Celebrity Rides and Charity Cars to Star at Inaugural Barrett-Jackson Orange County Auction
COSTA MESA, CA–(Marketwire – 06/24/10) – - Nine Charities to Benefit from Ten Collectable Cars Celebrity Cars from Jesse James, Patricia Barry and Mod Squad to Cross Block Barrett-Jackson’s first automotive lifestyle event in Southern California Celebrity rides and charity cars will take center stage this weekend when the Barrett-Jackson Auction Company sells an exciting line up of custom and …

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if you could put any car you wanted into the next edition of NFS, what would it be?

I would have to say my choices would be as follows:

Mercedes Benz CLSAMG
BMW M6 Droptop and
Spyker C8

Spyker to Double Dealerships by Offering Sports Cars at Saab
Spyker Cars NV, Saab Automobile’s owner, plans to almost double the number of dealers selling its high-end sports cars this year by offering them through Saab outlets, Chief Executive Officer Victor Muller said.

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Detailed test drive and evaluation of a 2002 Corvette Z06 with Chris from Chicago Cars Direct. On the automotive stage, names don’t come any bigger than “Corvette.” Now marking fifty years as America’s sports car, the Corvette has achieved star quality, despite some not-so-memorable performances. The fifth-generation (C5) Corvette restored the luster of the storied nameplate, and the Z06 brought the Vette’s abilities up to the level of its legend. For that, it garnered our Automobile of the Year award for 2001. To find out what this legend is like to live with, we took delivery of a torch-red Z06 twelve months ago. Would its superstar performance still thrill? Would hidden flaws emerge? Would we discover new talents? Would shaky quality shake our faith? Taking the last question first, the answer turned out to be no. Under our loving, if not exactly tender, care, the Corvette stayed fairly healthy, hanging together with a tenacity that belied the marque’s reputation. It did, however, develop a taste for the Mobil 1–two quarts in the first 2500 miles, three more quarts in the next 1100. We twice checked in to the dealer’s service department, but they could find no leaks. Finally, at 5810 miles, as we reported in our six-month Logbook update, the Z06 received new piston rings. Excessive oil consumption had been a lingering problem for a small percentage of C5 owners, and eventually it was traced to light-load, high-rpm driving. Under those conditions, ring flutter would …

An impeccably kept, one-owner 2004 Lamborghini Gallardo with Chris from Chicago Cars Direct.