Honda re-styles Civic Hybrid
Honda Motor Co., the world's second-biggest maker of gasolene-electric autos, is redesigning its Civic Hybrid and improving the small car's fuel economy to try to win United States sales from Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius.

Mercedes ditches old style
SURELY, My favourite part of any product presentation of the Mercedes-Benz M-Class is hearing German engineers pronounce "Tuscaloosa," as in Alabama, where in 1997 Mercedes started building its first sport-utility vehicle: Too-ska-loo-sah.