To commemorate twenty-five years of Quattro, Audi will build 250 special-edition S4s in 2006 called-astoundingly-25quattro.
Ford will market the Mercury Mariner Hybrid almost exclusively via the Internet.
Ford expects that the vehicle's target customers are likely to visit environmentally themed, Mariner Hybrid-sponsored Web sites for the Sierra Club and National Geographic.
Lamborghini's new Gallardo special edition will get exclusive two-tone exterior and interior treatments, special Pirelli P Zero Corsa tires, and, thanks to a revised six-speed gearbox, a 0-to-60-mph time of 4.0 seconds, a 0.2-second improvement.
Saturn recently revealed that its eight-passenger crossover vehicle, slated as a 2007 model, will be called the Outlook.
An Australian study published in the British Medical Journal says that drivers who gab on their cell phones are four times more likely to be in an accident-even using a hands-free device.