Testing Sporty Scion tC; Leaving Rubber With Ram SRT-10; Cadillac XLR Wins Total Quality Award, Mitsubishi Gets a $4 Billion Reprieve; While BMW Stumbles; Spy Shots of Next Miata; and Love and Money Don't Mix in the Repair Shop -- This Week on TheCarConnection.com

DETROIT, May 24, 2004 -- It's all about taking risks and exceeding expectations in this week's issue of TheCarConnection.com .

Toyota's youth-oriented Scion division sees itself a sort of Lexus-light. See if it lives up to that billing with the new tC, the $16,465 coupe TCC reviews this week. Then, in Daily Edition, find out more about Scion's risk- oriented business strategy.

Is the Dodge Ram SRT-10 a pick-up or sports car? The answer is, "yes." It's both, as TCC reviewers discovered.

Mazda's hip little Miata was once described as the "best British sports car the Japanese ever built." Now get a look at the third-generation Miata, captured by TheCarConnection's spy photographers.

Then get a look at the next Volkswagen GTI, long before it rolls into U.S. dealer showrooms.

Quality's only half the equation. But when you add "things-gone-right" to those things-gone-wrong, that's a more complete picture. Cadillac's XLR topped the chart in the new Total Quality Index, while BMW, that perennial master of automotive passion, took a tumble. See why GM and Hyundai are hot and Toyota and BMW are not in this week's issue of TheCarConnection.com .

Have oil prices peaked? Or are petroleum traders just taking a breather? Get an inside look at the global fuel crisis and what it means for U.S. motorists.

Mitsubishi is down to its last chance -- but will the latest $4 billion investment be enough to turn the company around on the business pages and in shoppers' wallets? Read more on the situation in Tokyo (or Kyoto) this week inside TheCarConnection.com .

And in the latest installment of the Mechanic's Tale, find out why love and money don't mix at the repair shop.

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