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There's still time to cast a ballot in the 2010 edition of the Inside Line Readers' Most Wanted Awards . This is your opportunity to agree with us by voting for the cars we like?–?or take us to task by voting for cars you feel we've given short shrift. There are eight categories separated out by genre (Speed, Family, Hauling, Concept, etc.) and price (under $30,000 and over $30,000), and a list of candidates (uh, cars) in each.
The Mille Miglia road race in Italy hasn't been run for more than 50 years (the historic recreation rally notwithstanding). Yet this 1,000-mile open road race is still fresh for lovers of classic sports/racing cars, along with the manufacturers who once built those vehicles. Now BMW — well, at least BMW's Italian arm — joins the likes of Mercedes in unveiling a special-edition version of a current product to celebrate victory at the Mille Miglia.
Geneva Auto Show coverage has delayed our usual monthly sales briefing, but we can't let Ford's 45.6-percent year-over-year sales increase pass without mention.?The Ford, Lincoln, Volvo and Mercury brands sold a total of 142,285 vehicles, outpacing 2nd-place General Motors?by less than 1,000 units (141,535). Of course, Ford executives?haven't wanted?to talk about the impact of fleet sales (40 percent of the total) or Toyota's misfortunes, instead pointing to the Fusion which recorded a 116.5-percent increase in sales landing at 16,459 for February. Amid all the recall uproar, Toyota saw?an expected?dip in February but appears to be weathering the storm for now.
Yes, indeed the 2010 Geneva Auto Show has gone high-tech: If you're up late (or up really early), you can watch every single press conference live on one of two official video feeds from the show floor on March 2. It's a big schedule, with conferences stacked back-to-back starting with the Chinese automaker BYD at 8:00 a.m. Tuesday (that's 2?a.m
