THEME: “On Wheels” — theme answers contain words that are also car models. Underneath … It's just models of cars, with the added, small detail of the “tires” underneath each model name. I like that a … and not “beaut!” One other answer that gave me an odd lot of trouble was BRING (54D: Give rise to). That clue was not helping at all. I see now, that April showers BRING May flowers, so it works, but I had -RING and still wasn't really sure what the answer was. Weird. …

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