Posts Tagged ‘100 years’
Monday, July 14th, 2008
It sure ain't pretty, though beauty, in this case, is likely in the eye of the beholder. A few years back, a new take on the taxi was provided by Standard Taxi, a company based in Troy, Michigan. The design for the purpose-built people hauler uses GM running gear and is able to haul four passengers ......
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
General Motor's "commercial grade" truck unit may be losing two of its planned products, leaving some to contemplate the future of the nameplate in general. It's too early to consider GMC dead, but with the apparent cancellation of the next-generation Acadia CUV as well as the planned unibody truck ......
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Monday, June 4th, 2007
Cerberus and Chrysler are now officially linked, and to celebrate, the privately-owned automaker is kicking off a new ad campaign titled "Get ready for the next 100 years." The ads will showcase Chrysler's many accomplishments of the past while illustrating why the company will be part of the many g......
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Sunday, May 13th, 2007
By now most have heard that F1 will not hold a race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2008, meaning that the fate of F1 in the U.S. is in question. Don't shed a tear for Indy, though, as it's just been announced that MotoGP will bring the new Red Bull indianapolis GP to the Brickyard on Sunday......
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Saturday, October 28th, 2006
Ford's Rouge plant is an icon in automotive manufacturing, having at one time built the Model A, military warcraft after WWI and during WWII, 40 years of the Mustang and currently the F-150. It's over 100 years old, but you wouldn't know it while on a tour of the facility. Ford has revamped Rouge to......
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Tuesday, May 9th, 2006
America's oldest Buick dealership, Geise Buick Pontiac in Quincy, Illinois, is closing.After 100 years, descendents of founder Henry Geise Sr. have decided to sell the dealership's assets to Poage Auto Plaza. Both Pontiac and GMC franchises will be moved to another location, and be sold under a diff......
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Monday, June 13th, 2005
Czech auto manufacturer Skoda celebrates 100 years of manufacturing this summer and 4Car published a quick retrospective of a marque that many of us in the States may know little about. Skoda started out as a luxury automaker that has ridden the ups and downs of the country of Czechoslovakia (and re......
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