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...nearby Pakistan. This border area is an unforgiving landscape of rocky hills and scrub pines where the enemy can nestle into position at close range while remaining invisible. When the soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division venture out in humvee patrols along dusty tracks they have dubbed Chevy, Pontiac and Camaro, they know how easily a hunter can become prey. As U.S. Army Colonel Rodney Davis puts it, "Shkin is the evilest place in Afghanistan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battle in the Evilest Place | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

After high school, Cash worked at an auto plant in Pontiac, Mich., and in 1950 joined the Air Force. He came home, married Vivian Liberto and settled with her in Memphis, Tenn. This was in 1954, and by the next year he had a deal with Sun Records, which had launched Presley's career. Hey, Porter, backed by Cry, Cry, Cry, was his first hit. Around that time, with the help of Phillips and producer Jack Clement, Presley (who would shortly move on to RCA Victor and megastardom) and two other young men, Perkins and Lewis, would create the rockabilly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Man In Black: JOHNNY CASH (1932-2003) | 9/22/2003 | See Source »

...company expects to reach 1.2 million by year's end. And it's not just luxury-car owners who are shelling out for the high-tech extras. New-car buyers can find options like these on everyday models, such as a $25,000 Honda Accord and a $22,000 Pontiac Vibe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Driving Into The Future | 6/2/2003 | See Source »

...Ford in standardizing platforms across models, which reduces development costs. The influence of its North American chairman and product guru, former Chrysler and Ford executive Robert Lutz, 71, is emerging: Cadillacs are rolling out with bold designs and high performance, Chevy is launching the SSR pickup convertible, and Pontiac is reviving its 1960s muscle car, the GTO. In areas of engineering weakness, GM is swallowing its pride and outsourcing: Saturn's 2004 VUE SUV will use Honda engines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Motor Trends: Why The Most Profitable Cars Made in the U.S.A. are Japanese and German | 5/19/2003 | See Source »

...launch a Cadillac two-seater (price: an estimated $80,000) and a combo roadster-truck, the Chevrolet SSR, both for next year. Producing a sports car in the sub-$40,000 segment is not part of GM's public plans, at least not yet. While the prototype of its Pontiac Solstice was a hit with critics at auto shows, GM has not said whether the car will be produced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turbo Boost | 12/16/2002 | See Source »

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