Even though Toyota expects to post its first operating loss in over seventy years, it still looks to be on track to out-sell every other automaker in the United States for the second year in a row.

The Detroit Free Press reports that even if Scion's 109,777 sales are excluded, Toyota still leads the industry with 1.7 million car and truck sales through November of this year. Toyota first took over the Number One spot last year when it topped Chevrolet by 41,296 vehicles, for a total of 2.3 million cars and trucks sold.

When reached for comment, George Pipas at Ford notes that "In times like these, who's on first is less important than who's still on the team, meaning who's still selling cars and trucks." On the other hand, the Freep also reports that Toyota won't be flaunting its top honors, with Toyota's Mike Michels saying, "We don't find that it's a very strong motivation for customers."

+ Detroit Free Press: Toyota to stay top seller in U.S.

Following last year's rather sedate (yet to-the-point) Super Bowl advertisements for the Genesis Sedan, Hyundai will be showing a new set of ads to promote the upcoming Genesis Coupe during this year's Bowl. The set of commercials will be titled "The Epic Lap," shot at Road Atlanta featuring some professional precision driving by Pike's Peak record holder Rhys Millen. The musical score for this event will be performed by none other than award-winning cellist Yo-Yo Ma, performing Bach's "Cello Suite #3 in C, Gigue."

Hyundai reports that during the three total days of filming, the Genesis Coupe was in top form, saying that the only piece of equipment that needed replacing was a new set of tires. We're eager to get some drive time in the Genesis Coupe, ourselves, but in the meantime, we'll be sure to look for Hyundai's ads come Super Bowl Sunday.

Click through the post for all of the details in Hyundai's official press release.

It has been almost fourteen years since Alfa Romeo sold new cars in the United States, and their commitment to bring cars back to the U.S. is looking good. The folks at Alfa are planning for an entry into the States as early as late 2009.

The 8C Competizione will be the first car offered in the U.S., and all 84 cars bound for the States have already been sold out. Alfa will only produce 500 of the 450-horsepower 8C coupes worldwide, and U.S. sales of the upcoming 8C Spider are said to begin in 2010. After that, the folks at Automotive News say that Alfa will plan to bring a large, rear-wheel-drive car over, potentially riding on a Jaguar platform. If Alfa can reach a deal with Jaguar's new owner, Tata Motors, we could see this product as early as 2011 or 2012.

+ Automotive News

Got a hankering to play Rockstar’s latest and meanest ever version of the Grand Theft Auto series, but can’t tear yourself away from your PC to do it? Or perhaps you just don’t want to shell out $400 yet for the privilege of owning a Playstation3?

Good news in either case, as the Windows version of GTA IV is destined for shelves in the U.S. on November 18th. Seen above is the UK box cover for the PC version of the shoot ‘em up, drive ‘em up masterpiece, which is set to have computer gamers doing unspeakable acts even earlier this fall.

+ G4: 'GTA IV' PC Box Shot

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In market analysis, Business Week cover stories are often used as a contrary indicator. When BizWeek puts a falling US Dollar on the cover, that's typically the bottom for the US Dollar. 

Alright, so perhaps this isn’t a “classic” in the truest sense of the word, but forgive us for finding joy in (what appears to be) a French-Canadian Chrysler Sundance commercial that features an oh-so-Eighties model, a bit of spirited building-scaling, and a vocal cameo by none other than Celine Dion.After all, we Yankees didn’t get to hear the Titanic singer in our Chrysler spots until 2003, a campaign that went over like… well, the Titanic.

+ YouTube:: 1987 Plymouth Sundance - Celine Dion