Kettering professor helps design new car seat (ABC12 Mid-Michigan). In a couple of months a new child safety designed to offer more protection against head injuries will go on sale.

On the last day: pain and one final delivery (San Diego Union-Tribune). For John Hine Jr., the final indignity came June 9. On the last day that Hine was allowed to sell new Dodge vehicles under the franchise agreement that Chrysler LLC moved to void in May, a car hauler pulled up to his Mission Valley dealership and deposited two gleaming Journey crossovers and a Challenger coupe.

Biker dies in collision with car (BBC News). A 24-year-old motorcyclist dies when his bike collides with a Ford C-Max car on a Derbyshire road.

Seth Thomas Takes First-Career Touring Car Pole at Watkins Glen (The Auto Channel). WATKINS GLEN, July 3, 2009: Seth Thomas, of Cumming, Ga., captured his first-career SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car pole for Saturday’s Toyo Tires Watkins Glen Grand Prix Presented by Lala Motorsports Round Five race, part of the Camping World Grand Prix Weekend at Watkins Glen International.

Car dealership sites present questions, opportunities (The Kansas City Star). Praise the Lord and pass the empty car dealership. With the future of more than a dozen area auto franchises in question after the bankruptcy filings of Chrysler and General Motors, some people are wondering what’s to become of those high-profile properties on busy commercial arteries. Retail and religion are a couple of possibilities.