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If that's the case, VW execs might want to take a spin. Over the past decade, the company's North American unit has been hammered. Although last year VW of America increased sales 1.2%, to 137,885 cars, that's only a third of the metal VW of America...
Yet on American roads these days the fixation is on brawn and horsepower: trucks now outsell cars, and minivans and sport-utility vehicles lug the family around. (By the way, where's the New Age VW Microbus?) VW tried to cover itself by putting its tiny new number on steroids...
Washington wants smaller--or at least cleaner. At the Detroit show this year, the Big Three did their save-the-earth bit by displaying some "clean" concept cars. Chrysler unveiled its ESX2, which combines lightweight construction, plastic body panels and a hybrid power train (a small diesel engine, batteries and...
AUTO-LOCK Now that every teenager has one, Motorola is looking into a new market for its pagers: cars. Its CreataLink Control Module ($100 plus installation) lets owners remotely lock their cars, disable the engine and flash the headlights to deter thieves.
DIED. DAVID SCHRAMM, 52, bold, influential astrophysicist whose studies of dark matter shed new light on the birth of the universe; after crashing his two-engine plane near Denver.