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FROM THE PUBLISHER We can all relate to automobiles n 7 Letters/E-Mail 1997Mitsubishi Mirage in Santa Barbara, CA. you m ust fall u n d er o n e o f those categories — and th a t m akes you a reader. The fact is m ore o t us ow n cars than we do hom es. H aving a car is som ething we can ail relate to. M ost ot us also need inform ation about o u r beloved vehicles - furnishing this know ledge is sim ply why A A O W exists. A lthough we focus entirely on news about the auto industry as it relates to A frican A m ericans, the difference is, w ere b ringing the in d u stry closer to vou. Well, now that you're here, I m ight as well tell you a little bit about this issue. O u r cover story focuses on the fu tu re - the new cars and technology offerings for 1997. Associate Publisher M yron D . Stokes gives you his list o t next year s new cars, w hile o u r Senior E ditor Jacqueline M itchell looks at th e in d u stry ’s b u rg eo n in g new technologies. R eporter, G en ea l.uck, suggests an ideal C h ristm a s gift for your teenager -- enro llm en t in a good driving school. A utom obile accidents are the n u m b e r o n e killer of teenagers, b u t m any parents d o n ’t c o n sider taking preventative measures. W ith increased traffic and the ab sence o t driver ed ucation at m any high schools, we suggest you read her co lu m n . F in a lly , c o lu m n is t W a rre n B ro w n , w r ite s a b o u t b la c k s in m otorhom es. An initially apprehensive W arren and his wife spent the sum m er to u rin g the co u n try in a m otorhom e. H e recounts the surpris ing experience in a tun n y tale that will keep vou laughing throughout. Enjoy! Publisher and E ditor in C h ie f Randi Payton Associate Publisher M yton D.Stokes Managing Editor Vivienne Samms Senior Editors Blair Walker Warren Brown Ken Gross Jacqueline M itchell A rt D irector Ed Towles A dvertising Representative C hristine Anderson. M o to r C ity Media Photographers M a t Mendelsohn N in a Padgett Writers C.enea Luck Paul Eisenstein O n lin e Services E ditor Web Visions, Inc. Reporter/Researcher Ngina Johnson 2 Fall 1996 Volume 2 Issue 4 4 Auto Briefs you a car enthusiast, a car owner, or just interested in seeing | | i ^ H i ^ | w h a t w ere all about? It you Hipped the page and got this far, STAFF CONTENTS AFRICAN AMERICANS O N WHEELS C o n trib u tin g A rtist Brenda Spears Cover K im Frazier and Richard Simms Photo by M at M endelsohn 10 Shopping Guide: 1997 New Cars & Trucks Car Prices New Technologies 18 Blacks In Motor Homes Warren Brown Neither snow, nor rain, nor gloom of night can keep a Saturn owner from telling us how much they enjoyed buying their car. T hat’s right, enjoyed. 20 Driving School For Teens Genea Luck Although words such as "elated” and *w............. — phrases like" I can't tell you how pleased are often substituted, we figure they mean African Americans On Wheels 2034 National Press Building Washington, DC 20045 Tel. 202-588-9459 Fax 202-588-5136 Advertising Director Christine Anderson Motor City Media 22 Cambridge Pleasant Ridge, MI 48069 810-544-8762 A B C A u d it p e n d in g A frican A m erican On Wheels, ©1996, is published quarterly as a supplem ent to newspapers by O n W h e e ls , In c . A A O W can be f o u n d on th e I n t e r n e t at http://www.automag.ciim. O ur e-mail address is AAOW@AOL.com. -p ix - One o f the nice f eatures o f owning a Saturn is our Customer R9 Assistance Center. s w n Thank you for enjoyed just the same. W hat we can’t figure, however, is why this is anything to write home about. After all, when we first your cart Interested in started selling Saturns we figured w e’d just treat people the finding your nearest same way we would want to be treated ourselves. It’s an experience rooted in common courtesy more than anything else. Yet apparently, it’s an experience th a t is not all th at common. O r so Saturn retailer: Want w e’ve been told. And told. And told. HFSATIRN T he 1997 S a t u r n SL N o t every letter u e get comes via the mail. A lot o f it conies via computer. If you haven't visited the Saturn Internet site, you might want to give it a Got a question about phe W—iOer-fvl w * directions to Spring Hill: Operators are standing by. Actually, they're sitting, but what the hey. you tre a te d m e. try. Il's a great way to learn about Saturn and the cars we're building this gear— like our new coupe. A D i f f e r e n t K in d •>/ c o m p a n y , a D i f f e r e n t k i n d ° f c a r
