2004 Suzuki - Green Cars Go Nuts, Suzuki Slips Into A Higher Gear And Justin Timberlake Causes Car Accidents.

Honda: 20 Million And CountingWe had suspected Honda's mission to take over the U.S. car market was in full swing. First they started building cars here; then they started building trucks here. Then they secretly used their cash hoard to hamstring the competition: words like Aztek, Schwarzenegger and Kill Bill come to mind. Now Honda says they've sold 20 million cars in the U.S. since they landed the first CVCCs on our shores in 1970. It's a secret code, we think-time to cue the freeze ray to stop Toyota in its tracks! Better get out the space heater.

It Is All Japanese To MeIn the midst of organizing the 2003 JDM parts buyers guide (issue 53), we seemed to have left out a minor detail pertaining to pages 76-108. Namely the source box to direct readers where to track down all the JDM goodies! Also take note: product number 13 in the guide is actually a set of JDM Prelude headlights not Integra Type-R. So now you got the info, get crackin and find those rare JDM parts you've always been looking for!

Before we sign off, let's embarrass one of our peeps in Oregon, shall we? The AP reports that John L. Nunes, 19, was driving in Douglas County and singing along with Mousketeer Justin Timberlake's hit song, "Rock Your Body." Also moving to the music: a bee that flew into Nunes' mouth, causing him to lose control of the car and run it off a 15-foot embankment. "I kind of panicked and went off the road," Nunes told the news service. Nunes suffered one stitch in his tongue as a result of the accident; no word on the bee's condition or if Nunes has switched to Christina Aguilera as a result. Is it just us, or is the embarrassing part that he actually was listening to a guy who used to be in N'Sync?

Toyota Handing Out Fuel-Cell VehiclesApparently having $26 billion in the bank makes a gal pretty loose with the gifts. Toyota has given out a pair of fuel-cell vehicles to the National Fuel Cell Research Center at UC Irvine (www.nfcrc.uci.edu) and UC Davis' Institute of Transportation Studies (http://its.ucdavis.edu) so they can test how fuel-cell cars work in the real world. But you just know how they'll end up being used: ring and run, dine and dash, TP'ing the dean's house and potentially, altering the course of America's gas-powered existence. Our sugar mama only gave us Tommy cologne!

NHTSA Rolls Over, Plays DeadThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will from now on purposely try to roll vehicles as they test them. Normally, this would not inspire new rounds of federal funding; however, in the agency's quest to make cars safer, it all makes sense, at least in Washington. The NHTSA says its new rollover test will be used to better inform shoppers about the rollover potential of the vehicles they want to buy. The test is simple: they hurtle forward in the vehicle at about 50 mph, make a drastic left-hand turn, then a right turn, giving the maneuver the "fish hook" name and giving us an excuse to take another road to get to Circuit City.

Wheels TV In the MakingYou can watch porn 24 hours a day on cable TV, but until now you couldn't watch hours of auto show coverage featuring the new Skoda Favorit (sponsored by Skoda). That may be about to change. The Associated Press reports that Wheels TV, a new effort based in Massachusetts, expects to launch in the first quarter of next year with 24-hour content based on the world of autos. Steering clear of racing, the domain of Fox's Speed Channel, Wheels TV aims to capture a bigger viewing audience with shows based around technology, history, and traffic with show titles like "Wild About Wheels" and "Import Tuner Time." Auto shows, classic movies, and daily news are other important parts of the channel's programming, the news agency reports, but sadly, the "naked fans of NASCAR" marathon will have to wait until they can find two NASCAR fans with waistlines smaller than 36 inches.

Don't Sleep on the TurnpikeNext time you drive through New Jersey, make sure you get your caffeine on before you ramp it up to warp speed. That's because New Jersey has made it illegal to drive if you're drowsy. The new law is in response to a high-profile accident involving a driver that had been awake for 30 hours. If caught you'll do up to ten years and could be fined $100,000. And if you happen to stop at the Starbuck's in Cherry Hill for your usual fair-trade soy decaf latte, tell Lysa we want our records back.