Has the Bottom Dropped Out on the Car Market? Are You Looking to Fly In a Spyder? Or Race 160 mph up a Driveway? News, Reviews and More, This Week on TheCarConnection.com

10 July 2000

Has the Bottom Dropped Out on the Car Market? Are You Looking to Fly In a Spyder? Or Race 160 mph up a Driveway? News, Reviews and More, This Week on TheCarConnection.com

    DETROIT, July 10 Has the bottom finally dropped out on the
U.S. auto industry?  That's the big question for automakers and auto buyers
alike.  And it's the lead story in this week's issue of the Web's Automotive
Authority, TheCarConnection.com .
    Turning to more lighthearted subjects, TCC takes you to the most eccentric
automotive event of the year:  The Goodwood Festival of Speed.  Who else but
the British would hold a race -- at speeds up to 160 mph -- in their driveway?
And attract the likes of NASCAR champ Junior Johnson, British F1 driver Jensen
Button and the legendary Stirling Moss -- who won his heat in a soapbox derby!
    We'll help you take the checkered flag no matter what your budget in the
review section of this week's issue of TheCarConnection.com.  Slip behind
the wheel of the mind-melting, 415-horsepower Porsche 911 Turbo, and ask that
sage question: "Do I really need enough power to peel back my eyelids?"  And
we've got two spyders on the fly: the reborn Toyota MR2 Spyder and
Mitsubishi's restyled Eclipse Spyder.
    Would a spider by a different spelling be less enthralling?  Not if it's
the next-generation Ferrari 550 Spider, and our spy team has the pictures,
Caught in the Web!
    In consumer news: we'll help you save cash and keep your car running at
premium by picking the right octane.  Our OnSite Mechanic has more helpful
hints.  And don't miss our interview with that most original car repair team,
Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers, otherwise known as Tom and Ray
Magliozzi, of NPR's "Car Talk."
    You'll get a charge out of this week's look at the GM EV1 and Ford's
functional Electric Ranger.  Then meet the new man at Volvo, Mark LaNeve.
Can he turn this solid if stolid brand chic and sexy?
    You'll find all this and more at TheCarConnection.com, including buying,
selling, and leasing tips; and a wide range of news, views, and reviews from
the automotive world's top columnists and correspondents.
    TCC will help you find the right price for new and used cars -- and give
you the tips you need to be a smarter shopper or seller.   Whatever you're
interested in, we've got everything automotive on the Web's Automotive
Authority, http://www.TheCarConnection.com.
    Web users can also access The Car Connection by going to the PR Newswire
site http://www.prnewswire.com .