One of the functions of art is to offer a more desirable reality - a model, as it were, of another style of existence with its own pace and its own cultural reference.

Fiat has a lot going for it in terms of design, technology and efficiency.

In a roomful of shouting people, the one who whispers becomes interesting.

Repetition is a form of change

Everyone is putting a brave face, but things are not what they seem and there is the normal backstabbing.

DaimlerChrysler has bitten off more than it can chew. The worst thing it can do now is to take another bite.

Ford in Europe is in trouble. Its market share in western Europe is the worst in living memory.

European car sales went absolutely bananas in 1998, breaking all previous records, and German companies are still relying on order books built up last year.

BMW is trying to spread some good news for a change. Everything has been so bad for the last year that it is desperate.

When the decision came down, the rulings made it clear that they needed to look at students as individuals. They could consider race, but they had to look at the whole student.