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Detroit ‘09: Audi Sportback Concept

January 12, 2009

Slippery sedans continue to be all the rage from Germany-First the Mercedes CLS, the VW CC, and now the latest concept from Audi, the Sportback. I will not bore you with Audi’s press release that speaks of a “new design vocabularly”. What we are seeing is a preview of the upcoming Audi A7. As opposed [...]

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2009 International Car of the Year winners announced

January 11, 2009

At a gala dinner last night in Detroit, Road and Travel Magazine announced the winners of the 2009 International Car & Truck of the Year awards. Established in 1996, the annual award is judged by a panel of 16 nationally renowned automotive journalists and is given to the vehicle which most identify their target lifestyle [...]

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I’ll Huff and I’ll Puff and I’ll…

December 18, 2008

Always one to captivate an audience, long time auto analyst Joe Sherlock has a fresh look at a literary classic. Updated to the modern sensibility of course:
The first Little Pig built his house with a good foundation. But subsequent generations were more interested in stylish-looking dwellings than quality. So the finned, chrome-bedecked, cab-forward-looking house became [...]

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Auto Bailout Package Dies on US Senate Floor

December 11, 2008

GM and Chrysler informed Congress they could run out of cash in weeks. We are about to find out how many weeks they meant. The bailout bill had passed in the House of Representatives, but Senate Republicans wanted further modifications made to the bill. The collapse of the bill came after talks broke down with [...]

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This week in The Garage Blog Flickr pool

April 5, 2008

Curtis Joe Walker offers up a great sharks fin soup of blue sky and puffy clouds mixed with Detroit metal.
Nice!
Do you have some great shots you’d like to share? Join us at The Garage Blog Flickr pool.

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Detroit gets ready for the “R” word

December 5, 2007

Instead of having bloated inventories sitting in their yards that beg for consumer incentives to help turn on the ignition keys to move them, Detroit might be taking a new tack in 2008. With the “R” word projecting in the minds of many sleepless execs; it appears production cuts may replace incentives in [...]

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Mike Strong bio

October 17, 2007

It could be argued it was fate that I would lead me to write about the automotive industry: my first word was Volkswagen…at least that’s what my mother claims. Dad claims it was “automobile,” but you see the general direction my life was headed in at an early age.
Like most people who grow up in [...]

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Chrysler Group Celebrates 20 Years of Modern Concept Vehicles

May 26, 2007

Car enthusiasts love concept cars. Journalists love concept cars. Chrysler loves to build concept cars! In fact they are dedicated to building the Coolest of Cool concept cars. In reality, every designer and every manufacturer thinks that their concepts are the coolest. Not every concept is a driver though and the Chrysler boys and girls [...]

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2008 Dodge Challenger to be built right here in Ontario

February 16, 2007

It looks like Ontario is set to become the muscle car capital of North America. Following The General’s decision to build the next generation Camaro in Oshawa, Chrysler has announced that it’s new machine will be built at it’s Brampton plant. When production begins in the summer of 2008, that will bring the total models [...]

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2007 North American International Auto Show News

September 19, 2006

As the weather gets cooler, it’s time to start planning for next year’s auto show circuit and the North American International Auto Show has launched their new web site to give you a head start. 2007 marks the 100th year for Detroit’s big show and organizers are gearing up for another great year. On the [...]

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