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•  Car Cruise
  Summer time means car cruises. This event was held at an establishment that had ample parking for the wide range of American Classics. There was a strong showing from the muscle car group including GTO's, Corvette, Mustangs, and Thunderbirds.
•  Karmann Ghia Club of North America, Disney Join Volkswagen for Epic Road Trip
  Volkswagen of America, Inc. will celebrate its 50th anniversary with hundreds of Volkswagens, owners and enthusiasts in a national caravan beginning this Friday, May 13, at the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, Calif., and ending in Manassas, Va.
  
  The Karmann Ghia Club of North America and Disney, also celebrating silver anniversaries, will join Volkswagen as they tour the country with new and old Volkswagens and vintage Ghias.
  
  Herbie, the vintage Volkswagen Beetle from the 1969 Disney movie The Love Bug, will be one of the stars of the show in anticipation of his reappearance as racecar #53 on the big screen. Herbie makes a comeback just in time for Volkswagen's half-century birthday in the upcoming Disney movie, Herbie Fully Loaded. Lindsay Lohan, Matt Dillon and Michael Keaton star in the movie featuring Herbie as a NASCAR contender.
•  Porsche Cayman S
  Based on the Boxster® series, the two-seat coupe incorporates dramatic new styling, a powerful 295 hp (SAE) engine, and features and options made popular by Porsche's current range of sports cars. It is positioned and priced between the Porsche 911® Carrera® and Porsche Boxster S.
•  Scarsdale Concours, New York
  The Scarsdale Concours focuses on a selection of famous marques, included Ferrari, Aston Martin, Rolls-Royce, Lamborghini and Porsche, providing a historical perspective on their styling and engineering evolution. Their representation of Jaguar starts with its first world class sprots car, the SS100, progressing through the XK120 and the XK150, to the luxurious Mark III sedan, the ground breaking E-type and the current supercharged XKR Portfolio Edition. Similarly, the Aston Martin series starts with the DB2 and continues through the DB4 series to the DB5, DB6, V8 Vantage, Virage, DB7, Volante Vantage, Vanquish and the DB9 series. There are Ferrari's spanning over 54 years. Porsche's spanning 45 years and Rolls Royce's spanning 93 years.
•  Maybach Exelero
  The 700-hp two-seater with a V-12 biturbo engine is a unique custom model produced for Fulda Reifenwerke, which is using the Maybach Exelero as a reference vehicle for a newly developed generation of wide tyres.
  
  The Exelero embodies the highest expression to date of the Maybach individualisation strategy of offering specific custom solutions on request. In initial tests on the high-speed track in Nardo (Italy), the unique vehicle reached a top speed of 351.45 km/h .
•  MB Roadcars EOS
  The EOS concept was driven by MB Roadcars passion for perfection and ultimate performance.
  
  EOS will produce unrivalled on-road performance and deliver breathtaking driving experience. EOS is set apart from its competitors in terms of technical specifications but also in terms of styling with a distinctive aerodynamic set-up, which achieve high-performance and give the car a powerful and unique presence.
  
  
  The first EOS prototype will hit the road in 2006 and the first customer cars will be produced early 2007.
•  Toyota Hilux
  This year's edition of Barcelona's ‘Salón Internacional del Automóvil' introduces the new Toyota Hilux pick-up to the European public. The latest Hilux is the sixth generation of Toyota's second best selling model worldwide (after Corolla). More than 12 million units have been produced since the vehicle was first sold in Japan in 1967. The history of Hilux has been a story of continuous development and improvement based on customer needs all over the world. Over the years Hilux has built a reputation for never-say-die toughness, reliability and power on all continents. It has always been the vehicle of choice when driving under the toughest conditions. In creating the new Hilux, Toyota has set out to develop a new leisure and adventure vehicle for a global market that inherits built quality, durability and reliability of its predecessors.
•  Canton Classic Car Museum
  Ohio's Great Nostalgia Museum presents not only the great cars, but also the exciting fashions and memorabilia of the roaring twenties through the exciting seventies.
•  Chevrolet T2X Concept Car
  The T2X concept car, unveiled at the fifth Seoul Motor Show, offers a glimpse of the future design direction of GM Daewoo Auto & Technology (GM Daewoo), the parent company of Chevrolet Europe. Developed by the company's Design Center in Incheon, Korea, the T2X combines the body of a compact sport utility vehicle with the exciting design of a sport coupe.