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Remembering Oldsmobile and its incredible Aurora

On April 29, 2004, the last Oldsmobile rolled off the line and took the century-old badge with it. Since its founding in 1897, Oldsmobile has enjoyed a beloved and storied past in the tapestry of American industry. So many luminary products arose from its Lansing, Mich., home!

The Christmas giveaway: 32 prizes up for grabs!

By Jed Maxwell Competitions 26 October 2009 13:54 Christmas is coming and CAR's publisher Bauer Media in association with our subscription partner Greatmagazines.co.uk is giving you the chance to win a bundle of prizes worth more than £1000. There's everything from a copy of CAR commentator Stephen Bayley's brilliant book Cars: Freedom, Style, Sex, Power, Motion, Colour, Everything to toolkits, outdoor gear and computer games. >> Click here to enterBayley's book charting the most influential style icons on four wheels was launched to critical acclaim last year.

Call for reform over road repair funding

FUNDING patterns mean most road maintenance is being carried out in "less-efficient, cold and wet" times, a report from a Government spending watchdog has said. The current pattern of funding, combined with the need to spend money within the financial year, means that most maintenance work goes on between September and March, said the report from the National Audit Office (NAO). It went on: "Although this is less disruptive for road users, it is less efficient than carrying out the work at other times of year because materials can be more difficult to handle in cold and wet conditions, and daylight hours are shorter." The report went on: "As a result of the additional funding for emergency repairs, which is made available at the end of the financial year, almost all highways authorities need extra capacity from the market at the same time, which makes it less likely that they will get value for money." The NAO report said there was a "lack of predictability" over road spending adding that historically, local highway authorities spent more revenue on maintenance, but were now carrying out fewer routine activities such as clearing gullies which are essential to preventing water seeping into roads' sub-structure.