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Comeback cars // Once given up for dead, sports cars are making a splash once again
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It looked as if sports cars were about to vanish in this country
in the pragmatic 1990s. Horror of horrors, even General Motors was
thinking about dropping its venerable Corvette in the early part of
this decade.
Sports car replacements looked as if they would be sport/
utility
vehicles, smaller sporty coupes and sedans and even small customized
pickup trucks.
Things looked really dark when the once-popular Nissan 300ZX and
Mazda RX-7 sports cars were dropped in 1996, mostly...
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Zoom -- they're baaaaack! From Ford and Chevrolet to Lamborghini and Jaguar, sports cars are back in play
Chicago Sun-Times
; The affluent 1990s prompted a comeback for sports cars, and demand for them keeps growing. Automakers think higher sales of sports car will be fueled by baby boomer desire for such autos and spreading burnout with sport-utility vehicles. The Ford Thunderbird two-seater is back, and legendary sports
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CHEAP THRILLS // A Guide to Used Sports Cars
Chicago Sun-Times
; While nobody was looking, the sports car virtually disappeared from America. A sports car is the perfect spring-summer-fall fun vehicle, but most reasonably priced ones have gone to the used car market. Still, a fairly large number in good shape are available, says Norbert Bries, owner of Lake
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Command performance Here's a look at some of the world's best--and priciest--sports cars
Chicago Sun-Times
; The number of sports cars is growing, which is especially good news now because no auto is more suited to warm-weather driving fun than a sports car. And we mean sports cars-not "sporty" cars like ...
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TWO FOR THE ROAD // Sports Cars Once Ruled Highways, But Now Only 'Vette, Viper Remain
Chicago Sun-Times
; What happened to American sports cars? It may seem incredible that, while hundreds of U.S. car models are sold annually, the only genuine American sports cars are the 41-year-old Chevrolet Corvette, and the Dodge Viper, which debuted in May, 1992. Yet, there were a fairly large number of domestic
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The toys of summer There's plenty of variety among 2002 sports cars
Chicago Sun-Times
; Sports cars and the upcoming warm weather driving season are perfect dance partners. The old mystery was how the British came up with very appealing 1950s sports cars that introduced Americans to that type of auto when cold, rainy England seemed like the last place where sports cars would be
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