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IRL, Champ Car seal unification deal (AP via Yahoo! News)
It took an unusual approach to solve the problem that almost scuttled the open-wheel unification talks. While the Champ Car World Series is no more, there will be one more Champ Car race.

Clean getaway follows car wash carjacking (The Arizona Republic)
A Mesa man was simply trying to wash his cousin’s vehicle at a car wash when he was confronted by two men, according to Mesa police. One of them pulled out a black semi-automatic pistol and threatened to shoot him, the report said.

Car-Building legend Boyd Coddington dies (AP via Yahoo! News)
Car-building legend Boyd Coddington, whose testosterone-injected cable TV reality show "American Hot Rod" introduced the nation to the West Coast hot rod guru, has died. He was 63.

Marshall Univ. car unveiled, to run in Nationwide (CBS Sportsline)
With the roar of the engine resonating off the state Capitol, Gov. Joe Manchin unveiled the No. 75 Marshall University stock car Thursday. Backers are hoping to drum up enough sponsors to enter the car on the NASCAR Nationwide circuit later this season.

IRL, Champ Car seal unification deal (AP via Yahoo! News)
It took an unusual approach to solve the problem that almost scuttled the open-wheel unification talks. While the Champ Car World Series is no more, there will be one more Champ Car race.

NYC mayor: Car services should go green (AP via Yahoo! News)
With a plan already under way to make all of New York City’s yellow cabs green by 2012, Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed new fuel-efficient rules on Wednesday for the thousands of black cars used by car services.

Funkhouser’s car rear-ended; mayor uninjured (The Kansas City Star)
Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser s car was rear-ended last night in Leawood as he was driving.

Stolen-car death of Audrey Tannert ruled a homicide (The Plain Dealer)
A Cleveland woman who was killed inside a car she had stolen last year died with someone lying across her chest, pinning her between two car seats. Cuyahoga County Coroner Frank Miller ruled Wednesday that Audrey Lawrence Tannert’s death in November was a homicide.

Car-Building legend Boyd Coddington dies (AP via Yahoo! News)
Car-building legend Boyd Coddington, whose testosterone-injected cable TV reality show "American Hot Rod" introduced the nation to the West Coast hot rod guru, has died. He was 63.

Astra 4th-Quarter Net Triples on Indonesia Car Sales, Palm Oil (Bloomberg.com)
Feb. 28 (Bloomberg) — PT Astra International, Indonesia’s biggest publicly traded company by sales, almost tripled its profit in the fourth quarter on higher car sales and soaring palm oil prices.

Honda Accord tops ‘Forbes’ best certified used car list (USA Today)
Think about a used car and you might think junky, dirty and old. But another market is catching the attention of savvy buyers who want updated rides without paying new-car prices.

Dictator’s car fails at auction (BBC News)
A sports car once owned by Mussolini remains unsold after failing to reach its auction reserve price.

Body In Car Is Missing Woman, Family Says (WCVB Boston)
The death of a woman whose body was found in a parked car in Malden is being treated as a homicide, officials said.

Cold War ends, but Indy Car still must get on schedule (CBS Sportsline)
Bringing IRL and Champ Car together was a major accomplishment — and a precursor to the real work. Though unification starts in ‘08, devising an exciting, eclectic schedule for ‘09 and beyond will decide the new open-wheel series’ fate, Pete Pistone says.

Car-Building legend Boyd Coddington dies (AP via Yahoo! News)
Car-building legend Boyd Coddington, whose testosterone-injected cable TV reality show "American Hot Rod" introduced the nation to the West Coast hot rod guru, has died. He was 63.

Fossil sea monster big enough to "bite a car" (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The fossil of a 15 meter (50 ft) long "sea monster" found in Arctic Norway was the biggest of its kind known to science with dagger-like teeth in a mouth large enough to bite a small car, researchers said on Wednesday.

Honda Accord tops ‘Forbes’ best certified used car list (USA Today)
Think about a used car and you might think junky, dirty and old. But another market is catching the attention of savvy buyers who want updated rides without paying new-car prices.

Car Jumps Curb, Bursts Into Flames (CBS 2 Los Angeles)
A teenage motorist ran her car into a curb Thursday morning and suffered major injuries after the car launched into the air and landed in an oil field and caught fire in an unincorporated area of Windsor Hills, authorities said.

Locking keys in car leads to more problems (The Buffalo News)
An Amherst woman’s situation turned from bad to worse when she accidentally locked her keys in her car, went to retrieve her backup set and returned to find a thief had broken into the vehicle, Central District police reported.

Wayne County news briefs: Woman killed in car crash on I-75 (Detroit Free Press)
State Police are investigating a fatal crash that occurred around 9:20 a.m. Wednesday on northbound I-75 near Gibraltar Road, forcing the closure of all lanes. According to a witness, a vehicle veered off the roadway, striking a guardrail. The car continued swerving and slammed into an overpass pillar.

Homicide probe starts after body found in parked car (Boston Globe)
Authorities say the death of a woman whose body was found in a parked car in Malden is being treated as a homicide.

Astra 4th-Quarter Net Triples on Indonesia Car Sales, Palm Oil (Bloomberg.com)
Feb. 28 (Bloomberg) — PT Astra International, Indonesia’s biggest publicly traded company by sales, almost tripled its profit in the fourth quarter on higher car sales and soaring palm oil prices.

NYC mayor: Car services should go green (AP via Yahoo! News)
With a plan already under way to make all of New York City’s yellow cabs green by 2012, Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed new fuel-efficient rules on Wednesday for the thousands of black cars used by car services.

IRL, Champ Car seal unification deal (AP via Yahoo! News)
It took an unusual approach to solve the problem that almost scuttled the open-wheel unification talks. While the Champ Car World Series is no more, there will be one more Champ Car race.

Honda Accord tops ‘Forbes’ best certified used car list (USA Today)
Think about a used car and you might think junky, dirty and old. But another market is catching the attention of savvy buyers who want updated rides without paying new-car prices.

Fossil sea monster big enough to "bite a car" (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The fossil of a 15 meter (50 ft) long "sea monster" found in Arctic Norway was the biggest of its kind known to science with dagger-like teeth in a mouth large enough to bite a small car, researchers said on Wednesday.

NYC mayor: Car services should go green (AP via Yahoo! News)
With a plan already under way to make all of New York City’s yellow cabs green by 2012, Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed new fuel-efficient rules on Wednesday for the thousands of black cars used by car services.

Technicality at heart of case in ‘03 car theft, death in Riverside (The Press-Enterprise)
By JOSE ARBALLO JR. The Press-Enterprise Joe and Barbara Dietz don’t want to hear about technicalities in the law. As far as the Riverside residents are concerned, their 19-year-old daughter was murdered, run over by the man who stole her car in 2003.

Woman hit by car; teen accused of huffing while driving (The State)
Courtney Starnes was walking toward Wal-Mart on Tuesday afternoon when a car accelerated in the parking lot and slammed into her, she said. The impact knocked her out of her shoes and into the air before she landed on her head, which required seven surgical staples, she said. A White Knoll High School student is charged in the incident, accused of huffing an aerosol cleaner while driving. It s …

Car Chase Ends In Fatal Shooting In Van Nuys (CBS 2 Los Angeles)
A Los Angeles police spokesman says officers have shot and killed a car theft suspect following a chase and confrontation in the San Fernando Valley.

Car-Building legend Boyd Coddington dies (AP via Yahoo! News)
Car-building legend Boyd Coddington, whose testosterone-injected cable TV reality show "American Hot Rod" introduced the nation to the West Coast hot rod guru, has died. He was 63.

1 killed, 1 injured as car plows into Southwest Side bus stop (Chicago Tribune)
Driver arrested at scene A car went out of control Tuesday morning and struck two people waiting for a CTA bus on Chicago ’s Southwest Side, killing a 72-year-old woman and injuring a 37-year-old man, police said.

Road rager pinned under car (Daily Telegraph)
A ROAD rager who allegedly slammed on his brakes and got out of his car to confront a driver behind him was struck and pinned under a car sent flying by a truck.

Chanel chooses car park roof for ‘mobile’ art show (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Top fashion brand Chanel unveiled a global art exhibition in Hong Kong Tuesday, choosing the distinctly unglamourous setting of a car park roof.

Report: Woman s car window shot out in Chinatown (Boston Globe)
Boston Police are investigating a woman’s report that her car window was shot out in Chinatown as she took the Kneeland Street exit ramp off Interstate 93.

Car crashes into apartment building (Denver Post)
A car slipped on ice and smashed into a Greenwood Village apartment building this morning, severing a gas line and causing significant damage, officials say.

1 killed, 1 injured by car near Southwest Side bus stop (Chicago Tribune)
Driver arrested at scene A car went out of control Tuesday morning and struck two people near a CTA bus stop on Chicago ’s Southwest Side, killing a 72-year-old woman and injuring a 37-year-old man, police said.

Car Makers Offer Incentives on Hot Models (The Auto Channel)
Washington DC February 26, 2008; The AIADA newsletter reported that as car makers scramble to stem a sales decline, they are offering buyers with good credit low financing rates, rebates, lease deals and other incentives on a wider range of models than usual.

IndyCar begins transition with Champ Car (USA Today)
Now comes the hard part: making the merger between America’s two major open-wheel series work. "It’ll be long and tedious and expensive and a lot of work to put it all together," car owner Derrick Walker said Monday after an orientation meeting for the Champ Car teams that are expected to make the switch to the Indy Racing League’s IndyCar Series this season.

Teen accused of driving at 90 mph in 25 mph zone in a stolen car (Boston Globe)
A young man from Lewiston is accused of driving 90 mph in 25 mph zone — in a stolen car, and without a driver’s license.

Car crash kills man in northeast Minneapolis (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
A man who was hospitalized for five days after a car crash in northeast Minneapolis has died, authorities said. Carl Wittevrongel, 73, of Minneapolis, died Sunday, the Hennepin County medical examiner’s office said today.

Teen accused of driving at 90 mph in 25 mph zone in a stolen car (Boston Globe)
A young man from Lewiston is accused of driving 90 mph in 25 mph zone — in a stolen car, and without a driver’s license.

Car Crashes Into Bronx McDonald’s (WNBC)
Two people were injured when a car crashed into a McDonald’s in the Bronx on Tuesday.

IndyCar begins transition with Champ Car (USA Today)
Now comes the hard part: making the merger between America’s two major open-wheel series work. "It’ll be long and tedious and expensive and a lot of work to put it all together," car owner Derrick Walker said Monday after an orientation meeting for the Champ Car teams that are expected to make the switch to the Indy Racing League’s IndyCar Series this season.

Car crashes into apartment building (Denver Post)
A car slipped on ice and smashed into a Greenwood Village apartment building this morning, severing a gas line and causing significant damage, officials say.

Port of Seattle to start up rental-car center? (Seattle Times)
The Port of Seattle Commission is expected to decide today whether to move ahead with a $413 million rental-car center near Seattle-Tacoma…

Three-car crash injures Phila. officer, three others (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
A three-car crash injured four people in the city’s Logan section yesterday, including a Philadelphia police officer who was responding to a request for help from another officer.

$4,625 worth of items are taken in car theft (The Buffalo News)
A City of Tonawanda woman’s car was stolen, along with about $4,625 worth of belongings inside, while she was parked in the 700 block of Main Street over the weekend, Buffalo police reported.

Commissioner reimburses Deerfield for car repairs (Sun-Sentinel)
Vehicle damaged in public parking lot Commissioner Martin Popelsky has reimbursed the city for repairs made to his personal car last summer that he said was damaged in a public parking lot behind City Hall.

Pain spreads: Car repos rise (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Car loans are the latest casualty of the pinch on the pocketbooks. A faltering economy, inflation, high gas prices and home mortgage problems are blamed.

Schumacher loves Ferrari’s new car (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)
Retired seven times world champion Michael Schumacher believes Ferrari’s new F2008 car gives them a good chance of retaining their constructors’ title.

IndyCar begins transition with Champ Car (USA Today)
Now comes the hard part: making the merger between America’s two major open-wheel series work. "It’ll be long and tedious and expensive and a lot of work to put it all together," car owner Derrick Walker said Monday after an orientation meeting for the Champ Car teams that are expected to make the switch to the Indy Racing League’s IndyCar Series this season.

Woman dies in 3-car crash near S.J. airport (San Jose Mercury News)
Witnesses said the driver of a speeding purple Thunderbird lost control of his car and smashed into a car on the off-ramp from Interstate 880 to Coleman Avenue on Monday morning in a crash that police said killed another motorist.

Police find, seize car (Rocky Mountain News)
Boulder police said Monday they have located the car they suspect was involved in a hit- and-run accident that injured a 16-year-old boy over the weekend.

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Wilkerson tops Funny Car qualifying at Firebird International (USA Today)
Tim Wilkerson raced to his second consecutive No. 1 qualifying position of the Funny Car season Saturday, topping qualifying for the Checker Schuck’s Kragen NHRA Nationals at Firebird International Raceway.

Man clings to car roof while punching girlfriend (Sydney Morning Herald)
A man fighting with his girlfriend clung to a car roof and punched her through the window as she drove more than 1.6 km on a busy road, hitting several other cars, police said.

Man clings to girlfriend’s car in fight (AP via Yahoo! News)
A man fighting with his girlfriend clung to a car roof and punched her through the window as she drove more than a mile on a busy road, hitting several other cars, police said.

Woman dies after car hits tree (BBC News)
A woman dies in hospital from injuries received when her car hit a tree.

Car rolls over boy in road crash (BBC News)
An eight-year-old boy is freed after a car rolled on top of him after he was catapulted from the vehicle.

Car hits traffic light, 2 dead (Chicago Tribune)
Two people died early Sunday and two others were critically injured when the car in which they were traveling collided with a traffic light pole on the Near West Side, Chicago police said.

NEW CAR REGISTRATIONS IN TAIWAN DOWN 30% IN TWO YEARS (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance)
Transport Statistics indicate that new car registrations in Taiwan have declined over 30 per cent in two years, a clear sign that the country’s car market is continuing to shrink as a possible result of soaring global oil prices, according to a press report issued Saturday by the Taipei City Motor Vehicles Office.

Woman sued over fatal 2006 car crash by victim’s family (WISH-TV Indianapolis)
An Indianapolis woman who was allegedly intoxicated when she caused a fatal 2006 car crash is being sued by the victim’s family.

New Car Registrations In Taiwan Down 30% In Two Years (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News)
Statistics indicate that new car registrations in Taiwan have declined over 30 per cent in two years, a clear sign that the country’s car market is continuing to shrink as a possible result of soaring global oil prices, according to a press report issued Saturday by the Taipei City Motor Vehicles Office.

"If Red Bull had Alonso this season then I think their new car would really fly" - XG (BBC News)
"If Red Bull had Alonso this season then I think their new car would really fly" - XG

Wilkerson tops Funny Car qualifying at Firebird International (USA Today)
Tim Wilkerson raced to his second consecutive No. 1 qualifying position of the Funny Car season Saturday, topping qualifying for the Checker Schuck’s Kragen NHRA Nationals at Firebird International Raceway.

Wrong-way 5-car crash kills boy, 4 (Chicago Sun-Times)
A 4-year-old Tinley Park boy was killed in a five-car accident less than half a mile from his home Friday night. Police said the child was a passenger in one of several vehicles struck when a female driver was westbound in the eastbound lanes of 159th Street.

News Now Update: Pedestrian Hit by Car, Killed (WCTV Tallahassee)
A woman walking on a sidewalk on Sunday morning was killed after a driver lost control of her car.

Car rolls over boy in road crash (BBC News)
An eight-year-old boy is freed after a car rolled on top of him after he was catapulted from the vehicle.