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Carsales Staff27 May 2006
NEWS

The Car Show takes it all off

Sparks are flying this week as The Car Show welcomes its newest team member, and Morley gets her off to a flying start

Lighten your Load
David Morley and the Car Show's newest member, Samantha Stevens are out to prove a point: the lighter you are, the faster you go.

Sam and David score a pre-loved 1986 Toyota Corona but have no budget to spend on any form of improvements (they spent it all on CDs and beer on the way to Heathcote Park Raceway). The only thing they can do is take to it with some trusty power tools and cut bits off until the Corona goes faster... Sam sets the baseline time and then they get to work on making the fastest Toyota Corona in history. It's that easy! As Morley says: "What could possibly go wrong?"

Chrysler 300C: We pimp the ride
Chrysler's 300c is hot on the marketplace, but is it really gangsta, or is it imposta?

Dieter has a very important question about the Chrysler 300C.  A car like this looks gangster, but does it really cut it in the 'hood? Dieter tests the theory and takes the 300C to South Melbourne's 'Gotham City', and specialty bike builders Prozac Choppers, where it would surely come under scrutiny from the boys -- Frank and Angelo.

Nissan Enthusiast
Last year on the car show we featured a fabulous little Nissan 260Z. Not only was it an immaculate restoration, but it's also a very successful club car for driver Gavin Strongman. Gavin is a tragic Datsun Nissan supporter and his pride and joy is a Nissan he built over four years ago as a purpose-built tarmac rally car, and has been entering it into club sprints and tarmac rallies ever since. And like any passionate car owner, he's got a few other Nissans hidden away such as a first Group A Skyline built by Nissan Motorsports Australia and raced in the 1986 Touring Car Championship by George Fury.

Classic Moves
In next week's episode of  The Car Show we look at the rise and rise of the pony car and its reincarnation. Launched in the USA in April, 1964, the Mustang was so popular that the two-millionth vehicle was built in just two years. Fast forward to the 21st Century and retro versions are now sweeping the world. At the Detroit Motor Show earlier this year, fellow muscle car icons the Chevy Camaro and Dodge Challenger played the nostalgia card by reviving the style of the early classics that are still firm favourites among the faithful.

Are you better off with a restored original or the new kid on the block? It's a battle of old versus new, so of course we put the oldest (Glenn) against the youngest (in maturity) Dieter, to see if youth or wisdom wins over.

The Car Show airs Saturday at 12:30 pm and at midnight this Wednesday on Channel Nine.

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