Everything You Need to Know About Detroit and L.A. Auto Shows; Honda Rolls Out 'Green' Vanilla; Return of 2-Tone Paint, Automakers Bullish on '04 - But Bending Numbers in '03? That and More on TheCarConnection.com

DETROIT, Dec. 22, 2003 -- For those already planning for Christmas '05, TheCarConnection provides a good start with its preview of the upcoming Detroit and Los Angeles auto shows. Get a look at the Ferrari 612, the BMW 6- Series convertible, the all-new '05 Corvette and the Pontiac G6. There are trucks, and sedans and sports cars and plenty more.

It sounds like a line from Dr. Seuss, but Honda's got the green vanilla. See what happens when you mate a high-mileage hybrid engine with the mainstay of compact cars in TCC's review of the '04 Honda Civic Hybrid.

Color sells, and automakers put a lot of time and effort into choosing the right shades for their products. Get a look at what paint colors are on the rise -- and see how that mainstay of the '50s, the two-tone paint job, may be making a comeback.

New wave. New design. Nuvolari. Get an exclusive look at the all-new, 2005 Audi A6. It's this week's spy shot on TheCarConnection.com .

Automakers are bullish about 2005, and Chrysler's New Year's resolution is to invest billions in new plants and products for the Jeep division. Find out more in this week's issue of TCC. Then see why December sales numbers leave columnist Jerry Flint wondering where automotive accountants learned their math.

Forget the tabloids. You have plenty of high-profile drama this week as TCC checks out the war of words between Ford and its former European CEO. Did the automaker really "resign him"? And find out the latest in the $3 billion court battle between Kirk Kerkorian and DaimlerChrysler.

And find out how a special training program is helping turn kids into safe drivers across the country.

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