The New Look at Lexus, Complete NY Auto Show Round-Up, Close-Up With the New, 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee, Land Rover LR3, Cadillac STS and Saab 9-7X; and Some of the Strange Sounds Emerging From Industry Execs - That and More on TheCarConnection.com

DETROIT, April 12 -- Kids say the darndest things. So do automotive executives, as you'll find out inside the latest issue of TheCarConnection.com. Check out some of the insights, oversights and other curious comments heard on the floor of the Jacob Javits Center during the 2004 NY International Auto Show.

See why Infiniti's boss thinks things could "get ugly," how Ford's J Mays added 2+2 to get 4 (wheel-drive, that is), and what actor Jim Belushi had to say about that head of hair on Volvo's Vic Doolan.

This year's New York International Auto Show delivered some significant new cars, trucks and crossovers. Get a complete round-up of all the action in the Big Apple in this week's issue of TheCarConnection.com, then get up-close and personal with some of the most important of those products, including the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee, '05 Cadillac STS, Saab 9-7X and Land Rover LR3.

You'll also get a good look at the new look of Lexus, starting with the LF-C concept car. The automaker promises to do away with derivative styling and TheCarConnection has the inside story on how this hardtop convertible show car will change things -- starting with the next-generation Lexus IS.

Then find out more about the latest controversy to wrack troubled DaimlerChrysler, a crisis that could cost it $6 billion in an effort to salvage its struggling Japanese affiliate, Mitsubishi.

This week's spy shot captures the 2005 BMW X3 Sport.

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