Comeback cars // Once given up for dead, sports cars are making a splash...

Chicago Sun-Times;  February 9, 1998 ;     700+ words ...It looked as if sports cars were about to vanish in this country...once-popular Nissan 300ZX and Mazda RX-7 sports cars were dropped in 1996, mostly because...had become too costly. But then new sports cars such as the Mercedes SLK, Porsche...

TWO FOR THE ROAD // Sports Cars Once Ruled Highways, But Now Only 'Vette,...

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 2, 1994 ;     700+ words ...What happened to American sports cars? It may seem incredible that, while...annually, the only genuine American sports cars are the 41-year-old Chevrolet Corvette...fairly large number of domestic sports cars built from the late 1940s to the...

CHEAP THRILLS // A Guide to Used Sports Cars

Chicago Sun-Times;  August 14, 1995 ;     700+ words ......Northshore Imports, which sells used sports cars. Japan's $17,795 Mazda Miata roadster...The few other remaining convertible sports cars - from the Corvette to Ferrari F355...sports car." There was a big selection of sports cars in those decades, including MGs, Triumphs...

Command performance Here's a look at some of the world's best--and...

Chicago Sun-Times;  May 15, 2000 ;     700+ words ...The number of sports cars is growing, which is especially good...fun than a sports car. And we mean sports cars-not "sporty" cars like the Ford Mustang...have mistakenly been referred to as sports cars. Sports cars mostly are two-seaters...

The toys of summer There's plenty of variety among 2002 sports cars

Chicago Sun-Times;  April 8, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Sports cars and the upcoming warm weather driving...British came up with very appealing 1950s sports cars that introduced Americans to that type...England seemed like the last place where sports cars would be developed. They mostly were...

Zoom -- they're baaaaack! From Ford and Chevrolet to Lamborghini and...

Chicago Sun-Times;  September 24, 2001 ;     700+ words ......affluent 1990s prompted a comeback for sports cars, and demand for them keeps growing...Corvette to compete with exotic foreign sports cars. "One major reason people are returning to sports cars is because they're tiring of sport-utility...

Passion For Sports Cars Drives Dealership's Future

The State Journal;  July 11, 2008 ;     579 words ......Morgantown back 40 years. Back to when sports cars - exotic and domestic - cruised city...Long, owner of the new Mid-Atlantic Sports Cars on Green Bag Road. Long grew up going...know anything about cars." Mid-Atlantic Sports Cars sells just that: sports cars. "We only...

Sports Cars: Fun and Comfort in the Fast Lane

Chicago Sun-Times;  May 19, 1993 ;     700+ words ......sports car. Small, nimble and quick, sports cars are tailored for spring-to-fall driving...autos, which are virtually the same as sports cars. GT cars once were posh two-door hardtops...performance of the rather uncomfortable sports cars and were used for rapid city-to-city...

Eco-sports cars on the horizon as Potenza adds GTM to stable.(Business)

The Birmingham Post (England);  December 7, 2007 ;     573 words ...Westfield Sports Cars has joined forces with another Midland maker...friendly kit cars, writes John Revill. Potenza Sports Cars, the parent company of Westfield, has bought GTM Sports Cars from Coventry for an undisclosed sum. Westfield...

BMW 328 blazed the way for future sports cars

Chicago Sun-Times;  June 6, 1999 ;     700+ words ......development of modern post-war high-performance sports cars. Most 1930s sports cars were crude and uncomfortable. But the 328 was...the 1930s. And the styling! While other 1930s sports cars had separate fenders and headlights, the 328...

Old sports cars in big demand

Chicago Sun-Times;  July 18, 1987 ;     697 words ......Wis. Some of the world's neatest old sports cars - from MGs to Corvettes to Jaguars...would like to own. Pros and cons of the sports cars to be seen at the Sun-Times races are...them in good condition. Most of the sports cars are sold at reasonable prices. Even...

SPORTS CARS ONLY HAVE TWO SEAT...Or, How to Tell If You're Driving the...

The Washington Post;  November 5, 1989 ;     700+ words ......have something of a craze on our hands. Sports cars are the new rage following the arrival...remembered as one of the most nimble pure sports cars of all time. The trouble ith British sports cars of that era was that they were forever...

LIFAN JOINS HANDS WITH ZAKSPEED TO MAKE SPORTS CARS

AsiaInfo Services;  April 28, 2006 ;     193 words ......Lifan Joins Hands with Zakspeed to Make Sports Cars CHONGQING, Apr 28, 2006 (SinoCast via...engines, professional racing cars and sports cars. Zakspeed is set to build a research...Then it will also make racing cars and sports cars. The annual production value is expected...

At the End of the Road: The Rise and Fall of Austin-Healey, MG, and...

Business History Review;  July 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......Austin-Healey, MG, and Triumph Sports Cars. By Timothy R. Whisler . Greenwich...of sterling had priced Britain's sports cars out of export markets. Timothy Whisler's study shows that British sports cars had indeed become catastrophically...

The Zoom Boom // Sports Cars Are Roaring Back

Chicago Sun-Times;  April 8, 1996 ;     700+ words ...For a while, it looked as if sports cars were on their way out in the 1990s. These...allowed some sedans to perform much like sports cars. Despite all that, there are a fair number of sports cars, including the Mazda Miata and Chevrolet...