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BMW used to be the peddler of simple sedans and coupes. A convertible was thrown in occasionally. Now there are sedans, coupes, convertibles, wagons, roadsters, SUVs, sport utility coupes and now an AMC Eagle...

The Ford Ranger (pictured above), which rides on a platform introduced the year I was born, receives more standard safety equipment for 2010. Side airbags and roll stability control are now graciously included with every Ranger. But have you ever peaked at the Ranger's IIHS crash score?..

If there was ever a reason to join the police force, this is it. Other than the Italian highway patrol's Gallardo cruiser, this is clearly the coolest police cruiser ever. Straightline has the full story about the Carbon E7, which is a bespoke car designed specifically for law enforcement purposes...

Score a big victory for parenting advocate Brooke Shields, who urged couples to have children for love, not the German engineering found in Volkswagen's Routan. (Of course, there's nothing remotely German engineered about the Routan, but that's neither here nor there.) Apparently, people have been opting to indeed have children for love and hold off on their purchase of a Routan because Volkswagen has ordered Chrysler to stop production at its Windsor, Ontario, factory. This is obviously a huge victory for parenting groups, family advocates, the core of society, and Shields...

Here's an exclusive sneak peak at the Chrysler version of the Alfa Romeo MiTo, which was hinted today over at Straightline. My top-secret source (let's call him Luigi Iacocca) says the Chrysler edition's name hasn't been finalized. Omni and Neon have been ruled out due to potential national PTASD relapse (Post-Traumatic Automotive Stress Disorder)...

Clockwise from red car in lower left: Fiat Grande Punto, Panda, Doblo, Multipla, Sedici, Qubo, Bravo, 500 I'd love to think that the Chrysler-Fiat alliance means that a flood of little Italian hatchbacks and sexy Italian Alfas will soon be arriving on our shores. I'd love to think that soon American factories will stop producing Calibers (sorry, I know its a dirty word), Sebrings (that's worse), Avengers and Jeep Compasses in favor of Cinquecentos, Pandas and Grande Puntos (never mind the Alfa 159 and Alfa Mito). Oh, what a glorious world that would be...

Audi and Prada Join Forces ... I guess because the Audi R8 Eddie Bauer Edition would seem a little weird, right? -James Riswick

Straightline has a report from Automotive News speculating about a possible Fiat-Chrysler partnership. I'd say this actually makes sense. Fiat makes good little cars, specifically the Panda, which also underpins the awesome little Fiat 500 and the new Ford Ka (along with being James May's personal car)...

Last week over on the Strategies blog, I shared a 60 Minutes piece about a New York state district attorney who successfully prosecuted a drunken driver with second degree murder (which prompted that DA's office to e-mail our PR staff asking for my phone number. Still waiting for the call, weird). Anyway, this 60 Minutes piece was equally fascinating, delving into oil speculation and how it has caused this year's wildly fluctuating gas prices...

Khan Noonian Singh died 279 years from now when the Genesis torpedo exploded aboard the U.S.S. Reliant. Everyone knows that...