Indepth article on naming new car models, very good!

Touareg, is named after a tribe of north African nomads that, it turns out, traded slaves well into the 20th century. That can't be good for VW.

Twice in the last two years, Ford has named prototypes of new cars after ones from its storied history, only to find out it didn't own the names anymore. I bet someone gets fired over that.

http://www.cartype.com/page.cfm?id=1461&alph=ALL&dec=ALL

A first-ever lawsuit in trademark infringement against a Chinese car company

The first-ever lawsuit involving a foreign auto manufacturer in China since the country's entry to the World Trade Organization went to trial .... http://www.cartype.com/page.cfm?id=683&alph=ALL&dec=ALL






Buick Riviera... unusual design for the speedometer and the hide-away headlights, and what the heck was the "speed alert" lifespan in car years? A one year run is my guess.



18 thousand original mile Shelby GT500 with a 427







The 18632 miles on this Shelby are original, I took photos of it last year and his really big stat board have all the info. Last year the mileage was 18439. This car isn't seeing alot of road time, but sure will bring a good price someday! http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2007/04/18-thousand-miles-since-new-probably-to.html#links