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EMPIRE FORD LINCOLN Abingdon, VA MOUNTAIN VIEW FORD LINCOLN 800-363-1744 • 276-623-1744 Chattanooga, TN [email protected] 800-472-0382 • 423-645-3171 [email protected] KEN WILSON FORD Canton, NC 800-532-4631 • 828-454-7047 RANDY MARION FORD LINCOLN [email protected] Statesville, NC 800-229-0591 • 704-873-3673 LANCE CUNNINGHAM FORD Knoxville, TN [email protected] 800-358-7601 • 865-687-1400 [email protected] TED RUSSELL FORD LINCOLN Knoxville, TN RAY VARNER FORD Clinton, TN 800-251-8774 • 865-693-7773 800-579-4561 • 865-457-0704 [email protected] [email protected] June 2015 Appalachian Automotive Report 3 AutoMechanika: A world of 2016 Dodge Viper ACR available for order collision repair information By John Kasper ple I checked out, as I had been reading his articles in Motor Service or Motor/Age for Automechanika is a trade show that years. It was nice to put a voice to the face travels the globe with 14 events in 13 and see if the pics really matched the per- different countries. In total they garner son (they did). Some other names — like 16,000 exhibitors, 600,000 visitors and Vince Fischelli, Bernie Thompson, Larry link together 120 trade associations. If Montanez, and Tony Martin — may catch you’re looking for an excuse to be a world your attention, as many writers from every traveler, you may want to consider Dubai, field of the car and truck business were Moscow or Shanghai to catch the show, there. Some 120 different seminars were which is custom-tailored for every loca- held over the three-day run of the show, Auburn Hills, Mich. - Viper enthusiasts can now place their orders for the fastest street-legal Viper ever. tion. For more info on upcoming shows, with many of the 2,000-plus attendees Unveiled at the revamped Conner Avenue Assembly Plant in Detroit, the American Club Racer model of the visit the Automechanika website. coming in just for the free training with the iconic, hand-built American supercar will have a starting U.S. (MSRP) of $117,895. Originally introduced in If you didn’t make it to Automechanika top names and organizations in the indus- 1999 and last available for the 2010 model year, the Viper ACR has a long-standing legacy as the ultimate Chicago in April, you can plan for the try. Sessions covered all aspects of the street-legal track car for club racing. The new 2016 model honors that performance legacy with significant 2017 show. I attended this year’s show in repair industry, from electronics (a lot of aerodynamic and suspension upgrades, new Carbon Ceramic brakes with six-piston calipers and high-per- Chicago, and here are some highlights: that) to management and public relations. formance tires specifically designed for ACR. Powered by hand-built 8.4-liter V-10 engine rated at 645 horse- Training Clearly there was something for everyone power and 600 lb.-ft. of torque – the most torque of any naturally aspirated sports-car engine in the world. During the entire show, there were train- in your shop to improve themselves. ing seminars going on. Many of the pre- Trade Show Shelby GT350 raises the bar for handling senters were tech writers from magazines There were over 450 exhibitors and you’ve been reading for years but have many of these were international. Seeing never had the chance to meet in person. so many companies from the global mar- Mitch Schnieder was just one of the peo- ket puts some perspective on the place of United States in the repair industry. Makes you feel like we aren’t as big as we believe we are. A few companies that caught my attention were ENEOS, who is the OEM motor oil supplier for many of the Japa- VOL. 25, NO.8 • June 2015 nese car lines, and Bizol, who is a major Editor European oil supplier. It could be that I Barry Forkum was picked out by these fellows because Publisher / Advertising Director of the Valvoline Crew Chief jacket I had www.autodeadline.com Garnett Forkum on, as it was still winter in Chicago, but they had some interesting comparisons to Art Director The all-new Ford Shelby GT350 builds on Carroll Shelby’s original idea – transform Mustang from a great Allen Forkum American-made oil. Speaking of oil, the Continued on page 7 everyday car into a dominant road racer, elevating it to a new level. Shelby GT350 raises the bar significantly Copy Editor over the already very capable 2015 Mustang GT performance pack, combining the best technologies and Tom Williams most thoroughly engineered components to create the most athletic Mustang ever built. “When we started working on this car, we wanted to build the best possible Mustang for the places we most love to drive – Contributors Tom Williams, John Cox challenging back roads with a variety of corners and elevation changes, and at the track on weekends,” said Buster McNutt , John Yoswick NEXT ISSUE Raj Nair, Ford group vice president, Global Product Development. “Every change we made to this car was Jay Hirsch, Tony Nethery, John Kasper driven by the functional requirements of a powerful, responsive powerplant – nimble, precise handling and Advertising Sales Industry Stats massive stopping power.” Tom Williams 615-757-3042 • Fax: 888-607-0921 and Trends [email protected] www.AutomotiveReport.net Our annual compilation of some of the current stats CONTENTS ADVERTISER Appalachian Automotive Report is published every and trends within the indus- month by AutoGraphic Publishing Company, Inc. 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