothing, electronics and toys are traditional hot sellers November through January.

Hot-rodder Carbone dead (South Bend Tribune)
COLLINSVILLE, Okla. (AP) -- World-champion race-car driver Steve Carbone, who won the American Hot Rod Association World Finals in 1969, has died. He was 61.

More tiny cars enter market (Honolulu Advertiser)
WASHINGTON After piling into minivans, sport utility vehicles and even pickup trucks, Japanese automakers are crowding into yet another corner of the U.S. market itty-bitty economy cars.

Hot soup warms the holiday (The Mail Tribune)
Surrounded by a heavy fog, Marlin Webb and his friend Perry sat in the pavilion at Bear Creek Park on Christmas Eve to watch a football game on a little, portable television.

Hot Yaris is on way (AutoExpress)
oyota is upping the power stakes with a hot T Sport version of its new Yaris supermini. The Japanese company plans to confront Ford's Fiesta ST, Vauxhall's next-generation Corsa VXR and the 2.0-litre Renault Clio GT - due to appear next October - with the little charger.

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