From a classic bread truck dedicated to the world’s most famous pin-up girl to a car that runs without gas, this year’s Cruisin’ the Drag car show in Great Falls covered the automotive gamut.

Roger Fleek’s ZENN car was one of the most popular vehicles at the show. The car’s name stands for Zero Emission No Noise. The tiny auto powered by six batteries is capable of traveling 35 mph for up to 50 miles on one charge. While the cars are capable of higher speeds, federal law keeps them off U.S. highways since their owners don’t pay the gas taxes that fund the roads’ upkeep, Fleek said.
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The video game Grand Theft Auto IV arrived in stores April 29, accompanied by the usual outrage. The new game is part of a series in which players control a villain and guide him through a life of crime. Players are rewarded for stealing cars, murdering civilians, killing police officers, and other acts of mayhem.

The games are not designed around a linear story: Players are given access to large virtual cities and are encouraged to poke around, exploring, manipulating a cast of characters. Which gives players an enormous amount of free will. For instance, you may approach a prostitute and purchase her services. It is then possible to kill the prostitute to recover your money.
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The Milestone Car Society of California, in conjunction with the Murphy Auto Museum of Oxnard, is again sponsoring its annual Father’s Day Car Show at the Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard on June 15.

The event is free for spectators. For exhibitors, early registration discount by June 7 is $25 for the first car and $15 for each additional car for the same owner. After June 7, the cost will be $30.

Classes include pre-war antique/vintage/commercial; street rods; Corvette; Mustang/Thunderbird/Shelby; muscle cars; foreign sports; foreign other; post-war convertibles; and host club cars.

Check-in hours will be from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Show hours will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Japanese and German brands took center-stage at the 2008 Busan Motor Show, which opened on Friday, as more and more foreign-made cars appear on the streets of South Korea.

At the show, 14 foreign automakers, including Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co. and BMW AG showed 68 models ranging from luxury to mid-range passenger cars, while the nation’s dominant player, Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp., showed 28 models.

The reason? Sales of imported automobiles in South Korea jumped more than 30 per cent last year, while those of local automakers, led by Hyundai and Kia, gained only eight per cent.
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The China Auto Electronics Show (CAES) is organized by YASN International Co., Ltd. who is the largest exhibition hosting company on auto aftermarket in China. In August, CAES 2008 will be held in Shanghai with more than 200 exhibitors to present their latest products.

Internationally renowned brandnames including Newman, Phillip, Bosch, Alpine, IASCA, Skyworth, ChangHong, Shinco, Taiwan Rayee, Netac, etc. will showcase their new products and technologies at CAES 2008.

To add excitement to your travel to China, CAES 2008 is arranged within the timeframe of Olympics Games (Aug. 08-24, 2008).During this historic time you can conveniently arrange your trips to both CAES and Olympics in the same month.
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General Motors showed its new muscle car at the 2008 Beijing Auto Show, and this time, the 2009 Chevrolet Camaro was decked out in yellow paint.

Having already debuted officially at the 2006 Detroit Auto Show, the Camaro has already been the subject of numerous spy photos. But this is the first time the new Camaro has been seen in a color other than silver or black.

Official specifications for the production car have not yet been released, but the Camaro concept used a 400-horsepower all-aluminum 6.0-liter V8 mated to a six-speed manual transmission, plus an independent rear suspension.

The Chinese get a look as the U.S. market continues to salivate in anticipation of the production car.

Some aspiring auto workers got a glimpse of their future, through the past today.

Hundreds of people came out for the Ozarks Technical Community College annual auto and motorcycle show.

About 80 cars competed in a variety of categories including best engine and best interior.

This event benefits students in otc’s chapter of Skills USA. The club allows students to rebuild classic cars.
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Thursday, May 8th
6:00-10:00 p.m.
Seattle/Tacoma, WA
Sykart Tukwila
information : www.sykart.com

Thursday, May 15th
6:00-10:00 p.m.
Hanover MD/DC area
Dave and Buster’s, Arundel Mall
information : daveandbusters.com
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