Here's a new twist: Cars without gas caps (Detroit News)

Here's a new twist: Cars without gas caps (Detroit News)

Here's a new twist: Cars without gas caps (Detroit News)
TRAVERSE CITY -- The hot technology topic at this year's auto industry confab in Traverse City is not a cool innovation like adaptive cruise control or iPod integration.

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Mattel takes Hot Wheels to community named Speed (USA Today)

Mattel takes Hot Wheels to community named Speed (USA Today)

Mattel takes Hot Wheels to community named Speed (USA Today)
This is one of the smallest towns in Kansas, a rural community with only 35 residents, a dozen houses and no downtown businesses. But it's the name that counts. That's what attracted Mattel Inc., the world's largest toy manufacturer, to sponsor an event here Sunday celebrating American car culture and its own Hot Wheels cars.