A chain of the country's most popular auto enthusiast magazines used at least 20 of its titles to run similar stories and covers this month, all asking "CAN THEY OUTLAW HOT RODDING?" It's less about street machines than political ones.

High Performance Pontiac magazine might want to reconsider its implication that anyone who has a 2004-2006 Holden-based Pontiac GTO doesn't own a real one, especially given that those readers are a part of whatever subscription base they've got left.

Secretive media mogul Ron Burkle's Source Interlink, the publisher of Motor Trend, Hot Rod and Automobile filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. No word whether Angus Mackenzie's preparing for a new career in hair care. [Bloomberg]