It was the year that was in cars - and damn if we're not looking forward to more in 2007.

By now you've guessed correctly. This is indeed our Year in Reverse, where we recall fondly the year that was in the auto industry and collect some of its flotsam, with enough celebrity name-checks to get Google to pick us up higher in search results. (It's all about the uniques, baby.) As you'll recall - or for the less sentient, read for the first time - the compelling stories of 2006 like GM's reorganization, Ford's third or fifteenth Way Forward, and Chrysler's long walk of shame back into the barrel, were bracketed by even more nonsensical nonsense, such as finding out GM spends more on Viagra in a year than it did on the Aztek's funeral.

So flash back with us through the past year's highs and lows, won't you? We've put it together seasonally in Carole King fashion - winter, spring, summer, or fall, with a coda back into winter - and not monthly, in Neil Sedaka style. But bear with us - typing Britney twice has us a little confused right now.