Get a First Look at the Next-Generation Honda Accord as Well as the All-New BMW Z4 This Week on TheCarConnection.com . Then Check Out the New Mazda, DaimlerChrysler's Transformation, the Shake-Up at Indy - And TCC's Speeder's Excuses Contest

DETROIT, May 28 -- It's a spy shot fiesta this week at TheCarConnection.com . Honda has its seventh-generation Accord scheduled for launch later this year. But why wait? You can get a first good look at this sleek new sedan -- only on TCC.

And there's more from TCC's spy photographers. They've captured the all- new BMW Z4, the striking 2-door set to replace BMW's time-worn Z3 roadster. Designed to compete with the likes of the Mercedes-Benz SLK and Audi's TT, it won't have its public debut until the Paris Motor Show in late September -- unless, of course, you check out the newest issue of TheCarConnection.

Elegance and performance come together in the new Mercedes-Benz SL500, one of the many cars TCC puts through its paces this week. Other reviews include the Volkswagen GTI, Ford Focus ZTW Wagon and the new Honda Pilot SUV.

While Indy celebrates another successful race, is CART ready to implode? TheCarConnection has the behind-the-scenes story on the biggest racing rivalry in America, as well as the motor sports round-up from a busy racing weekend.

On the business side: it's got some hot new product coming, and is finally turning a profit; but is Mazda's turnaround really taking hold? Chrysler is extending its warranties again in a bid to overcome quality concerns; but the bigger issue is the massive realignment underway at DaimlerChrysler. TCC has the details. And columnist and curmudgeon-at-large Jerry Flint suggests that while progress is good, common sense is better.

Ever come up with just the right explanation that got you off of a ticket? Well, tell us what you said and you could win one of the great prizes in TheCarConnection's 3rd Annual Speeders' Excuses Contest!

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