Cars! Cars! Cars! Parking Lot:

AutoWeek reports: Automakers Still Choose Steel. We like the purty picture in this article. And we sorta like the far-too-spendy Volvo V70.

The Detroit News reports: Closed auto trial sought. We'd file this under "This is bullshit" if we had such a category. Since when did corps become more important than people? And when did courts allow trials to be closed because of proprietary information when people's health is involved? This is a new low. Heh, we know it hasn't been decided if the trial will be closed, but we have to keep our anger up!