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Meet the love child of Ford and Airstream

By TIMES WIRES
Published January 22, 2007

Ford Motor Co. has teamed with the maker of Airstream travel trailers to create a concept touring vehicle inspired by spacecraft and by the aerodynamic trailers that became icons of the American road. The automaker calls the Ford Airstream Concept a futuristic crossover, with its silver color, capsule-shaped exterior, orange-rimmed windows and 12 symbolic rivets that pay homage to Airstream's riveted aluminum construction. The concept vehicle operates under electric power at all times, powered by a plug-in hydrogen hybrid fuel cell. The passenger side features a powered clamshell door that runs two-thirds the length of the vehicle, and there is a three-door hatch at the rear.

Pristine Cadillac sells for $150,000

How much would you pay for a 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Seville in pristine condition with less than 2,300 miles on it? $150,000. That was the winning bid for the one-of-a-kind car that husband and wife John Pfanstiehl and Kelly Cisarik of Indian Rocks Beach had auctioned off at Barrett-Jackson's in Scottsdale, Ariz., Friday night. Pfanstiehl bought the Cadillac in 1981 from the son of the original owner, Maurice Gagnon. The car has spent 25 years in Pfanstiehl's garage. "It's always been a treasure to me and it just seems a shame it sits in the garage," he said.

Volkswagen rules the roost in Europe

We're inundated with news about the trials and tribulations of U.S. automakers, but who sells the most cars in Europe? Car sales on that continent rose only slightly last year even though economic growth advanced at the fastest rate since 2000, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association said. The top 10 European sellers:

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