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Cleveland Hosts Hot Import Nights at IX Center; Nation's Largest Lifestyle Custom Car Show Stops in Cleveland, Bringing GM's Supercharged Test Drive, Live Entertainment and Model Appearances.


IRVINE, Calif. -- Vision Entertainment brings the 2005 XM Satellite Radio Hot Import Nights “HIN” redirects here. For other uses, see HIN (disambiguation).
Hot Import Nights (HIN) is an auto show comprised of mainly tuner import cars. The show originated in California, but now tours various cities in the United States.
 (HIN) tour to Cleveland's IX Center August 27, from 5 p.m. to midnight. HIN, presented by Valvoline Synpower, is the largest lifestyle custom car show in the nation and the only one of its kind that brings together all elements of youth and car culture in one night, including the opportunity to test drive a Chevrolet Cobalt The Chevrolet Cobalt is a compact car introduced by Chevrolet in 2004 for the 2005 model year. The Cobalt replaced the Cavalier as Chevrolet's compact car. The Cobalt is intended to compete with compact cars like the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla and Mazda 3.  SS Supercharged su·per·charge  
tr.v. su·per·charged, su·per·charg·ing, su·per·charg·es
1. To increase the power of (an engine, for example), as by fitting with a supercharger.

2.
, an appearance by Miss HIN 2005 and dance contests for the Pepsi trophy.

HIN-goers will experience the GM Ride 'N Drive Show where attendees climb behind the wheel at GM's Supercharged Test Drive, featuring the Chevrolet Cobalt SS Supercharged and the Saturn Ion The Saturn ION was a compact car sold by the Saturn marque of American automaker General Motors. It used the GM Delta platform. The ION replaced the Saturn S-Series in 2003. As of 2006, the ION was the longest compact car sold in North America.  Redline. GM also features its Tuner Tour exhibit with a real drag racing drag racing

Form of motor racing in which two contestants race side by side from a standing start over a straight quarter-mile strip of pavement. Winners go on to compete against others in their class until only one is left undefeated.
 simulator, as well as a chance to win a new car or a trip for two to the Bondurant driving school in Phoenix, Arizona.

Highlighted HIN cars include the Blazing 7's, consisting of the nation's top 3 RX-7's from Jay Laub, Tony Yeh and Les Wong. Hundreds of the hottest custom cars compete for prizes in several categories inside the show. HIN costs $25 for general admission and $55 to enter the car competition.

In addition to specialty cars and test drives, event attendees have the opportunity to meet Ursula Mayes, Miss HIN 2004-2005 and 2004 Maxim "Hometown Hottie" finalist. Entertainment also includes Moonshine moonshine Toxicology Illicitly distilled whiskey. See Lead poisoning, Saturnine gout.  Record's DJ MISS LISA The first personal computer to include integrated software and use a graphical interface. Modeled after the Xerox Star and introduced in 1983 by Apple, it was ahead of its time, but never caught on due to its $10,000 price and slow speed.  on the Mazda Electronic Music Stage with HIN's Glo-Go dancers; and, live on the Pepsi Street Motion Stage, host DJ Lady Tribe spins hip-hop music while accompanied by local DJs. Showcased throughout the night are performances from local and national artists in the urban community, including dance troupes, DJs and b-boy battles, all competing for the Pepsi trophy.

More information on HIN can be found at www.hotimportnights.com. The XM Satellite Radio's Hot Import Nights, presented by Valvoline Synpower, is also sponsored by Dunlop Tires; Pepsi; Meguiar's; Mazda; Chevrolet; Saturn; Circuit City; Verizon Wireless; Subaru; NGK NGK Nederlandse Gereformeerde Kerk (Dutch Reformed Church; South Africa)
NGK New Greek
NGK Nihon Gaishi Kaisha (NGK Insulators, Ltd. Nagoya, Japan) 
 Sparkplugs; Overboost.com; Performance Auto & Sound Magazine; Vertical Scope, publishers of Modified Magazine and Modified Luxury & Exotics and Hachette Filipacchi Media, publisher of Road and Track, Car and Driver, Speed and Road Gear magazines.
Hot Import Nights

                  "Live in '05" Remaining Tour Events

HIN   Cleveland,   IX Center  -  8/27/2005
HIN   Atlantic City,   Atlantic City Conv Center -  9/10/2005
HID   Pleasanton, CA, Alameda County Fair - 10/8/2005
HID   Phoenix,  Downtown  - 10/15/2005
VIP   Anaheim,  Anaheim Conv. Ctr  - 12/3/2005
HIN   Miami,  Miami Beach Conv. -  12/10/2005
HID   Honolulu,  Blaisdell Conv. Center  - 12/17/2005
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