GM 'In the Fight of Our Lives.' Chevy Gets It Right With Cobalt. Will GMAC Spin Off? Spy Shots of Saturn Aura and Next-Gen Jeep Wrangler. Columnist Jerry Flint Has a Tale of Two Butt-Ugly Cars. And Check Out Rolling Sculpture On TheCarConnection.com.

DETROIT, May 31, 2005 -- General Motors is in "the fight of our lives," marketing chief Mark LaNeve tells TheCarConnection.com in an exclusive interview. We've already heard that Pontiac, Buick and GMC will be rolled into one marketing operation, but what else is in store? Read this week's issue for the inside story.

With yet another downgrade in its debt ratings, what might GM have to do to keep its balance sheet in order? Will it spin off its lucrative GMAC lending arm? See what TCC has learned.

It's not all bad news for GM, though. Check out TCC's spy shots of the upcoming Aura sedan, and see why it might revive the troubled Saturn division.

Then TheCarConnection's reviewers give the once-over to the new Chevrolet Cobalt, and find "a compact car it can be proud of," one that can go bumper- to-bumper against the best small cars from Japan.

What about Lexus? How does its sporty new GS430 stack up against the benchmark luxury sedans? Check this week's issue for more.

Other spy shots this week include the 2007 Wrangler, an all-new, trail- rated Jeep from a revolutionary new assembly plant.

In business news, see why Canadian Autoworkers may take on Chrysler. And find out more about Mazda's new CX-7 crossover.

Then check out the tale of two butt-ugly cars. Curmudgeon-at-large Jerry Flint tells us why one is a hit and one's a punchline.

There's no debating that the 1938 Talbot was one of the most beautiful cars ever built, and in TheCarConnection's newest feature, see the legendary automobile in an entirely new light. Check out Rolling Sculpture, a regular monthly photo feature from top classic car photographer Winston Goodfellow.

Don't miss this week's CAR-toon, on http://www.thecarconnection.com/ . Let OnSite Mechanic solve your service problems. Find Kelley Blue Book pricing and more -- on the Web's Automotive Authority, TheCarConnection.com.

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