Sports-car prognosis: dead and loving it

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Consumer demand for sports cars is at its lowest point since their peak sales year of 1985. One reason given is that baby-boomers have gotten older, thereby eliminating a major source of sports-car buyers. The high price of insurance premiums for sports cars in another major reason for low sales.

Purchasing, Market share, Sports cars

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Longer, lower, wider (and shorter, taller, narrower): Detroit's 1997 North American International Auto Show, and the 1997 Greater Los Angeles Auto Show

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Several production electric cars, including the Ford Ranger EV and the Honda EV Plus, were on display at the 1997 Greater Los Angeles Auto Show. The splashy displays at the Detroit show featured Nissan's vice-president rappelling down a rope and Chrysler's Durango popping up from the floor.

Exhibitions, Automobile industry, Automobiles, Electric, Electric cars, North American International Auto Show, 1997 AD, Greater Los Angeles Auto Show

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The $64,000 paint job

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The House of Color in the Bell Gardens area of Los Angeles, CA, is an automobile paint shop that caters to owners of European-made luxury cars. Painting jobs range from $10,000 to $75,000, and the shop also does some body work.

Management, Decoration and finishing, The House of Color

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