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Flash.(automotive industry news briefs)
The taxman cometh
A rare 1993 Ferrari F-40 fetched $409,000 at a federal auction in Orlando, Florida, in mid-February, selling to a buyer representing an unidentified group of investors. The car, the last of 19 special Le Mans-edition race cars built with a 760-horsepower engine, was appraised at $650,000. The Internal Revenue Service seized the car from a Florida businessman who owes $917,000 in back taxes.
What lawsuit?
Avanti Motors Corp., pressing ahead with plans to build its Studebaker Extreme Utility Vehicle (XUV) despite General Motors' allegation that the XUV is a Hummer H2 knockoff (AW, Feb. 24), is also close to completing development of its next sports car. Michael E. Kelly, CEO of the Georgia-based company, says the new model will be on a purpose-built chassis developed by Avanti to replace the outgoing model, a car based on the Pontiac Firebird/Chevrolet Camaro F-body platform that ceased production in 2001.
Kelly says the next Avanti, due on the market this fall, will carry much of the same styling as the existing models, but will be powered by the new three-valve 4.6-liter V8 Ford is building for the 2004 Mustang.
...- Mercedes-Benz C-Class Sports Coupe to Sell for $24,950.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 4, 2001 700+ words
High-Value New Sports Coupe Will Go on Sale in U.S. This...PRNewswire/ -- When the 2002 C-Class sports coupe attracted so much attention at its...unprecedented value pricing -- when the new sports coupe arrives this summer at Mercedes...
- Mercedes Encourages Entry-Luxury Buyers to 'Change Lanes'; New Mercedes Ad...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 24, 2001 700+ words
...to mark the launch of its all new C230 sports coupe. Priced at $24,950*, the sports coupe marks an aggressive foray into the highly...overall marketing effort behind the C230 sports coupe, Ken Enders, vice president of marketing...
- Business on the Move: the mercedes C180 sports coupe offers class without the...
- Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland) June 12, 2001 700+ words
...most affordable model in the C-class Sports Coupe range - the pounds 20,290 C180 version...pounds more than the C180 saloon, the Sports Coupe model offers far more in the way of...two supercharged Kompressor-engined Sports Coupe models (which cost pounds 21,790...
- Photo: New Sports Coupe Concept Holds the 'Kee' to Kia's Future.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 14, 2008 700+ words
...PRNewswire/ -- The all-new Kia Kee sports coupe concept vehicle today made its U.S...Design Officer, Peter Schreyer, the sports coupe concept is named Kee for several reasons...More than any other car-buyer, the sports coupe enthusiast knows instinctively when...
- ACURA INTRODUCES 1994 INTEGRA SPORTS COUPE AND SEDAN
- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 9, 1993 700+ words
...introducing the all-new Acura Integra Sports Coupe and Sports Sedan. The latest version...automatic transmission. The GS-R Sports Coupe and Sedan feature a 170-hp version...A new safety feature in the Integra Sports Coupe and Sedan are standard driver's and...
- Mercedes-Benz to Offer Two-Door C-Class Coupe Next Year; New Sports Coupe Will...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 18, 2000 700+ words
...Benz CLK coupe line, the C-Class sports coupe will make its first public appearance...Engine Power A U.S. version of the new sports coupe will come with the 2.3-liter supercharged...in the States next year. "The name sports coupe really sums up what this fascinating...
- MITSUBISHI MOTORS' 3000GT SPYDER AND ECLIPSE SPORTS COUPE RECEIVE 'DRIVERS'...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 9, 1996 700+ words
...its "Imported from Illinois" Eclipse sports coupe have been bestowed two 1996 MotorWeek...s for Best Dream Machine and Best Sports Coupe respectively, based on a compilation...the Eclipse was bestowed the Best Sports Coupe award by MotorWeek and again was named...
- Mercury MC4 Concept Car Redefines Sports Coupe Design for the Next Century
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 7, 1997 700+ words
...The MC4 redefines our ideas about sports coupe design," said Jack Telnack, vice...dynamic exterior unmistakably takes sports coupe design as its inspiration, the MC4...shorter than those on a traditional sports coupe and are easily opened in tight spaces...