Baby BMW Slated for Two-Door Hot-Hatch and Cabrio Variants (Edmunds.com)

Baby BMW Slated for Two-Door Hot-Hatch and Cabrio Variants (Edmunds.com)
MUNICH BMW will launch the two-door "hot-hatch" version of its 1 Series compact at the Geneva Motor Show at the end of February and it could spring another surprise, because a cabriolet version of the baby Bimmer is under development.

Criminal's worst nightmare: high-tech squad cars (Chicago Sun-Times)
Two rooftop cameras capable of scanning the license plates of up to 3,600 parked or moving vehicles an hour. A night-vision camera to hunt down suspects in hiding.

Recovering Koretsky plans to take it slow (phillyburbs.com)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Veteran Pro Stock drag racer Kenny Koretsky plans to sit out most of the 2006 National Hot Rod Association POWERade Series drag racing season. And if his wife has anything to say about it, he may not get behind the wheel of a race car again.

Bad car deal tips man over edge (The Courier Mail)
A MELBOURNE music guru has killed himself aboard a US plane after setting fire to a car dealership. Gerald Georgettis, a former Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Pink Floyd tour manager, was facing up to 30 years in jail when he died on Wednesday.