Test Drive: Project Gotham Racing 3Editors at MSN Autos take

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

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

Towing law a boon for Peoria (Peoria Journal Star)
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BASF Makes $4.9 Billion Hostile Offer for Engelhard (Update3) (Bloomberg.com)
Jan. 3 (Bloomberg) -- BASF AG, the world's biggest chemical maker, made a $4.9 billion hostile bid for Engelhard Corp., a U.S. supplier of pollution-control devices, to expand its range of products for cars. It would be BASF's largest purchase ever.

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

Supporters are pleased with E-85 promotion (Bismarck Tribune)
Mike Clemens believes ethanol-blended fuels have made selling corn easier. "It's kind of nice to be on the other end, where consumers want your product instead of trying to talk them in to trying it," the Wimbledon corn producer said.