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Shortly before the Lexus IS250/350 sport sedan was chosen “Car of the Year” at last week’s Denver Auto Show, it was apparent that the event’s biggest attraction was the 2015 Ford Mustang.

The focus on the Mustang continued all over the country this past week, as Ford marked the 50th anniversary of the original pony car.

Jan and I sat in Lee Iacocca’s office in Beverly Hills last May with his assistant Norma Saken and listened to a just-recorded tribute to the iconic Mustang by Iacocca; the recording was released this past week as part of the anniversary celebration.

Under Iacocca’s direction, as an executive with Ford Motor Co., the 1965 Mustang was unveiled on April 17, 1965.

Kia’s display area dressed up by K900

Another star of Denver’s auto show was the 2015 Kia K900, an all-new rear-drive luxury sedan, which went on sale this month. The large, sleekly styled four-door looked almost out of place in the display area of Kia, known for 20 years for small, economical automobiles.

The K900 is impressive enough on the auto show circuit that it has been named by AutoTrader.com to its list of “Must Test Drive” vehicles.

AutoTrader.com said the K900 showed “unexpected amenities, outstanding design and tremendous value within its segment.”

Pricing of the Kia V-8, which went on sale this month, begins around $60,000.

Larry Miller staff lends day of service

Employees of six Larry H. Miller dealerships in Denver, Boulder and Colorado Springs are volunteering in their communities during the fifth year of a Miller Day of Service, an annual event honoring the late founder of the dealerships near his birthdate.

The team which volunteered at the Coalition for the Upper South Platte in Colorado Springs on Friday raked and reshaped the ground surface, reseeded native vegetation, mulched and installed log erosion control structures to the Waldo Canyon area, ravaged by fire in 2012.

A second team will volunteer Friday of this week at the Food Bank of the Rockies in Denver, unloading, sorting and packaging food donations. A third team Friday will assist Boulder County Parks & Open Space with clean-up after the September 2013 flooding, including piling and hauling trash and debris, building fences and planting trees and shrubs.