• German motorist thinks World Cup is a great time to smack his car into 21 sports fans. [Washington Post]
• What makes a car American? Only subjectivity and Cars.com know for sure. [PR Newswire]
• For those people who think stock-car is as Republican as apple pie is American — Dick Cheney popped his cherry yesterday at Daytona. We hear he did a lap in a limo. Seriously. [The Australian]
• Herbie, is that you? Vokswagen creates a 150mph car — that drives it itself! [Askaprice.com]
• Chrysler's gotta trim their shit — by like 180 jobs. [Detroit News]

• So what role would Renault play at GM? [Freep]