Driving Ford's 500-hp GT Supercar; Hog Heaven in the New Harley F-250; Toyota Builds a Green Performance Machine; Spies Capture Next Pontiac Grand Am; Automakers Back on the Grid; and DCX Pays for a Merger That Wasn't - on TheCarConnection.com!

DETROIT, Aug. 25, 2003 -- It's the most expensive car ever to wear the blue oval, as well as the fastest and most powerful. Now the long wait is over. See Ford's 500-horsepower GT supercar in action this week -- exclusively on TheCarConnection.com.

If big and bold is your speed, you'll go to hog heaven when you check out the 2004 Harley-Davidson F-250.

Then discover what happens when you build performance into a green machine like the second-generation Prius. TCC reviewers discovered it's as close as Toyota's come to building a Ferrari.

And to complete this week's performance package, get a first look at the 1001-hp Bugatti Veyron 16.4. It's finally coming to market for a cool million bucks apiece.

See double with a pair of spy shots this week: the '05 Pontiac Grand Am -- will it redefine the brand? And Kia's new, 2005 SUV. Only on TCC!

In business news: A Detroit company known for technology breakthroughs may have the answer to putting a hydrogen car in your driveway. The blackout cost the industry big production losses, but even with automakers back on the grid, they're worrying about future problems. And just who is Nissan's new ad campaign designed to appeal to? Those stories on TheCarConnection.com.

DaimlerChrysler called it a "merger of equals." Angry shareholders argued otherwise, and a slip of the tongue by DCX's CEO suggesting they were right has cost the automaker $300 million.

Ford has some singles and doubles in its future product program, but where are the home runs, asks TCC's curmudgeon-at-large, Jerry Flint. And down in Atlanta, they're building Ford's highest-quality cars, so why is the automaker's most productive plant facing an uncertain future?

For smart shoppers, this week's TCC Tip asks what's true and false when it comes to automotive safety?

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