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Burn Some Rubber in Chevrolet's 385 HP Supercar, The Corvette Z06, Crash a Cruiser, Then Preview the Woodward Dream Cruise - And More in This Week's Edition of TheCarConnection.com

31 July 2000

Burn Some Rubber in Chevrolet's 385 HP Supercar, The Corvette Z06, Crash a Cruiser, Then Preview the Woodward Dream Cruise - And More in This Week's Edition of TheCarConnection.com 
    DETROIT, July 31 It's fast enough to rocket you from zero
to 60 in the time it takes to say "Er, sorry, Officer.  Won't happen again."
With 385 horsepower under the hood, you'd have to slow down to let the cops
catch you.
    That's the new Corvette Z06 supercar that's being talked about, and The
Car Connection (TCC) has the first full review in this week's edition of
TheCarConnection.com .
    TCC will also give readers some seat time behind two other top-down
tire-smokers, the Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder, and the new, 3.2-litre V-6
version of the Mercedes-Benz SLK.
    If speed's not your need, you may be looking at something a little more
utilitarian, as in sport-utility vehicles.  But if you're tired of watching
your gas money go up in smoke, Ford's got good news.  TCC will have the full
story on the automaker's plan to boost fuel economy 25% between now and 2005.
    The PT Cruiser may be the hottest, hippest product on the road, but
according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, you don't
want to hit anything with it.  TCC will have the full story on how the Cruiser
came out in its first federal crash test ratings.
    As we head into those final lazy, hazy, crazy days of Summer, lots of
folks are laying back, dreaming of the upcoming Woodward Dream Cruise.  An
estimated 1 million folks will turn out for the annual event, with as many as
70,000 hot rods, antiques and other classic cars showing up to celebrate the
20-mile corridor that gave birth to the American art of cruisin'.
    And why wait to get what you want?  Today it takes up to 12 weeks to get a
car on custom order.  That's why 90% of us settle for whatever we find on the
dealer lot.  But in the very-near future, companies like Ford and GM will
Build-to-Order, and deliver you a car almost as fast as a new Dell computer.
You'll get the whole story on TheCarConnection.com .
    Check out TCC's weekly car tips.  Get more maintenance help from the On-
Site Mechanic.  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, TCC has everything automotive on the Web's Automotive
Authority, http://www.TheCarConnection.com .
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