SPORTS CARS TO MAKE PULSES RACE AT AUTO SHOWS.Byline: Associated Press Though sports car sales have been in a deep slump for years, the world's automakers are embracing the horsepower-and-testosterone market once again. Sleek and sexy road rockets from the United States, Japan and Europe dominate the new-model introductions scheduled for the Los Angeles and Detroit auto shows, which will open in early January. They include a redesigned Corvette corvette, small warship, classed between a frigate and a sloop-of-war. Corvettes usually were flush-decked and carried fewer than 28 guns. They were widely employed in escorting convoys and attacking merchant ships during the great naval wars of the late 18th and , the first all-new Porsche in 19 years, a 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. Mercedes-Benz roadster and a new version of Acura's pricey speed machine, the NSX NSX New Sportscar eXperimental (concept name for Acura vehicle; originally NS-X) NSX Namespace Extension (Windows Shell Programming) NSX N Syndrome NSX Network and Security Experts NSX New Sports Experimental . ``Sports cars have been doing terribly over the past couple of years,'' said George Peterson, an industry consultant with AutoPacific Inc. in Santa Ana. ``Everybody was trying to develop best-in-class products. Consequently, they all got too good and too expensive.'' The enduring success of the affordable Mazda Miata and the strong first-year sales of BMW's new Z3 roadster have proved that there's still money to be made with sports cars if the price and product are right. Sports car fans in the United States will get their first chance to see and touch the newest entries at this year's Greater Los Angeles Auto Show The Los Angeles Auto Show is an annual auto show that takes place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California. The show has been held annually since 1907. and Detroit's North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. International Auto Show. The L.A. show will begin its nine-day run Saturday, followed by Detroit on Jan. 11-20. Los Angeles will be the site of the North American debuts of the Mercedes-Benz SLK Slk Slovak (linguistics) SLK Saranac Lake, NY, USA - Adirondack (Airport Code) SLK Safe Language Kernel SLK Superior Limbic Keratitis SLK Sportlich (Sportive) and Porsche Boxster, and the world debut of the redesigned '97 Acura NSX, the midengine flagship of Honda's luxury division. But much of the attention will be on Detroit, where the long-delayed redesign of the Chevrolet Corvette - the fifth generation of Chevy's red-blooded, high-performance sports car - will have its world debut. |
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