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BMW Classic Center opens to customers

Great news for vintage BMW owners: The German automaker has opened its Classic Center to customers. BMW says global demand for its vintage cars and motorcycles is growing. Its 200 clubs have about 200,000 members, and the company estimates there are 600,000 classic BMWs on the road--and those are just the ones the company knows about.

Honda Micro Commuter Concept

The Honda Micro Commuter Concept is yet another sub-car personal automobility vehicle, adding to the scores presented over the last year. Sitting as it does between a car and motorcycle, it's fitting that a team formed of designers and engineers from both Honda's car and motorcycle departments developed the vehicle. While visually it appears close to the Renault Twizy thanks to its fared, outboard wheels and digital display on its nose, it offers a fully-enclosed cabin for three.

One Lap of the Web: We invented the Miata!

-- Sochi or bust! Is there anything more Russian than driving a Lada Niva to the Winter Olympics? (Flagrant corruption, perhaps.) Documentary producer Vlad Ketkovich calls the venerable Niva "the closest thing to an automotive version of the Russian soul," and we'd wager that the Niva belongs in quintessential Russian-ness next to the Bolshoi Ballet and the movie "Russian Ark." (Or "Ninth Company," if your attention span has been blown to bits.) -- A gorgeous Alfa Romeo ventures into the woods by itself.