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* Singapore's banks pull market to lowest in a week * Crisis in the U.S. car sector depresses regional sentiment BANGKOK, March 30 - Major Southeast Asian stock markets fell to a one-week low on...

DETROIT 鈥� The prolonged slump in vehicle sales has barely slowed car companies from blitzing the market with new models.

GENERAL Motors, struggling to avoid bankruptcy, aims to accelerate growth in China in 2009 to the fastest in two years, betting on new models to reverse waning demand for its locally made Buick and Chevrolet cars.

There's one big problem with the new Boxster, but it's not the car's fault. The '09 Boxster is in every way better than the '08 car 鈥� it looks, handles, stops and goes better than ever before. But that's still not enough to get over the issue. And, truth be told, it never will be, because the problem is not the Boxster 鈥� it's the new Cayman that's just been launched alongside it.

NEW YORK - Sit back, relax and let your car parallel park itself - without a single scratch or ding to your bumper.

Last month, we told you there was a new king of cheap cars. The Nissan Versa 1.6 took the title of "cheapest car in America" from the Hyundai Accent. The Versa was available for just $9,990...for those willing to live without such luxuries as an automatic transmission.

THE current tough times for China's auto industry do not mean car manufacturers are leaving the market alone and not breaking new ground.

ROWS of Lincoln Town Cars idling at the curbside, a scene as socially suspect as the old X-rated Times Square, will soon begin disappearing from New York City streets.

EVEN those city-dwelling Europeans who have fallen out of love with the car will need one from time to time. A new alternative to ownership and conventional rentals is being tested in the southern German city of Ulm, a 40-minute drive from Stuttgart, the headquarters of Daimler.

Two ailing brands could come together to give each other a new lease of life.A British firm is in talks with DaimlerChrysler to take over the Roadster model from struggling Smart and re-market the diminutive cars under the MG banner.