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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN">
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<title>Autosport International 1997 - The Cars</title>
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<p align="left"><a href="f1ct.htm"><font color="#FFFFFF"
size="2" face="Arial"><strong>Formula 1</strong></font><font
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face="Arial"><strong>British Motorsport</strong></font><font
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<h2 align="center"><font color="#808080" size="5"
face="Arial">A</font><font color="#808080" size="4"
face="Arial">UTOSPORT </font><font color="#808080"
size="5" face="Arial">I</font><font color="#808080"
size="4" face="Arial">NTERNATIONAL</font><font
color="#808080" size="5" face="Arial"> 1997</font></h2>
<p align="center"><font color="#000000" size="5"
face="Arial"><strong>The Cars</strong></font></p>
<blockquote>
<p align="left"><font color="#000000" size="2"
face="Arial">The Car's The Star. And seriously -
that's the case at this show. For most race car
manufacturers this show is their opportunity to show
off their latest creations. Not only that, but many
of the component manufacturers like to show that they've
been busy too.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font color="#000000" size="2"
face="Arial">Peugeot today launched their latest BTCC
contender. the 406, resplendant in a gorgeous new
gold and black 'flames' colour scheme.</font></p>
</blockquote>
<p align="center"> <img src="aupg406.jpg"
width="200" height="130"></p>
<p align="center"><img src="ausubim.jpg" width="200"
height="126"></p>
<blockquote>
<p align="left"><font color="#000000" size="2"
face="Arial">Subaru, who's cars are prepared by
Prodrive, were another team to show off their latest
and most gorgeous. Their latest World Rally
Championship contender looked great, but here's a tip
to Subaru... Clean the car! In fact, anyone used to
the extremely high standards of presentation that's present
at International car shows would find that the motorsport
lot are rather more interested in how their cars go,
than how they look. That's all good and proper, and
to be quite honest most race cars never look as good
as they did here!</font></p>
<p align="left"><font color="#000000" size="2"
face="Arial">Another notable highlight was Noel
Edmonds' launch of the new Panoz GT racer. Panoz is
an American small capacity production car
manufacturer who specialise in high performance,
large capacity motorcars for the enthusiast customer.
The cars themselves could be described as gorgeously
brutalistic in their looks, as you an see in the picture
of the new GT below, but others seemed to think it was
just plain ugly. If you want to see a Panoz GT in
real action then go along to this year's Le Mans
24hour race in June where Noel Edmonds' Unique Sport
will be racing the GT1 racer. If you'd like one of
these cars you'll need to pay a whopping $750,000!
McLaren F1 money, and it's electronically governed to
a maximum top speed of 155mph. A more affordable
Panoz AIV Roadster will still go like stink and costs
just $58,000 - a snip in comparison, though I couldn't
help feeling that most British and European customers
would favour a Caterham Superlight for less money and
a purer design basis.<br>
</font><img src="aupagt1.jpg" width="350"
height="193"></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p align="left"><font color="#000000" size="2"
face="Arial">Engine manufacturers and tuners were out
in force. Whether you need a rally version of the
Subaru flat four engine or a 'Superchip' fitted to
your Escort you'll find what you need to know at the
show. Some of the more interesting stands were being
run by manufacturers such as Cosworth, Champion, and
Renault. If, however, your interest happens to lie in
tuning then you could find technicians from Cosworth,
Superchips, Demon Tweeks, or Janspeed.<img
src="aucoto1.jpg" align="left" hspace="4" vspace="4"
width="200" height="143"></font></p>
<p align="left"><font color="#000000" size="2"
face="Arial">The range of engineering firms at the
show was quite simply incredible. Electric karts specialists
through to hose suppliers through to livery designers through
to Formula One. Interestingly, none of the top
Formula One teams had stands of their own. To make up
for it Goodyear and Bridgestone F1 tyre makers both
had huge and impressive stands to draw your
attention.</font></p>
<p align="left"><a href="aui1997.htm"><font
color="#000000" size="3" face="Arial">Return to the
Autosport International Index</font></a></p>
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