Nixon, Muppets, and an Intrepid: BS Inspections of the Showroom-Schlock...
We’re here at Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, Illinois, for the first annual Showroom-Schlock Shooutout (we raced here last year, but the race was called the Rod Blagojevich Never-Say-Die 500). The...
View ArticleShowroom-Schlock Shootout LeMons Day One: Honda Über Alles!
So many 24 Hours of LeMons teams have their still-beating hearts torn out by the Civic and Integra, race after race; the little Hondas are very quick around a road course (which is the evil lure that...
View ArticleMore Legislators Move To Ban Red Light Cameras
The bane of many a motorist and freedom advocate alike, the red light camera’s days may be drawing to a close as more governments move to ban them. Over the past two months alone, legislators in...
View ArticleFord Unveils Carsharing Pilot Program For Select Ford Credit Consumers
Financing a Ford and looking to bolster your monthly payments? The automaker has an idea: rent your car to others. Ford owners financing their rides through Ford Credit can rent them out to other...
View ArticleDrivers Hogging Electric Spaces in Illinois May Get Ticketed
An Illinois bill that would make it illegal to park a gasoline-powered car in an electric car charging spot is awaiting the governor’s signature, Green Car Reports writes. The practice, also called...
View ArticleSubaru Investing $140M More in Indiana Plant, Not Buying Normal Plant?
Subaru said Monday it would invest $140 million at its Lafayette, Indiana plant to expand production and add 1,200 more jobs at the facility. The announcement is only two years after the growing...
View ArticleHit The Lights On Your Way Out: Mitsubishi Closes Normal Plant After 27 Years
Monday was the final day for many workers at Mitsubishi’s Normal, Illinois facility as the plant mostly shuttered operations after 27 years. WEEK reported that roughly 900 workers finished work Monday...
View ArticleTTAC News Round-up: Elio’s Already on Thin Ice; Magna and Getrag Seal Their...
Regulators may rain on Elio’s parade even before they got started. That, Volvo takes a serious stab at full-size luxury conventional wisdom, the big get bigger and Ford’s hybrids only go so far … after...
View Article2018 Jeep Wrangler Capable Off-Road; In Other News, Water Wet
Jeep really loves touting its off-road heritage, along with the capability of its current stable of SUVs. To that end, FCA invited Chicago-area automotive media out to play in the mud at an off-road...
View ArticleJunkyard Treasure: 1993 Geo Tracker, Illinois Rust Edition
When The General created the Geo brand in 1989, the idea was that cars designed and/or built by Toyota, Isuzu, and Suzuki could be sold in the United States under the GM flag (Geos became Chevrolets...
View ArticleIllinois EV Owners Face Steep New Fee, Rage Against the Machine
Like most states, Illinois hasn’t raised its gas tax in years, keeping it at 19 cents since the musically gifted year of 1990, and, like most states, Illinois needs cash for pressing infrastructure...
View ArticleIllinois Auto Dealers Sue State Over Rivian’s Direct-Sales Model [UPDATED]
Rivian’s plan to sell vehicles directly to consumers has raised the ire of two auto-dealer groups in Illinois. The Illinois Automobile Dealers Association and the Chicago Automobile Trade Association...
View ArticleChicago Auto Show Set to Return in July
The 2020 Chicago Auto Show was, as far this author knows, the last major auto show to take place before COVID shut the world down. Now, it might be the first auto show to return. Don’t just take it...
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