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TheCarConnection.com's Wild, Weird and Wacky Street Names Contest. Also, Spy Shots, Reviews, China Cars and More.

DETROIT, Dec. 20, 2005 -- Whether you're heading to Grandma's house for the holidays, or off on a drive to sunnier climes, you can run into some pretty odd things along the way -- starting with an assortment of wild, weird and wacky street names.

The folks at TheCarConnection.com have spotted plenty of them during our travels, like Chicken Shack Lane, Lois Lane Drive and Bashed-in Buffalo Head Road. In Ann Arbor, Michigan, the intersection of Nixon/Bluett Roads often touches off a political debate. There are some unabashedly naughty street names, like Big Beaver Rd., which just happens to be exit 69 on Interstate 75, in Troy, Mich. Then again, we're not sure what to think about Toledo, Ohio's menacing Fangboner Rd.

TheCarConnection.com, is betting its readers have their own finds and favorites -- lots of them, in fact -- and they're invited to enter them in the Wild, Weird and Wacky Street Names Contest, which runs now through January 20th. Details and rules can be found on the site.

Of course, there's plenty more news, reviews and spy shots on TheCarConnection.com this week.

Check the latest updates to TCC's exclusive preview of the Los Angeles and Detroit auto shows for a sneak peek on dozens of hot new cars, trucks and crossovers debuting next month.

The Chevrolet Camaro is back, or at least it will be when the doors open at Detroit's Cobo Hall, and TheCarConnection.com has the inside story on the reborn muscle car.

This year's Detroit show will also see its first car from China. Get the scoop on Geely, Chery and a wave of additional cars coming from across the Pacific to challenge established U.S., European and Japanese brands.

This week's reviews include the Dodge Magnum SRT8 and the Pontiac Torrent.

Catch spy shots of the 2007 Jeep Wrangler 4-door, and the next-generation, '08 Mercedes-Benz C-Class.

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