Graduate students still at work on project to build supercar made out of wood. But the Splinter car will have some metal in it, by way of a V8 engine from Cadillac and a drive-train from a Chevy Corvette.

Fernando Alonso has emerged unhurt from an incident on Sunday aboard a private plane in Kenya, according to reports.

Sebastian Vettel insists he is happy to be moving up to Red Bull's senior team in 2009.

Porsche now owns 50.76 percent of VW shares but still does not control the German automaker. According to German law, a 75 percent share of the stockholder vote is required to exercise control of a company.