******************************************************************** USA TODAY CARS NEWSLETTER 09/17/04 Updated 11:04 a.m. ******************************************************************** USA TODAY auto writer James R. Healey's Test Drive 2005 Ford Five Hundred; Freestyle Sedan, SUV use Volvo's great all-wheel drive system. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSyrUAQc52PAS$j3ZASc-fFDp/usat34-0
******************************************************************** Top Stories Look closely: Muscle car could be a fake The American love affair with 1960s and '70s muscle cars and the resulting price surge in the collectors' market have spawned a slew of fakes. Plus, photo gallery of real and "clone" muscle cars. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSyrUAQc52PAS$j3ZASc-fFDp/usat29-0 Showing R-E-S-P-E-C-T, Ford to send Think cars to Norway Ford Motor agreed to return about 300 Norwegian-built electric cars to the Nordic country after protests about plans to scrap them, the transport minister said Thursday. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSyrUAQc52PAS$j3ZASc-fFDp/usat31-0 NHTSA plan calls for monitors in wheels Federal officials Wednesday proposed requiring automakers to install monitors in each wheel on a car to warn drivers when pressure falls more than 25% in any of the tires. If finalized, the plan would require automakers to install the monitors in 50% of their vehicles beginning next Sept. 1. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSyrUAQc52PAS$j3ZASc-fFDp/usat30-0 Domestic auto market share under 60% Market share for domestic automakers is below 60% this year through August, an all-time low. General Motors, Ford Motor and Chrysler Group, which have been losing U.S. market share for 10 years, had a combined 58.8% share January through August, according to Autodata. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSyrUAQc52PAS$j3ZASc-fFDp/usat28-0 Regulators focus on better rollover safety When federal auto safety officials propose a rule this fall to strengthen vehicle roofs for protection in rollover crashes, they'll also seek seat-belt improvements. Officials think safety belts allow occupants to move too much, possibly hitting the roof and other parts of a vehicle when it is rolling. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSyrUAQc52PAS$j3ZASc-fFDp/usat27-0 Feds to require safer window controls Federal auto safety regulators said Monday that safer power window switches will be required in all vehicles by 2008. The better switches, already on virtually all foreign vehicles and many U.S. cars and trucks, are more difficult to unintentionally activate. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSyrUAQc52PAS$j3ZASc-fFDp/usat26-0 Monster truck goes to market International, the heavy-truck company, thinks buyers are pining for even bigger trucks than today's hefty sport-utility vehicles and full-size pickups, and this week it begins marketing the world's largest production pickup. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSyrUAQc52PAS$j3ZASc-fFDp/usat25-0 More news http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSyrUAQc52PAS$j3ZASc-fFDp/usat33-0 ******************************************************************** You Asked Q: I am looking to buying a car in the $12,000-$15,000 range. I really like the Honda Accord but would have to get a 2000 most likely. I was also looking at 2004 Civics as well as Altimas or even maybe a Sebring. A: The Civic's a good bet. So's a Corolla. And don't overlook a Mazda 3 � lot of car for the cash, and pretty classy inside for the price. 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