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SAY what you will about traffic jams, they provide ample time to ponder the stickers on all those bumpers as they creep by.

Well, not necessarily just the bumpers. Stickers have been turning up on rear windows and side ones, on hatchbacks and trunk lids, and on the front and back doors. Nor are they necessarily stickers: many people are putting messages on their cars with magnets. Those messages, though, can be a head-scratching hodgepodge of colors, symbols and phrases. This may be especially

IN most states, some people convicted of drunken driving can start their cars only after blowing into a device attached to the vehicle that detects alcohol, shutting the car down if it does. These alcohol interlocks are a bit clunky and very intrusive.

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The Impact of Alcohol

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CHIBA, Japan

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New Models in Tokyo

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FOR more than three decades, we baby boomers have grown older, and often larger, along with the Honda Accord. With the arrival of the all-new 2008 Accord, this should be cause for celebration, for these latest Hondas prove that maturity can also mean excellence.

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The State of the Midsize Sedan, 2008

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You may remember Sweden's infamous Älgtest (a.k.a. moose or Elk test). A kamikaze professional driver guides a fully-laden vehicle (simulated passengers, genuine cargo) down a closed course at 35.5mph. He/she then swerves to avoid an object, then swerves back; simulating the manoeuvres needed to to miss both an errant moose and oncoming

Audi has the A3. Mercedes has the B-class. BMW has the 1-series. And now Lexus is jumping on the small car bandwagon. According to Redbook (the Aussie website, not the thirty-something fashion mag), Toyota's upmarket car brand is dumping plans to build a RAV-4-based SUV in favor of crafting the Lexus of small cars. An unnamed, overly-grammatical Lexus executive

Yesterday, we speculated whether or not Chrysler would hang fire on trimming union jobs dud models until after the United Auto Workers (UAW) convinced Ford members to work without job guarantees. Turns out Chrysler didn't even wait for the ink to dry on its union agreement before axing its first three losers. The Detroit News quotes "people

The J.D. Power Asia Pacific 2007 Malaysia Sales Satisfaction Index (SSI) StudySM was released yesterday. It says that Toyota Motor Corp. ranks highest with the new-vehicle sales and delivery process for a second consecutive year.

Like in the previous, the study, on its fifth year, examines satisfaction of new-vehicle buyers based on sales and delivery experience. The overall sales satisfaction is measured by six factors, namely delivery process, delivery timing, salesperson,

Sweden's Teknikens Varld reports that Mercedes is upgrading its delivery van Viano to create a newish MPV: the X-Clusive. After failing with their hearse-themed R-Class, after winning few hearts and minds with the panel-van based Vito (including the Brabus-wheeled "Sport-X" variant), Mercedes is hoping its bigger, blingier luxo-box–