The New Cars

The New Cars
Origin	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Genres	Rock, power pop, new wave
Years active	2005–2007
Labels	Eleven Seven Music
Associated acts	The Cars, Utopia, The Tubes, Journey, Jefferson Starship, Meat Loaf
Past members	Elliot Easton Greg Hawkes Todd Rundgren Kasim Sulton Prairie Prince

The New Cars were a band formed in 2005 with two of the original members of the 1970s/1980s new wave band The Cars. The band was composed of original Cars members Elliot Easton and Greg Hawkes, along with vocalist/guitarist Todd Rundgren, bassist Kasim Sulton, and drummer Prairie Prince. The band performed The Cars' classic songs, some new material, and selections from Rundgren's career.

In 2005, rumors began circulating that Easton and Hawkes would be teaming with Todd Rundgren in a new Cars lineup, with Rundgren replacing The Cars original vocalists Ric Ocasek and Benjamin Orr. The rumors turned out to be true, with the revamped lineup calling themselves The New Cars. Two regular Rundgren collaborators, bassist Kasim Sulton and drummer Prairie Prince, replaced bassist Benjamin Orr and drummer David Robinson in the new lineup. Robinson, who retired from the music industry years before, was invited to join the group but amicably declined. Ocasek, who had opted out of any possibilities of a reunion, gave his blessing to Easton and Hawkes, saying, "I want Elliot and Greg to be happy." On April 17, 2006, when he appeared on The Colbert Report and was asked if there was anyone he wanted to put "on notice", he answered "Todd Rundgren".

On March 20, 2006, The New Cars released a new original single, "Not Tonight", on Eleven Seven Music. And on May 9, 2006, they released an album "It's Alive!", also on Eleven Seven Music. The album contained 18 tracks, consisting of 15 live recordings (12 classic Cars songs, the new single "Not Tonight", and 2 Todd Rundgren songs), plus 3 new original studio tracks.

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