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Weather still causing commuter chaos

COMMUTERS had a miserable return to work today as bad weather continued to cause havoc to road travel. A number of major road routes were affected by flooding or by fallen trees, while one lane was closed on the M48 Severn Bridge due to strong winds and a section of the M77 in Glasgow was closed because of flooding. A landslip at Hawick on the Scottish Borders led to hold-ups on the A7, while a section of the A36 in Hampshire was closed due to a fallen tree and fallen power cables.

Chevrolet to dealers: Let Cruze shoppers test-drive competitors

Chevrolet is asking its 3,000 dealers to prepare for the late September launch of the Chevrolet Cruze compact by purchasing competitors' vehicles for test-drive comparisons. Chevrolet is encouraging dealers to have a Toyota Corolla and Honda Civic on site so prospective 2011 Cruze buyers can immediately measure the car against its segment competitors, said Margaret Brooks, Chevrolet small-car marketing director. At a media event Tuesday in suburban Detroit, Brooks said Chevrolet expects buyers to come away with a favorable view of the Cruze.

Autoweek in review

On Monday, Ford and GM announced they would work together on nine- and 10-speed transmissions, we found out how to outrun a dust storm in a Lexus LFA and legendary driver Stirling Moss made some interesting comments. The embargo on the Jaguar F-Type broke on Tuesday, we learned about a documentary on the Pebble Beach Road Races and Porsche showed off its 911 RSR for race duty. On Wednesday, pictures of the next Lamborghini Aventador slipped out on the Web, the Mercedes GLA concept was revealed and the Flat Rock, Mich.