• Wrangler four-door production to begin today — now with a 20% quieter cabin! [Freep]
• Toyota can do R&D just as crappy as the domestics can — and in twice the time! [Detroit News]
• The UK warns parents that men are trying to get children into their cars. [BBC News]
• And really, what do they expect — nine out of ten drivers carry sweets in their cars. [itv-motoring]

• Mark Phelan's trying to be like the Doc Brown of Detroit — great scott! [Freep]
• DaimlerChrysler's betting on diesel pretty much everywhere. [Reuters]