Fortune: Lexus: The Plain Jane of luxury cars

MOTORWORLD BY ALEX TAYLOR III
Lexus: The Plain Jane of luxury cars
By Alex Taylor III, senior-editor-at-large @FortuneMagazine October 31, 2011: 12:55 PM ET

The LFA: Lexus's exception to the rule

FORTUNE -- They may not rank with "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help you," or "The check is in the mail," or "I'll respect you in the morning," but promises over the years from Lexus that it will make its mechanically impeccable vehicles more daring and emotional in their design are beginning to have an empty ring about them.

USA Today: Mystery Car 109: a forlorn '34 Sunbeam Talbot Saloon

Oct 26, 2011
Mystery Car 109: a forlorn '34 Sunbeam Talbot Saloon

This car was quite something in its day, but it has spent a lot of time sitting in a field ever since
By Darin Schnabel/RM Auctions

Wow. We're bowled over by the teamwork that went into figuring out the identity of that forlorn old sedan sitting out in a farmer's field somewhere, otherwise known as Mystery Car 109 out on Drive On's Forum. Smashing job, all!

Bloomberg: Dreamliner Travelers Enjoy Humid Cabin, Whispering Engines on First Flight

Dreamliner Travelers Enjoy Humid Cabin, Whispering Engines on First Flight
By Chris Cooper - 2011.10.26 05:33 PM

A Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner airplane for All Nippon Airways Co. (ANA) takes off at Narita Airport in Narita City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg

he cabin of the 787 is 75 centimeters (30 inches) wider than a Boeing 767 and it has bigger luggage compartments and energy-saving light-emitting diode lights, according to ANA.

Kiyoko Furusho kept her moisturizer in her bag while flying on the first commercial Boeing Co. (BA) 787 service.