What's Hot And What's Not - A Special Holiday Issue of TheCarConnection.com

DETROIT, Dec. 23, 2002; Domestic luxury leader Cadillac isn't ready to cede the upcoming Detroit auto show to its import competition. Caddy plans to challenge ultra-lux marques such as Bentley, Rolls-Royce and Maybach with a 1000-horsepower V-16-powered concept vehicle that "suggests" an up- market shift in direction for General Motors' flagship marque. Find the full story in this week's issue of TheCarConnection.com . In this special edition, TCC's Best-of-2002 reports on all the important, amusing, odd and unusual events that added up to an amazing year. And visitors can read some of the site's best news coverage from 2002, reportage that recently won TheCarConnection the "Best-of-the-Web" award in the annual International Automotive Media Awards. The Honda Element is definitely very "in." But is Chrysler's PT Cruiser on its way out? Find out on TheCarConnection this week as we report on "What's Hot, What's Not ... and what's so very five minutes ago." This edition asks readers to vote on the most important news stories of the year, including the Ford turnaround effort, Fiat's meltdown, zero-interest financing, the horsepower wars, and the surging import market share. And in a TCC exclusive, readers can interact through the Forums message boards with Ford's design chief J Mays on the all-new retro Mustang. You'll find accurate new car pricing, reviews you can trust, weekly racing results, TCC's OnSite Mechanic and more -- on the Web's Automotive Authority, TheCarConnection.com . Web users also can access TheCarConnection through the PR Newswire site http://www.prnewswire.com .