IIHS's Top 10 Safety PicksThe Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

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

Race-car driver, businessman Steve Carbone dies (Sports Illustrated)
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.

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.

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.

Detroit's 'Big Three' Automakers Launch New Incentive Programs
General Motors, Chrysler and Ford announce new programs in efforts to boost slackening year-end sales.
Perry Stern

Our top 10 autos of 2005 (Market Watch)
DARNESTOWN, Md. (MarketWatch) -- It's been a record year for the number of cars that we've either fully road-tested, taken for a first-time drive or had an initial glimpse. The list includes everything from a Ford GT and an Aston Martin Vantage, to a Mitsubishi Raider pickup and a Mini. Now it's time to cull that list down to our 10 favorites.

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?