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Global warming, Chrysler’s chronicles, and the cosmic implications of our editor’s writing - it’s all on the table this week as TheCarConnection.com sifts through its mailbox and answers your questions on the big car news of the day.

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Forget the Mao suits and rickshaws. If you want to see some of the sexiest couture draped over the latest cars and concept vehicles, head to China. Paul Eisenstein, Publisher of TheCarConnection.com, was on hand for the press preview at this year’s Shanghai Motor Show, and files this report on the debut of some hot new products, including the BMW CS, Audi Cross Coupe quattro, Mazda2 and Buick Riviera Concept — as well as some breakthrough offerings from Chinese makers.

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Saving Buick, Ford flexes at the auto show, and Imus feedback.

Can Buick be saved? If Ford ready to Flex more muscles through a hip-hop DJ? Was Don Imus fired for good reason? And where the hell is Knight Rider’s KITT car? TheCarConnection.com takes its letters to the airwaves this week with a podcast of letters sent in by our readers. Listen in as editor Marty Padgett and fellow TCCer Mollie Platt cover ground with Buick’s Chinese Riviera and Park Avenue, a scoop on the Funked-up version of the Flex, why gay cars and Don Imus titillate our readers—and how KITT can be yours for about $149,000, blinking red light included.

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In the beginning, there was BMW and Mercedes. And then came Lexus.  Now Hyundai is about to weigh in with its Concept Genesis luxury car.  Hyundai?  Aren’t those the guys who make cheap and cheerful little econoboxes?  Once upon a time, maybe, but now Hyundai is moving up-market and is eyeing the luxury segment with this soon-to-be-in-production sedan that will cost barely half as much as its European and Japanese competition. Find out more in this report from Paul A. Eisenstein, Publisher of TheCarConnection.com.

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Small cars are “the fastest-growing segment of the automotive market,” notes Dave Lyons, who heads Asian design operations for General Motors. On a global scale, minicars now account for about 5 percent of total sales, but by some estimates, Lyons notes, that could triple over the next decade. So it’s no surprise that General Motors has chosen to unveil three promising minicar concepts at this year’s New York International Auto Show, prototypes primarily developed at the former Daewoo operations, in Inchon, South Korea, but with the assistance of GM designers and engineers from around the world. Hear more about the Trax, Groove and Beat with publisher Paul A. Eisenstein.

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