AutoWeek articles from December 2006

AutoWeek archives from December 2006

AutoWeek design forum.(News)
December 4, 2006... JAN. 10, 2007, COBO CENTER, DETROIT Featured Speakers: Robert Boniface, General Motors advanced design director; Moray Callum, Ford North America Car design director; Michael Chetcuti, Quality Metalcraft Inc. chief executive; Ralph Gilles,...

CHINA CONCEPT: VOLKSWAGEN NEEZA.(News)
December 4, 2006... Byline: GREG KABLE Volkswagen has taken clear inspiration from Audi's hulking Q7 sport/utility vehicle for its latest concept car, dubbed Neeza. But this new five-seater is far smaller than Ingolstadt's big ute. Conceived and...

LICENSE TO STEAL.(News)
December 4, 2006... The days of haggling over a new-car sticker are almost over. With so much available pricing information out there, most of us should know what to expect even before stepping foot in a dealership. Here is AutoWeek's look at this week's...

Disciples of DeLorean.(Column)
December 4, 2006... Byline: Richard S. Chang I just bid $360 for a file folder, which might be from the DeLorean Motor Co. office. Since this summer, someone has been unloading DeLorean ephemera on eBay, such as file folders, day planners and books of blank...

Flash.(Briefs)
December 4, 2006... F-Type, sort of No, it won't be the small roadster foreshadowed by Jaguar's F-Type concept revealed at the 2000 Detroit show-not even close. But Jag will use the "F'' moniker on the next-generation S-Type, due as a 2008 model, calling it...

Mixed Racer; When you marry an all-American boy to sexy Italian supermodel designers, the result is downright breathtaking.
December 4, 2006... Byline: DUTCH MANDEL The Italian culture is great for ancient history, spectacular wines and soccer champions. Oh, and a populace that seems impeccably dressed. Yeah, the locals know how to drape a shape in high style to accentuate-and...

HAMILTON LANDS McLAREN RIDE.(Competition)
December 4, 2006... Lewis Hamilton will step up in 2007 as world champion Fernando Alonso's teammate at the McLaren-Mercedes Formula One team. Hamilton will become the first Afro-Caribbean F1 driver. The 21-year-old Briton, already with four karting titles to...

BOUND FOR GLORY.(News)
December 4, 2006... Part of the excitement-for racers and fans alike-is the unfettered access of the annual Baja 1000 off-road race. Here, Dan Meyers of Newport Beach, California, flies his Unlimited Buggy en route to a sixth-place finish in Class 1. ...

TOPLESS FANTASY.(News)
December 4, 2006... Maybe you expect a schoolmarm instead? Not at the Los Angeles auto show, where you'll find the beautiful people and their beautiful toys. Yes, it's an ideal venue for this sexiest sports car yet from Lamborghini, the all-new production...

MINI, TAKE TWO; Brits give updated Cooper a resounding thumbs up.(News)(Brief article)
December 4, 2006... Byline: JULIAN RENDELL When Manchester United football club is owned by an American, and Harrod's is controlled by an Egyptian, German stewardship of Mini is just another fact of life in the ebb and flow of global capitalism in modern...

AUTOMOTIVE DYNASTY IN THE MAKING.(News)
December 4, 2006... Byline: GREG KABLE This year's Beijing auto show once again focused attention on China's burgeoning car industry and its voracious appetite for cars. With sales soaring an unprecedented 30 percent to 6.8 million cars and trucks in 2006,...

THE 24 HOURS OF LEMONS; Not rich enough or smart enough for `real' racing? This is the race for you.(Motorsports)
December 4, 2006... Byline: DAVE COLEMAN Carburetors are confusing. Were this not so, we might have arrived at the track slightly better prepared. We might, in other words, have driven our race car in third gear before the start. Not that we hadn't tried....

FIRST DRIVE: Lincoln MKX; Lincoln slices a piece of the luxury crossover pie.(News)(Lincoln-Mercury Div.)
December 4, 2006... Byline: Wes Raynal Sick and tired of hearing about crossovers? Sorry. Here's one more we are obligated to evaluate. It's the Lincoln MKX, a luxury version of the Edge, Ford's latest entry on the corporate CD3 platform. This is a...

BAKERSFIELD BASH; 11TH ANNUAL VARA BRITISH EXTRAVAGANZA AT BUTTONWILLOW RACEWAY PARK.(Revs)(Vintage Auto Racing Association)
December 4, 2006... Byline: Patrick C. Paternie Now that Buck Owens has passed to the Grand Ol' Opry in the Sky, we can't count a whole lot of reasons to drive to Bakersfield, California, his home. The best one, though, especially if you love old British...

Drivers Log.(News)
December 4, 2006... 2006 Mini Cooper S with John Cooper Works GP kit Date in fleet: Nov. 16 As-tested price: $31,150 Drivetrain: 1.6-liter four; fwd, six-speed manual Output: 214 hp @ 7100 rpm, 184 lb-ft @ 4600 rpm Curb weight: 2579 lbs Fuel Economy (EPA/AW):...

HIGH-END HYDROGEN; BMW puts its dual-fuel V12 on the road.(News)
December 4, 2006... Byline: KEVIN A. WILSON Wanted: Drivers willing and able to promote hydrogen cars and infrastructure, to drive a BMW 7 Series for up to six months. Fee: None; rental contract will detail obligations. Apply at www.clubofpioneers.com We...

ENDANGERED SPECIES? NASCAR's one-car teams might soon become extinct.(Motorsports)
December 4, 2006... Byline: STEVEN COLE SMITH "Heads up!'' shouts a crewman for NASCAR Nextel Cup driver Morgan Shepherd. It is 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 17, in the Cup pits. One hour earlier, qualifying ended for the season-ending race at Homestead-Miami Speedway....

Don't Panic, but be Smart.(Column)
December 4, 2006... Byline: Kevin A. Wilson Any time we write about alternative energy for cars-like the BMW Hydrogen 7 on page 36-we hear from readers who accuse us (and accusatory is the tone) of either a) marching in lock step with leftist environmentalist...

WHERE THERE'S SMOKE...(News)
December 4, 2006... The smoky burnout by a NASCAR winner has almost become cliche, except when the tires actually catch fire, as on Matt Kenseth's Busch car during his celebration conflagration following the Ford 300 at Homestead on Nov. 18. CAPTION(S): ...

AutoWeek.com.(News)
December 4, 2006... Live, from L.A. The Los Angeles auto show is already upon us, and soon we'll be running around the show floor back in Detroit. For now, be sure to check out all the new vehicles shown in L.A. at autoweek.com/LA, if you haven't already done...

Letters.(Letter to the editor)
December 4, 2006... Spying Euro Fords So my 13-year-old son leans over in the middle of the new Bond movie and asks, "Why can't we have Fords like that?'' He was talking about the new Mondeo in the hotel scene in the Bahamas. My response was to explain that...

But Wait, There's More...(BWTM)
December 4, 2006... GET DOWN AND DIRTY FOR THE HOLIDAYS.... We couldn't squeeze everything into our annual Holiday Gift Guide. One omission this year was Dirt, a documentary on a World Class Street Stock racing season at Devil's Bowl Speedway in Mesquite,...

Flash.(Briefs)
December 4, 2006... Zanardi tests Former CART champion and F1 driver Alex Zanardi, 40, returned to an F1 cockpit during the Formula BMW World Final weekend at Valencia. Zanardi, who nearly died and lost both legs in an accident at the Lausitzring in Germany...

THREEFOLD DROP-TOP; Chrysler reveals Sebring Convertible at L.A. Show.(News)
December 4, 2006... Byline: KEVIN A. WILSON Chrysler's latest Sebring, the convertible version, made its debut at the Los Angeles auto show. Make that convertible "versions''-there are three, each using the same folding-top mechanism but with a choice of...

BACK TO BASICS; The Honda Fit and Nissan Versa sit at the front of their class. But which one takes top honors?(News)
December 4, 2006... With a bevy of B-class cars from the Chevrolet Aveo to the Toyota Yaris hitting the street in numbers, we thought it a good time to pit two of the best examples against each other and let them duke it out for the title of Best of the Bs. ...

ALL (mostly, sorta, hard to tell) New!(News)
December 4, 2006... Byline: MARK VAUGHN They say it's all-new, and if you look really closely at the spec sheet and all the changes, you see what they mean. But just by looking at or even driving the new 2007 Mini, there isn't any one thing that leaps out as...

KEEPING YOUR OLD MINI? Dinan might help you ignore the new one.(News)
December 4, 2006... Byline: Mark Vaughn Just read the new new-Mini article and figure you'll hold onto your old new-Mini a while longer? Want to put a little more into it? Among zillions of Mini tuners out there, one we recently drove was a Dinan. We...

FIVE-DOOR PLEASURE; Audi A3's 12-month, nearly trouble-free service gets two thumbs up.(News)
December 4, 2006... Byline: ROGER HART The yearlong test of Audi's A3 was initiated in part to see how well the firm's move down-segment could be executed. Most automakers want to move up, but Audi is already there; its reputation for quality sedans is...

The Standard of the World.(Escape Roads)
December 4, 2006... Byline: LEIGH DORRINGTON Henry Leland was a New England machinist who learned his trade with various companies, including Colt Firearms, a firm that excelled in precision manufacturing techniques. Precision became a passion for Leland. He...

Rat Fink Returns.(Revs)
December 4, 2006... A rare collection of works by Ed "Big Daddy'' Roth, including the Beatnik Bandit, Outlaw, Mysterion and even the Rotar, is now open at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. It runs through June 3. See petersen.org. For more Big Daddy...

TV: Dec. 8-10.(News)
December 4, 2006... Friday, Dec. 8 NOPI Tunervision, 12:30 a.m., Speed Redline TV, 1 a.m., Speed Car Crazy, 2:30 a.m., Speed Championship Off-Road Racing from Chula Vista, Calif., 3 a.m., Speed Championship Off-Road Racing from Chula Vista,...

Events.(Calendar)
December 4, 2006... Jan. 19, 2007 50th Annual Rod & Custom Show Wichita, Kan. Large collection of bubble-topped cars, hot rods and customs. Call (918) 298-7403. Jan. 19-22, 2007 Fort McDowell Arizona Auction Fort McDowell, Ariz. ...

Market.(Escape Roads)
December 4, 2006... Byline: KEITH MARTIN Carlisle Auctions Carlisle, Pa. Sept. 29 1971 MGB convertible 1798-cc four-cylinder, four-speed manual. Red with black vinyl interior. Excellent paint shows some minor chips and scratches. Panel gaps...

Smokin' Deals.(News)
December 11, 2006... There is so much new-car pricing info available these days that you should know what to expect before you ever set foot in a dealership. Here is AutoWeek's look at two of this week's hottest deals. For the latest deals available on cars,...

Flash.(Briefs)
December 11, 2006... VW's entry ute Volkswagen keeps showing us small sport/utility vehicle concepts, but says the Tiguan revealed at Los Angeles is about a 90 percent accurate version of the production model that arrives next year. The concept is powered...

Before Panamera.(Escape Roads)(Porsche AG's Beutler Porsche Coupes and Cabriolet )
December 11, 2006... Byline: JAN TEGLER In early 2005, Porsche revealed that it would build a four-seat, four-door sports sedan dubbed the Panamera. Due in showrooms in 2009, the Panamera will be the company's first true four-door car. Contrary to widespread...

TWO-WHEEL LOWDOWN.(Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
December 11, 2006... Byline: GEORGE P. BLUMBERG 2007 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14 Most powerful production bike yet. 1352-cc, 190-hp liquid-cooled dohc inline-four; 474-pounds dry weight; quarter-mile in 9.64 seconds at 150 mph. Competitive set: Suzuki...

KEEPING SCORE; The old NHRA points system didn't fade away quietly.(Motorsports)(National Hot Rod Association)
December 11, 2006... Byline: BILL STEPHENS The NHRA will institute a new tournament-style championship points system similar to NASCAR's in 2007, and if the new structure delivers the way the old one did in 2006, there will be high-fives all around. Tony...

FINALLY; The Indy Pro Series at last appears, well, pro.(Motorsports)
December 11, 2006... Byline: CURT CAVIN To say the IRL had its best Indy Pro Series season in 2006 is no stretch. With fields up by three cars per race and a tripled prize fund, the development series realized a record number of winners (seven in 12...

BALANCING ACT; The Indy Racing League saw plenty of highs and lows in 2006.(Motorsports)
December 11, 2006... Byline: Curt Cavin Dan Wheldon could accept losing this year's Indy car championship on a tiebreaker because Sam Hornish Jr.'s season had fewer lost opportunities. It was a familiar refrain through the Indy Racing League's paddock....

BOUNCING BACK; Champ Car's season turned around after threatening to bore.(Motorsports)
December 11, 2006... Byline: STEVEN COLE SMITH The record books will show that-ho hum-it was just another Champ Car championship for Newman-Haas driver Sebastien Bourdais, but that's selling the season short. Despite an often shallow field, competition was...

FULL CIRCLE; Jimmie Johnson earns his first Nextel Cup during a surprising year.(Motorsports)
December 11, 2006... Byline: AL PEARCE The 2006 Nextel Cup season began with an overtime finish at Daytona Beach in February and ended with an overtime finish at Homestead-Miami Speedway in November. Thirteen drivers won during the 36-race season that's jammed...

JUST PLAIN GOOD; The Speed World Challenge serves up more great racing.(Motorsports)
December 11, 2006... Byline: STEVEN COLE SMITH The rule book calls it "Rewarding of Equalizing Weight Assigned to Reduce Driver Sensitivity,'' but competitors know it by the acronym REWARDS, and in the SCCA Speed World Challenge series, it works both ways: To...

Flash.(automobile racing)
December 11, 2006... Brazil nuts Home-court advantage and international experience didn't mean everything in this year's Granja Viana 500 kart race in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where the two-time defending champions were knocked off. Race organizer Felipe...

GREEN WARE; Auto companies push environmentally friendly vehicles at Los Angeles show.(News)
December 11, 2006... Many of the alternative-energy vehicles shown at the Los Angeles auto show won't be on sale for years to come. But contrary to the assertions of environmental activists who say automakers are dragging their feet and should build 40-mpg Hummers...

What Would the Buddha Drive?(Column)
December 11, 2006... Byline: Steve Thompson Jesus in a Hummer? Not in the gospel according to the anti-SUV brigades. The way they see it, Jesus would no more indulge in what many perceive to be an SUV's selfishness-in-sheetmetal than he would accede to the...

JUSTICE SERVED; Fernando Alonso emerged on top of a controversial Formula One season.(Motorsports)
December 11, 2006... Byline: NIGEL ROEBUCK It happened on lap 36 at Suzuka. Michael Schumacher was cruising to his eighth win of the year and looking to put a lock on his eighth world championship. Seventeen laps remained, and after that, one more race before...

BUSCH BEAT-DOWN; No one could touch a dominant Kevin Harvick.(Motorsports)(Brief article)
December 11, 2006... Byline: Al Pearce The "battle'' for the 2006 Busch Series championship ended almost as quickly as it began. The issue was settled when Kevin Harvick moved atop the points after round two at Fontana in late February. Once ahead,...

HANGING IN; Todd Bodine wins the Craftsman Truck title.(Motorsports)
December 11, 2006... Byline: Al Pearce The Bodine family of Chemung, New York, needed 1853 starts spread over 25 years to finally get a NASCAR championship. Todd did what older brothers Geoffrey and Bret never could when he won the 2006 Craftsman Truck Series...

Drivers Log.(Honda CR-V, Chrysler Sebring touring)(Product/service evaluation)
December 11, 2006... 2006 Honda CR-V EX Date in fleet: Nov. 15-22 As-tested price: $23,445 Drivetrain: 2.4-liter I4; fwd, five-speed automatic Output: 166 hp @ 5800 rpm, 161 lb-ft @ 4200 rpm Curb weight: 3415 lbs Fuel Economy (EPA/AW): 26/25 mpg HART: The...

FRESH START; Formula Atlantic got a new look in 2006.(Motorsports)
December 11, 2006... Byline: Steven Cole Smith It's difficult to reinvent a 32-year-old racing series, but that's essentially what happened during the 2006 season of the Champ Car Atlantic Championship. Part of the appeal came from the successful...

SPORTS CARS, NASCAR-STYLE; Grand-Am attracts fans as well as drivers.(Motorsports)
December 11, 2006... Byline: STEVEN COLE SMITH While there remains optimism about a possible reconciliation between the Champ Car and Indy Racing League series, we're hearing little such talk regarding the American Le Mans Series and the NASCAR-affiliated...

PLAYING WITH FIRE; Performance balancing could come back to bite the ALMS.(Motorsports)(American Le Mans Series )
December 11, 2006... Byline: GARY WATKINS When the definitive history of sports car racing is written, the 2006 American Le Mans Series will be remembered as the season that witnessed the arrival of the revolutionary turbodiesel Audi R10 and a final, belated...

L.A. GOES GLOBAL.(News)
December 11, 2006... Byline: JONATHAN WONG, BOB GRITZINGER, PHIL FLORADAY, MARK VAUGHN The Greater Los Angeles Auto Show arrived a month or so early this year, and the world noticed. Visitors from around the globe showed up to see the cars and stars-and L.A....

BRAND GURU TO KEYNOTE AUTOWEEK DESIGN FORUM.(News)
December 11, 2006... AutoWeek Design Forum Jan. 10, 2007 * Cobo Center, Detroit Charlie Hughes, co-author of the book Branding Iron, and president of Brand Rules LLC, will present the keynote address at the upcoming AutoWeek Design Forum. An advertising...

AutoWeek.com.(News)
December 11, 2006... L.A. show recap If you haven't caught all the happenings from the Los Angeles auto show, you can still head over to autoweek.com/LA to get the lowdown on the cars and concepts unveiled at the show. Remember to sign up for e-mail updates of...

THE 100 MOTOR CARS OF RADNOR HUNT.(Revs)
December 11, 2006... Byline: JOHN F. KATZ You couldn't miss her, positioned just inside the entrance, with a cutely rounded top and perky pointed tail, an orange-and-black coat gleaming as brightly as the five chrome bangles on the side of her engine bay. In...

END OF THE ROAD; Marcus Gronholm wins WRC finale.(Competition)(World Rally Championship)
December 11, 2006... Ford driver Marcus Gronholm claimed his seventh win of the year at the season-ending Wales Rally Great Britain, dominating the event from start to finish despite torrential rain and 60-mph winds on the final day. Gronholm's only real...

Letters.(Letter to the editor)
December 11, 2006... Byline: process engineer Rovers and aluminum The last sentence of your Nov. 27 Land Rover design story said the company "would have to certify whether aluminum can handle the rigors of heavy-duty off-road use.'' The Hummer H1, however,...

But Wait, There's More....(BWTM)
December 11, 2006... IMMORTAL GLASSY-EYEDS Clean 1994 Formula Firebired Corvette lt1 engine-$4,700 nice 94 firebird new exhaust newly serviced well tooken care of reliable... Captain Obvious' press Release of the Week Flooded vehicles pose safety...

TV: Dec. 15-17.(News)
December 11, 2006... Friday, Dec. 15 Car Crazy, 2:30 a.m., Speed National Go Kart Champion-ships, 4:30 a.m., ESPN2 Redline TV, 9 a.m., Speed NOPI Tunervision, 9:30 a.m., Speed American Chopper, 11 a.m., Speed Lucas Oil On The Edge, 4:30...

Market.(Escape Roads)
December 11, 2006... Byline: KEITH MARTIN The Sportscar Auction Geneva Oct. 7 1970 Honda S800 convertible 791-cc 70-hp four-cylinder, manual. Red with black vinyl interior. Excellent paint, superb original bodywork, decent panel gaps. Nice...

A Class Cutup.(Column)
December 11, 2006... Byline: Dutch Mandel Who isn't intrigued when you hear about virtuoso performances of a man with a saw? Yes, Hackman travels the world cutting things in half with a Lenox saw (www.lenoxsaw.com/hackman.html). Name it, he's chopped it: cars,...

GETTING GREATER; For its 25th edition, the Great Race celebrates the old and welcomes the new.(News)
December 11, 2006... Byline: KEVIN A. WILSON For The Great Race in 2007, the 25th running of the event, organizers are drawing from the past and looking toward an expanded future. Starting June 30 in Concord, North Carolina, and ending in Orange County,...

No Need to Finish; Sebastien Loeb walks to the WRC crown.(Motorsports)
December 11, 2006... Byline: ANTHONY PEACOCK Up until Sept. 26, Citroen driver Sebastien Loeb was enjoying the best season of his brilliant career. The Frenchman had won eight of the 12 rallies held up to that point, finishing second on the remaining four....

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; Driving Noble's megatomic M400.(Product/service evaluation)
December 11, 2006... Byline: MAC MORRISON Formula One legend Ayrton Senna was once disenchanted with F1's state of affairs. The early-'90s trend toward gizmo-laden cars fitted with active suspension, traction control, ABS and semi-automatic gearboxes had, in...

RACING WRAP.(Motorsports)
December 11, 2006... We'll remember the 2006 racing season as a year of many firsts and one monumental last: Jimmie Johnson broke through to win his first Nextel Cup. Sam Hornish Jr. pulled off a stunning last-lap pass of Marco Andretti to finally win Indy, then...

FULL METAL JACKET; Saturn goes large and goes long.(Saturn Outlook XR)(Product/service evaluation)
December 11, 2006... Byline: KEVIN A. WILSON If you've not yet scrubbed your mind completely clean of the image of Saturn as the maker of cheap, small, plastic-bodied cars, the Outlook crossover now arriving in dealerships should finish the job. The largest,...

The wisdom of NASCAR driver Tony Stewart.(News)
December 18, 2006... DECEMBER Live from the cockpit of his Gulfstream V NASCAR's Tony Stewart collected more than $300,000 for various season-ending awards you never heard of, in addition to his regular winnings. Stewart, the 2005 champion who did not...

2006 YEAR IN REVERSE: Part 2 of 2.(News)(tipping of Cougar Ace, the ship transporting Mazdas to North America)(catch phrases from the animated movie "Cars")(Marco Andretti finishes second at the Indianapolis 500 race)
December 18, 2006... JUNE: Be sure to check the fluid levels Due to a ballast imbalance, the transport ship Cougar Ace tips sideways in the North Atlantic with more than 4700 new Japanese vehicles bound for North America aboard. The ship was finally...

2006 YEAR IN REVERSE: Part 1 of 2.(News)(Ford Motor Co.'s debt finance)(Formula One champion Juan Pablo Montoya qualifies for the Ford 400 NASCAR Nextel Cup race )(Hummer develops smallest Hummer )
December 18, 2006... Listen, there are several different ways we can do this, but we have to do it: It's pretty much mandatory to take an end-of-the-year look back. We can do it like some automotive websites. That would mean lots of pictures of wrecked Porsches and...

Flash.(Briefs)(Marco Andretti to drive Formula One car at the Jerez Circuit in Spain)(Fox Sports to broadcast the U.S. and Canadian Grands Prix live)(Travis Pastrana to compete in Premier Racing Association's race)
December 18, 2006... Andretti, Bourdias testing F1 Marco Andretti was scheduled to drive Honda's Formula One car Dec. 15 at the Jerez Circuit in Spain. The test is a reward from Honda for Andretti's strong showing in Indy cars this year. Andretti was the IRL's...

Every picture tells a story.(Motorsports)
December 18, 2006... ... and motorsports produced some of the most compelling tales in 2006. Roll back the clock and relive some of the best moments of the racing season through these images of the year gone by. 1. Volkswagen's Race Touareg 2 brought smiles to...

UNTIL NEXT YEAR.(News)
December 18, 2006... Byline: AUTOWEEK You're holding the Dec. 18, 2006, issue of AutoWeek, our last magazine of this year. We'll resume our regular weekly production schedule with the issue dated Jan. 1, 2007. In the meantime, you can fill all your immediate...

Full Steam Ahead; RS 4: justified performance.(Auto File)
December 18, 2006... Just the idea of an Audi RS 4 had American sport sedan fans salivating, anxious for the opportunity to snatch up their own copies the moment the little car went on sale. And since Audi began deliveries to these shores in June, almost 1000 units...

COMING UP ACES; Brit group plans to sell Smarts with AC badges.(News)
December 18, 2006... Byline: JULIAN RENDELL Smart's Roadster and Coupe may be saved from oblivion by a British group call Project Kimber that plans to build and sell the cars with the AC Ace badges. U.S. sales are part of the revival plan, which hinged on...

Flash.(Briefs)
December 18, 2006... Greening of Nissan Nissan, long resistant to gasoline-electric hybrids, plans to develop its own hybrid system for a car it will sell in the United States and Japan by 2010. In 2007, Nissan will launch an Altima hybrid in the U.S., using...

IN MEMORIAM.(News)(In memoriam)(Brief article)
December 18, 2006... Glenn Angel, 52, co-founder of Houston Raceway Park Peter Brock, 61, popular Australian touring-car and rally driver Dick Brooks, 63, 1969 NASCAR rookie of the year and 1973 Talladega 500 winner Creighton Brown, 58, British amateur...

TV: Dec. 22-24.(News)(Brief article)(Calendar)
December 18, 2006... Friday, Dec. 22 Overhaulin', 2 a.m., TLC Car Crazy, 2:30 a.m., Speed Chop Cut Rebuild, 7 a.m., Speed American Muscle Car, 8 a.m., Speed Redline TV, 9 a.m., Speed NOPI Tunervision, 9:30 a.m., Speed American...

The Seduction of Speed.(Escape Roads)(Frank Lockhart)
December 18, 2006... Byline: TOM TRACE Turner Woodard, the owner of the historic Stutz building in Indianapolis, felt compelled to add to his collection a replica of the famous Stutz Blackhawk Special, because the story of its pilot, Frank Lockhart, is filled...

THE STUTZ LIVES.(Revs)
December 18, 2006... Byline: TOM TRACE When collector Turner Woodard bought the historic Stutz Building 14 years ago, most of his contemporaries thought he was taking too much of a risk. "Of the 30 to 40 people I spoke with, only two told me to go for...

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO...? Some of those in the car world left a lasting impression. We set out to find some of them.(John Greenwood, Satch Carlson, Alain Clenet )
December 18, 2006... Byline: Pete Lyons The e-mail come-on is no less enticing each time it pops up: Your classmate, Sandy, has sent you a message! You don't recall a Sandy (or at least can't remember whether it's guy or an old flame or both), yet danged if...

HONDA'S FIRST pick-'em-up.(News)
December 18, 2006... Byline: NATALIE NEFF One year, 27,543 miles and 1522.7 gallons of gas after delivery, we send the somewhat ungainly Honda Ridgeline back to its owners-and we're all the sadder for it. Why sad? Good question. There have certainly been...

ON THE BLOCK; Historic Auto Union D-Type to be sold in February.(Revs)
December 18, 2006... A car rescued from a Russian scrapheap more than a decade ago is being touted as what might be the most expensive car ever to sell at auction. Christie's will put a 1939 Auto Union D-Type up for bid at the annual Paris vintage-car event,...