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Mercedes-Benz Classic at the Salon Rétromobile 2016: Open for Sporty and Exclusive Refinement

Mercedes-Benz Classic at the Salon Rétromobile 2016: Open for Sporty and Exclusive Refinement

Elegant cabriolets and sporty roadsters are among the highlights of Mercedes-Benz's model history. At the Salon Rétromobile in Paris, Mercedes-Benz Classic is shining the spotlight on this tradition combining design, sportiness and comfort. The vehicle exhibits range from the luxurious 300 S from 1956 and the 280 SE 3 ... Continue reading

Axalta Revs Up Its Custom Car Show Season in Pomona, California

Axalta Revs Up Its Custom Car Show Season in Pomona, California

It’s that time of year again when custom car fans, builders and owners rev up their engines and head to car shows. Join Axalta Coating Systems, a leading global manufacturer of liquid and powder coatings, at the Grand National Roadster Show, the longest-running indoor car show in the world, at the Fairplex in Pomo ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Digest - January 18-24, 2016 : VW Lying; 47 cent Gas; Recall Record;Citroen Returning?; NASCAR HofF

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Digest - January 18-24, 2016 : VW Lying; 47 cent Gas; Recall Record;Citroen Returning?; NASCAR HofF

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Digest - January 18-24, 2016 : VW Lying; 47 cent Gas; Recall Record;Citroen Returning?; NASCAR HofF ... Continue reading

Car Question? Answers From Auto Lab, January 23, 2016

Car Question? Answers From Auto Lab, January 23, 2016

Car Question? Answers From NY - It's Auto Lab, January 23, 2016 ... Continue reading

2016-2017 Chevrolet Volt MiniSite - Includes: Specs, Comparisons News +VIDEO

2016-2017 Chevrolet Volt MiniSite - Includes: Specs, Comparisons News +VIDEO

2016 Vs 2017 Chevrolet Volt Mini-Site - Incudes: Specs, Comparisons News and Video ... Continue reading

Carl Benz's Patent Application on 29 January 1886: Birth of the Automobile 130 years ago

Carl Benz's Patent Application on 29 January 1886: Birth of the Automobile 130 years ago

It was the document that set the world in motion: on 29 January 1886, Carl Benz applied for a patent on his "gas-powered vehicle". This was the day the automobile was born. Later the same year, independently of Benz, Gottlieb Daimler built his motorised carriage. Thus it was that 1886 marked the beginning of the so far ... Continue reading

The Drive Home - Final Chapter: LeMay Museum, Tacoma To 2016 Detroit Auto Show - On The Road With Steve Purdy +VIDEO

The Drive Home - Final Chapter: LeMay Museum, Tacoma To 2016 Detroit Auto Show - On The Road With Steve Purdy +VIDEO

The epic drive ends in Detroit Three old cars go from Tacoma to Detroit in the dead of winter By Steve Purdy Senior Editor, The Auto Channel Michigan Bureau To recap: Three vintage cars – a ’57 Chevy Nomad, a ’61 Chrysler 300G and a ’66 Mustang left their safe haven at the LeMay, America’s Car ... Continue reading

Buying A Car? Auto Enthusiast? Repair Question? - Auto Lab Live Saturday 8-10 AM

Buying A Car? Auto Enthusiast? Repair Question? - Auto Lab Live Saturday 8-10 AM

Car Question? Call Toll Free 888-692-7234 Auto Lab is a 27 year old interactive automotive-focused New York area radio call-in show hosted by Professor Harold Wolchok. Each week a cadre of experienced hands-on automotive experts are in-studio with advice for the New York area's 12 million people, providing listeners wi ... Continue reading

From The 1996 Archives - Fifty Year Romance By Bob Hagin

From The 1996 Archives - Fifty Year Romance By Bob Hagin

The year 1946 was a memorable one in the automotive world in many ways. World War II had ended the year before and '46 marked the first post-war running of the Indy 500. All of the auto makers were swinging into the production of civilian cars to fill a four-year void and there were even a couple of new makes (albeit s ... Continue reading

2016 CES - Clarion Builds Installs 2016 Technology On 1991 Acura NSX

2016 CES - Clarion Builds Installs 2016 Technology On 1991 Acura NSX

CYPRESS, Calif. and LAS VEGAS, Jan. 4, 2016 -- Clarion Corporation of America announced today the completion of the transformation of its legendary year-one Acura NSX 'Clarion Builds' project car. In six short months, Clarion and its Clarion Builds program partners collaborated on transforming a worn out, high-mileage ... Continue reading

A DRIVE HOME Chapter Five: LeMay Museum, Tacoma To Detroit Auto Show - On The Road With Steve Purdy

A DRIVE HOME Chapter Five: LeMay Museum, Tacoma To Detroit Auto Show - On The Road With Steve Purdy

A DRIVE HOME – A road trip in the dead of winter, three old cars from LeMay Museum, Tacoma To 2016 Detroit Auto Show Chapter Five- Grand Junction, CO to Golden, CO By Steve Purdy Senior EditorThe Auto Channel Michigan Bureau Photos By Bob Giles To recap: Three vintage cars – a ’57 Chevy Nomad, a ’61 ... Continue reading

Chapter Four - A DRIVE HOME: LeMay Museum, Tacoma To Detroit Auto Show- - On The Road With Steve Purdy

Chapter Four - A DRIVE HOME: LeMay Museum, Tacoma To Detroit Auto Show- - On The Road With Steve Purdy

A DRIVE HOME – Chapter Four Salt Lake City to Grand Junction A DRIVE HOME – Chapter Three Three old cars go from Tacoma to Detroit in the dead of winter By Steve Purdy Senior EditorThe Auto Channel Michigan Bureau Photos By Bob Giles To recap: Three vintage cars – a ’57 Chevy Nomad, a ’61 Chrys ... Continue reading

UPDATE - A DRIVE HOME: LeMay Museum, Tacoma To Detroit Auto Show- Chapter Three - On The Road With Steve Purdy

UPDATE - A DRIVE HOME: LeMay Museum, Tacoma To Detroit Auto Show- Chapter Three - On The Road With Steve Purdy

A DRIVE HOME – Chapter Three Three old cars go from Tacoma to Detroit in the dead of winter By Steve Purdy Senior EditorThe Auto Channel Michigan Bureau Photos By Bob Giles To recap: Three vintage cars – a ’57 Chevy Nomad, a ’61 Chrysler 300G and a ’66 Mustang left their safe haven in the LeMay ... Continue reading

UPDATE - A DRIVE HOME : LeMay Museum, Tacoma To Detroit Auto Show- Chapter Two On The Road With Steve Purdy

UPDATE - A DRIVE HOME : LeMay Museum, Tacoma To Detroit Auto Show- Chapter Two On The Road With Steve Purdy

UPDATE - A DRIVE HOME : LeMay Museum, Tacoma To Detroit Auto Show- Chapter 2 By Steve Purdy ... Continue reading

Favorably Received Concept Cars Now Stand a Better Chance of Being Made

Favorably Received Concept Cars Now Stand a Better Chance of Being Made

According to Bloomberg News, concept cars for decades have been a mainstay in the auto industry. They started appearing in the late 1930s with vehicles like the Buick Y-Job convertible. In the '50s, General Motors designer Harley Earl helped popularize the idea with his traveling Motorama shows, where middle-America ca ... Continue reading

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