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EXTRA.(Briefs)
Super Z
What is likely to be the last chapter in this generation of Nissan's 350Z comes from in-house tuner NISMO. Aerodynamic bodywork, stiffened chassis enforcements, stiffer suspension tuning and Rays forged aluminum wheels wrapped in high- performance tires complete the package. Sadly for us, the 3.5-liter V6 is untouched. The limited-production model starts at $38,695 with fewer than 3000 units slated for production.
100 MPG or Bust
The Automotive X Prize announced 31 confirmed entrants for its 2009 competition, including electric-sports-car maker Tesla. With a goal of finding the next working, efficient vehicle, teams from around the world compete in a cross-country event to test performance and reliability. Cars that exceed 100 mpg or equivalent fuel economy, fall under the emissions cap and finish ...
- Station wagon makes comeback with entries growing quickly.(Auto Weekend)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Anson, Mike October 24, 1997 700+ words
Remember the old station wagon? If you're of a certain age...unending days of travel in the family station wagon, probably a Ford, Chevy or Plymouth...surfboards to the beach. Eventually the station wagon - probably because of its popularity...
- What's old is new again with the rebirth of the station wagon.(Auto...
- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) February 13, 2006 700+ words
...passed by an older Buick, a Roadmaster station wagon. Dad remarked, "Don't see many...2004 of the Dodge Magnum perhaps the station wagon is again poised to populate American...Station wagons." So, with the station wagon perhaps ready to leap back into popularity...
- The rise, fall and possible rise of the station wagon.(Design)
- Magazine article from: Automotive News Jeanes, William September 20, 2004 700+ words
...attribute the disappearance of the domestic station wagon to the minivan's arrival in 1983...include one more finding: The domestic station wagon, with one exception, came to display...varnished wooden sides and rear - a station wagon. The term "station wagon'' ...
- On the station wagon trail.
- Magazine article from: Country Living Masello, David August 1, 2005 700+ words
...in 1982 of the minivan, caused the station wagon to run out of gas. The 1996 Buick...Cleary, president of the American Station Wagon Owners Association (ASWOA), a collector...1950s and '60s, the heyday of the station wagon, the "cars were used for everything...
- By any name, it's a station wagon.(sport wagons)(Column)
- Magazine article from: Automotive News Crain, Keith March 24, 2003 700+ words
...obvious that I was looking at an American station wagon. That's not a bad thing. At one...over America. The minivan killed the station wagon. People liked the minivan's boxy...started. I've been preaching that the station wagon would make a comeback, and now you...
- SUBARU SAGRES CONCEPT STATION WAGON
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 3, 1994 700+ words
...course!) platform. And as the leading station-wagon importer, SOA President George Muller...Ltd. -- intends to be the world's station wagon leader and the Sagres represents a...will continue to take the 'basic' station wagon theme and develop and refine it to...
- Sport wagon stampede; Designers scramble to define sport wagons, the station...
- Magazine article from: Automotive News Child, Charles January 17, 2005 700+ words
Byline: Charles Child First the station wagon was tainted by the soccer-mom stigma...minivan's turn. Consumers want a station wagon - a functional hauler for the family...desperately trying to reinvent the station wagon,'' says Jeffrey Hands, head of...
- Station wagon hits school bus.(NEWS)
- Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) June 11, 2003 700+ words
The 16-year-old driver of a station wagon broadsided a school bus carrying four...traveling north on 1st Avenue S. when the station wagon hit it about 2 p.m. at the intersection...careening sideways. Witnesses said the station wagon's driver ran a red light. "The...
