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New Porsche Supercar at Detroit Motor Show?

A new Porsche Carrera at the Detroit Motor Show Porsche has been absent from the Detroit Motor Show for four years, but is planning a return to next month’s show with a bang, according to Porsche spokesman Hans- Gerd Bode. “We’ll have something spectacular to show there,” said Herr Bode. “You’ll have to wait and be surprised.” So what has Porsche got up its sleeve, we wonder?

Chevrolet rolls out high-performance tires and wheels for the 2012 Corvette

The introduction of high-performance tires and racing-style wheels for the Z06 and ZR1 models is the major change to the Chevrolet Corvette for the 2012 model year, according to information being posted at Corvette fan sites on the Internet. Info is leaking out as Chevy is set to officially talk about the 2012 Vette during the annual C5/C6 Bash fan event at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Ky., this weekend. Look for some official news on April 28.

Fewer people being killed in car-truck collisions, study finds

Death rates in crashes between big trucks and cars dropped 64 percent in 2008-09 compared with 2000-01, according to an insurance-industry study of government data. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety cited changes in vehicle design, particularly for SUVs and pickups, as a key factor in the decline. The number of deaths for car and minivan passengers involved in crashes with larger vehicles fell from 44 per million in 2000-01 to 16 deaths per million in 2008-09, the study found.