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AutoWeek archives from May 2007
China Dolls; Fearless prediction: Shanghai will be the auto show in less than a decade.(News)
May 7, 2007
Chinese takeout.(News)
May 7, 2007
NASCAR REPORT CARD; Easy for some, hard for others.(Competition)(nextel cup)(Brief article)
May 7, 2007
Go Ahead, Make Her Day; A selection of gifts for a mom who enjoys the automotive side of life.(News)
May 7, 2007
But Wait, There's More...(BWTM)
May 7, 2007
TV: May 11-13.(News)(Calendar)
May 7, 2007
SMOKIN' DEALS.(News)
May 7, 2007
IMITATORS EVERYWHERE.(News)(Brief article)
May 7, 2007
MAD SCIENCE; AMG preps CLK63 Black Series for serious track duty.(News)(Mercedes-AMG GmbH)
May 7, 2007
Web Watch: AutoWeek.(News)
May 7, 2007
Market.(Escape Roads)
May 7, 2007
SHOW SPECIAL: 3DCARBON LINCOLN MKX.(News)
May 7, 2007
Flash.(Briefs)
May 7, 2007
Solar Power? It's Quantum, Dude!(Column)
May 7, 2007
NEXT STOP, INDY; Dan Wheldon ruled Kansas as all eyes fell on Milka Duno's debut.(Motorsports)
May 7, 2007
GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME; Chevrolet reveals mid-cycle Corvette changes.(News)
May 7, 2007
MIAMI HEAT; Packing powerful BMW performance.(News)
May 7, 2007
Drivers Log.(News)(Product/service evaluation)
May 7, 2007
Letters.(Letter to the editor)
May 7, 2007
RACE REPORT.(Motorsports)(nextel cup )
May 7, 2007
WHERE THERE'S SMOKE . . . Tony Stewart's radio outburst leaves NASCAR unimpressed.(Motorsports)
May 7, 2007
Sincerest flattery.(News)(Hyundai Corp.'s hyundai veracruz)
May 7, 2007
OUT OF NOWHERE; Porsche tuner-builder unveils 235-mph supercar.
May 7, 2007
YES, IT'S A BUICK; SEMA-tuned Lucerne turns heads in Manhattan.(News)
May 7, 2007
Your Stint at the Wheel.(Column)
May 7, 2007
A better Buick you can own right now.(News)
May 7, 2007
FOUR WHEELS, FOUR HOOVES; For Tafel Racing, it's in the blood.(Motorsports)
May 7, 2007
LOVE YOUR LINCOLN; 3dCarbon raises the MKZ's curb appeal.(News)
May 7, 2007
PIMP MEIN SCHNITZER! Tension BMW M6 will make you King of the Pimp Daddies.(News)
May 7, 2007
TWO-WHEEL LOWDOWN.(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
May 7, 2007
QUITE A STRETCH.(Escape Roads)
May 7, 2007
MORE FOUR-DOOR PORSCHES.(News)(Brief article)
May 7, 2007
Speechless in Seattle.(News)
May 14, 2007
Correction.(Correction notice)
May 14, 2007
Drop-top specs match coupe.(News)
May 14, 2007
BRITAIN'S JEEP GETS AN OVERDUE MAKEOVER.(News)
May 14, 2007
FOLDING HARDTOPS HOT.(News)
May 14, 2007
Flash.(Briefs)
May 14, 2007
SPEED FESTIVAL AT CORONADO; Ten years of vintage racing the hard way: on concrete runways, postwar-style.(Revs)
May 14, 2007
Market.(Escape Roads)
May 14, 2007
MAKING THE MOST OF MAY.(Motorsports)
May 14, 2007
NOT SO SUPER; Trouble strikes the WRC in Argentina.(Motorsports)
May 14, 2007
Flash.(Briefs)
May 14, 2007
SNOW MELTER; Our Grand Cherokee SRT8 earns its winter and distance stripes.(News)
May 14, 2007
BIGGER ENGINE GIVES VW EOS SOME PUNCH.(News)
May 14, 2007
But Wait, There's More...(BWTM)(automobile maintenance and repairs)(Brief article)
May 14, 2007
RACE REPORT.(Motorsports)( Richmond International Raceway)
May 14, 2007
SMOKIN' DEALS.(News)(Brief article)
May 14, 2007
AutoWeek.com.(News)
May 14, 2007
CLASSIC FORDS, INDY ROADSTERS MEET ON THE OVAL AT FONTANA.(Revs)
May 14, 2007
EASY BURN; MERCEDES ML CDI dispels diesel myths.(News)
May 14, 2007
Letters.(Letter to the editor)
May 14, 2007
Texas Tenacity.(Column)(racing career of A.J.J. Foyd)(Column)
May 14, 2007
TV: May 18-20.(News)(NASCAR on TV)(Calendar)
May 14, 2007
UNLIMITED PASSION; Four-door Wrangler brings in buyers by the bucket load.(Auto File)
May 14, 2007
FIRST LOOK: '08 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster; Flagship supercar loses its lid.(News)
May 14, 2007
MAY DAYS; 7 things to watch for as the Indy 500 nears.(Motorsports)
May 14, 2007
When a 5 is a 10; Audi's A5 and S5 are perfect beauties.
May 14, 2007
Drivers Log.(News)(Product/service evaluation)
May 14, 2007
F1 RETURNS TO THE 'RING.(Competition)
May 14, 2007
PENSKE TAKES HIS SMARTS ON THE ROAD; Motorized microcar marketing makes multiple marks.(News)
May 14, 2007
Space Exploration.(Escape Roads)
May 14, 2007
CORVETTE RACING CONSIDERS ITS FUTURE.(Competition)
May 14, 2007
Winner of a place to show.(News)
May 21, 2007... One formula for a successful concours is to put beautiful cars in a beguiling setting. In the nine years that BMW has been the "patron" of the revived Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este, the event has attracted a creme-de-la-creme assortment of...
Hoosier Classic.(Escape Roads)(designing of the automobile Auburn)
May 21, 2007... Byline: LEIGH DORRINGTON
In the first half of the 20th century, Indiana rivaled Michigan as the center of the American auto industry. Among cars built in Indiana, the most prized are those of the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg combine created by...
10 THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN INSURING YOUR COLLECTOR CAR.(News)
May 21, 2007... McKeel Hagerty knows collector cars and insurance. As CEO of Hagerty Classic Insurance (www.hagerty.com), he has a lion's share of the vintage, sports and collectible market. Most important, he is an enthusiast and shares that passion, whether...
TV: May 25 - 27.(News)(NASCAR on TV)(Calendar)
May 21, 2007... Friday, May 25
NASCAR Nextel Cup qualifying from Concord, N.C., 2 p.m., Speed
Indianapolis 500 Carburetion Day and Pit Stop Challenge, 4 p.m., ESPN2 (L)
Nextel Pit Crew Challenge, 8 p.m., Speed
Saturday, May 26
Formula...
A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING; . . . And everything little in Mike Malamut's car collection.(Revs)
May 21, 2007... Byline: MARK VAUGHN
This has to be one of the best collections of small postwar European sedans and wagons ever assembled. And original Westfalia camper vans. And microcars. And some neat Japanese stuff. And a Gullwing. And an Amphicar....
Market.(Escape Roads)
May 21, 2007... Byline: KEITH MARTIN
RM Auctions Vintage Motor Cars Amelia Island, Fla.
March 10
1950 Chrysler Newport Town & Country two-door hardtop
324-cid straight-eight, three-speed manual. Black with black-and-white cloth and leather...
Buying Out of Dad's Rules.(Column)(Viewpoint essay)
May 21, 2007... Byline: Cory Farley
The rules when my kids learned to drive were the ones most parents impose: Everybody wears a seatbelt; tickets are on you; drinking turns you into a pedestrian.
Because we lived where help might not be available, I...
AMPING IT UP; 2008 STS V6 engine delivers 302 hp.(News)
May 21, 2007... Byline: ROGER HART
The most powerful six-cylinder production engine ever built by General Motors arrives in July in the 2008 Cadillac STS. The aluminum 3.6-liter V6 gets direct fuel injection, which yields 302 hp, 272 lb-ft of torque, a...
THUD! Cadillac's global aspirations lack punch in key Euro-luxury market.(News)
May 21, 2007... Byline: JULIAN RENDELL
General Motors is taking back responsibility for distribution of Cadillacs in Britain from a Dutch import company that failed to make a dent in the key European luxury-car market despite two and a half years of...
SPOILED HOMECOMING; Felipe Massa denies Fernando Alonso in Spain.(Motorsports)
May 21, 2007... Byline: NIGEL ROEBUCK
Barcelona looked a lot like Bahrain: another complete performance by Ferrari's Felipe Massa, who took pole position, fastest lap and the win. And as in Bahrain, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton followed Massa home, thus...
GORDON WINS DARLINGTON.(Competition)
May 21, 2007... Hendrick Motorsports moved to 5-for-5 in NASCAR Car of Tomorrow races, but that streak almost certainly would have ended if the Dodge Avenger 500-miler at Darlington had been a 503- or 504-mile affair.
Jeff Gordon led the final 22 of 367...
HOLD YOUR BREATH; Helio Castroneves claims the Indianapolis 500 pole.(Motorsports)(Indianapolis 500 (Automobile race))
May 21, 2007... Byline: CURT CAVIN
Helio Castroneves was trying to win the Indianapolis 500 pole; Dario Franchitti was trying to keep it. Then it was Tony Kanaan's turn to do both.
Such was the action May 12 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where one...
Flash.(Briefs)
May 21, 2007... Bourdais tests F1 again
Champ Car champion Sebastien Bourdais was scheduled to test again for the Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula One team at Paul Ricard in France on May 16. Bourdais tested for the team over the winter, and the repeat visit...
LET THE BIDDING BEGIN; Dale Earnhardt Jr. won't return to DEI.(Motorsports)
May 21, 2007... Byline: AL PEARCE
People outside the immediate Earnhardt family will probably never know precisely why Dale Earnhardt Jr. wants to leave the team founded by his late father. The most popular garage-area speculation is that he's tired of...
FOUR REASONS NOT TO RESTORE A VINTAGE CAR; You might be better off buying a car someone else has suffered through.(News)
May 21, 2007... Byline: J.P. Vettraino
Les Jackson is no ordinary guy. He restores old cars for fun.
Jackson and Satch Reed maintain a website called Second Chance Garage (www.secondchancegarage.com). Their description of the site as "a bible of...
Flash.(Briefs)
May 21, 2007... Vegas bound?
Craig Jackson plans to scale back his annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale, Arizona, and start a new auction in Las Vegas in 2008.
The Arizona Republic reports that Jackson is dissatisfied with...