Category: educational
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Window Shopping at the Chicago Auto Show
The 116th edition of the nation’s largest auto show opened its doors to the public on Saturday, Feb. 10. Stradling two weekends, as well as Valentine’s Day and President’s Day, the show runs for 10 days giving shoppers plenty of time to “window shop” for a new car purchase this coming Spring. Preceded by news…
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Driving Maine’s Downeast Highway
Maine’s Route 1 “Downeast Highway” winds through Acadia National Park and the New England Coastline. Maine Route 1 is 3,478 miles of twisty road along a rocky coast with over 65 lighthouses and 23 islands full of fishing villages and lobster shacks. Along the route there are some car things of interest. Owls Head Transportation…
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Take a Trip; Rent an All-electric Car! Yes.
On recent travel I rented an all-electric battery-powered Polestar 2 from Hertz. This was my first EV rental and it won’t be my last. Read about my experience here. @1ChicagoCarGuy
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Rolling Sculpture: Streamlined Art Deco Automobiles and Motorcycles
The Vero Beach Museum of Art is the principal cultural arts facility of its kind on Florida’s Treasure Coast. A special exhibition now in place that presents a select group of rare automobiles and motorcycles. Ken Gross, former Executive Director of the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, served as Guest Curator. This special exhibition…
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2023 Chicago Auto Show
The 2023 Chicago Auto Show welcomed national automotive media with pleasantly warm outside temperatures for a couple of mid-winter February days. First staged in 1901, the Chicago Auto Show is the largest auto show in North America and has been held more times than any other auto exposition on the continent. This year marks the…
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Looking for a Christmas gift for the car person in your family. Auto America – Car Culture 1950-1970s
A glorious and nostalgic celebration of a defining period in American car culture–the 1950s to the 1970s, the golden age of Detroit’s icons of the road–when automobile design was at its peak and the car itself was synonymous with a vision of success in America. Auto America offers a compelling look at three decades (the 1950s,…
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Curb side, on-street EV charging comes to Chicago
Urban dwellers are good candidates to purchase or lease an all-electric vehicle, that is, a battery-electric vehicle or BEV. Why? They don’t typically drive many miles in their daily personal routine. The ability to charge the vehicle’s battery is all important. The situation is especially acute for dense communities where potential BEV owners may live…
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Thoughts on the 2020 Chicago Auto Show
The 2020 Chicago Auto Show has the distinction of being the first big auto show of the new year and also of this new decade. Nearly 1,000 different vehicles are on display for the news media and most importantly for customers and potential customers. Read this and you’ll want to go. @1ChicagoCarGuy
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Driving the Ford Police Interceptor
Ford invited a number of local auto writers to join in with a contingent of police officers from various Illinois communities to drive the new 2020 Ford Police Interceptor at Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, IL. A derivative model of the all-new 2020 Ford Explorer, the Ford Police Interceptor (PI) comes standard with a hybrid…
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2019 Volkswagen Jetta – Drive Report
A modified 2019 VW Jetta went 210.16 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats, setting a new record in the SCTA Blown Gas Coupe class. I drove a new, stock 2019 VW Jetta across lower Michigan and got 43 mpg, beating the EPA highway estimate of 40 mpg. And, I didn’t waste any time doing it.…
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