Christmas day has past. The kids’ stockings have long been emptied and stowed. We are now a mere 10 days from the opening of the 2012 North American International Auto Show. So before we make our annual pilgrimage to the auto show in the D we figured we better get our wits about us (our Executive Editor may have been hitting the egg nog heavy) and sort the rumors from the fact about what we’ll be seeing in Detroit. Read more…
It has been a good year for car cruises and the September Faith Missionary Church Car Show in Flushing, Michigan was no exception. Thank you to all who came out to enjoy the warm sunshine, great fellowship, sweet music and some exceptional examples of the automotive industry’s finest! Check out our extensive photo gallery of all the classic rides!
It’s that time of the year again. Time for cars and crowds to descend upon the granddaddy road of them all, Woodward Avenue. So grab a frosty beverage and checkout our extensive gallery of all things automotive as we cruised up and down M1. Read more…
It looked as though Mother Nature was about to give us the shaft. The 2011 Thumb Area Soybean Festival started with a “bang” of thunder at 7:30 in the morning. But before our spirits could get too soden, the downpour ceased, the clouds cleared, and we had another beautiful day in Brown City, Mi drooling at all the classic metal (even a Travco Motor home) rolling through town. Click through for our gallery of the cars that made an appearance at the show! Read more…
We couldn’t have asked for a better day. The sun was shining, the air was warm and the cars were streaming in! Thank you to all who participated in this year’s June car show at Faith Missionary Church in Flushing, Michigan. Hope to see you again in September! Click through for our extensive gallery. Read more…
We’d be lying if we said there’s never an amusing moment behind the scenes of Automotive Trends, and even more so during an auto show. So we figured we would shed a bit of light on what happens during our coverage of the NAIAS Press Days. Click through for more video and a gallery of the moments you’re not supposed to see. Read more…
The cars are all packed up and the displays have been torn down and shipped to the Windy City, but the memories from this year’s Detroit Auto Show extravaganza still dance in our dreams like sugar plum fairies. Ok, actually something far cooler than that, but the bottom line is we don’t want it to be over. So we thought we would rekindle a wee bit of the flame that was the 2011 NAIAS and put to work a few more of the 4,000-plus shots our highly-caffeinated photog snagged. Click through to have a look at some bonus galleries from this year’s show. Read more…
Automakers had a lot to celebrate at this year’s North American International Auto Show. The first of which was simply being at this year’s auto show. After surviving a period filled with bankruptcies, shuttered brands, mergers, recalls and the Great Recession, all but one company saw sales rise in 2010. A little recall you might have heard about is responsible for Toyota’s negative sales performance. With the worst hopefully consigned to history, the industry is setting its sights on how best to entice cautious consumers in 2011. Each company will approach this challenge differently. While their results will vary, one thing is certain: car buyers will be the real winners. If you can’t make it to Detroit to see all the new offerings on display, allow us to highlight the winners at this year’s auto show. Read more…
Kia used the Detroit Auto Show to reveal a possible entry into, of all things, a dormant segment. The KV7 is a concept designed to do a van right. It’s not one of these minivans that pretends to be manly or sporty or something it’s not. Kia designers wanted to build a van that was proud of its shape. Read more…
