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Report finds California leads nation in car thefts

It's not just the weather that's hot in California--apparently lots of the cars are, too. The National Insurance Crime Bureau released its list of the top 10 car-theft areas in the country for 2010. Eight of them are in the Golden State, mostly in rural areas.

Custom cars with an extreme sports theme at SEMA 2013

The annual Speciality Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Car Show is one of the world's biggest events for modified motors. In short, if you want to check out the most weird, wonderful and wacky cars in the world, head for SEMA. And naturally, the event is held in Las Vegas.

One Lap of the Web: Buick Hellcats, Ford's five-dollar workday and a new look for the Lotus Seven

We spend a lot of time on the Internet -- pretty much whenever we're not driving, writing about or working on cars. Since there's more out there than we'd ever be able to cover, here's our daily digest of car stuff on the Web you may not otherwise have heard about. -- Petrolicious asks a tough question we don't mind answering: Would you rather have a 1956 Facel Vega FV2B or a 1962 Maserati 3500 GT by Touring?