Barrett-Jackson auction gearing up with hot cars (The Arizona Republic)

Barrett-Jackson auction gearing up with hot cars (The Arizona Republic)
Scottsdale automobile auctioneer Craig Jackson is expecting record prices for next month's Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction at WestWorld.

Preview: 2006 Porsche Cayman S
Porsche's new mid-engine coupe builds on the Boxster S, but kicks it up a notch in the performance department.
Mike Meredith

A good time to shop for gifts -- and cars (Boston Globe)
Some of the best bargains of the season may not be found at the mall, online, or even at after-Christmas sales, but in auto showrooms.

Motor Trader - Hot News (Motor Trader)
No Banners found for this page! Car production in the UK received a boost yesterday as the first of the new Jaguar XK sports cars rolled off the production line in the West Midlands. The Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust will keep the first production car, a Liquid Silver 4.2 V8 XK Coupe.

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

Doll is much more than a woman in Montserrat's 'Plastic Princess' (Town Online)
Nobody ever does a show in which artists shoot films and photographs and create elaborate sculptures using Hot Wheels cars or Care Bears (although there is a My Little Pony cadre that is mainly active on the Internet).

Next big thing in cars might be very small (Austin American-Statesman)
New Asian subcompact cars are coming, but will trend catch on this time?

The Truth About Fuel Economy Ratings
If your new car's actual fuel mileage does not match the fuel economy numbers on the window sticker, it's not necessarily your car's fault.
Ann Job

Getting to grips with restoration Farmers Weekly (Farmers Weekly Interactive)
The Ursus C45, with its single-cylinder hot-bulb engine, was built in large numbers in Poland. Production started in 1947 and Dave Bickers remembers seeing them when he visited the country in the 1960s to compete in motorcycle races - he was seven times British champion and European champion twice.

6 hot picks for 2006 (CNN Money)
Here are six sure-fire bets you can bank on in 2006.