Posts Tagged ‘chicago 2008’
On the final media day of the 2008 Chicago Auto Show, Mike Levine from Pickuptruck.com walked us over to the Ford display to show us an inconspicuous Super Duty sitting among a fleet of Ford commercial vehicles. He wanted to show us the bed, which was filled with DeWalt tools and Ford's new Tool Lin......
Chicago 2008: International introduces the LoneStar Class 8 big rig
Friday, November 30th, 2007
click above for more high-rez images of the International LoneStarWe give International full credit this daring design that we spied uncovered earlier this year. Still, it appears as though it's taken a giant leap back three decades with the new Class 8 International LoneStar. International said its......
Chicago 2008: Reskinned 2009 Mitsubishi Galant seen with new nose
Friday, November 30th, 2007
click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Mitsubishi Galant Mitsubishi just unveiled its freshened-for-2009 Galant sedan at the Chicago Auto Show, and unlike our favorable response to the changes made to its Eclipse sibling, we think Mitsu might need to do a hard refresh on the Galant a couple of......
Chicago 2008: Mitsubishi shows off 2009 Eclipses
Friday, November 30th, 2007
click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Eclipse and Eclipse SpyderMitsubishi rolled out its updated 2009 Eclipse Coupe and Spyder today in Chicago, with revised fascias that complement and simultaneously update the swoopy flanks. The nose in particular brings the Eclipse in line with the design......
Chicago 2008: Porsche Cayenne GTS meets North America
Friday, November 30th, 2007
click above for high-res gallery of the Porsche Cayenne GTSFollowing breakfast here at the 2008 Chicago Auto Show, Porsche took the cover off its new Cayenne GTS for the first time on our shores. After emphasizing how well the updated 2007 Cayenne has done in the market, the Stuttgart-based automake......
Chicago 2008: Alton F-650 XUV makes a big statement
Friday, November 30th, 2007
UPDATE: Video of the Alton F-650 is available after the jump
click above for high-res gallery of the Alton F-650 XUV We've seen some outrageous F-650-based vehicles like this before (the DeBerti for one), but for some reason, the Alton F-650 XUV jumped out at us at the Chicago Auto Show. Perhaps w......
Chicago 2008: MotorWeek announces 2008 Drivers Choice Awards
Friday, November 30th, 2007
Last year, we were surprised by Motor Week's choice for its 2007 "Best Of The Year" , the Honda Fit. This year, we were simply shocked that its choice for 2008 is the Scion xB. It's not that the xB is a bad car, it's that there are so many better choices. In fact, peruse the list below of winners in......
Chicago 2008: Scion tC Release 4.0 in the flesh
Friday, November 30th, 2007
click above to view more live high-res pics of the Scion tC Release 4.0
If you saw our preview of the Scion tC Release 4.0 and want more, you're in luck 'cause we've spotted it here in Chicago. We already knew pretty much all there was to know about the machine, including the DAMD body kit and Galac......
Chicago 2008: Lexus ES 350 Pebble Beach Edition
Friday, November 30th, 2007
Click the image above for a hi-res gallery of the Lexus ES 350 Pebble Beach Edition
The Lexus ES 350 is the second model this year to get the Pebble Beach Special Edition treatment, along with the Lexus RX 350. Both of them join Lexus' Pebble Beach regular, the Lexus SC 430, in the bespoke-paint-an......
Chicago 2008: Toyota 4Runner Urban Runner not really for Urbania
Thursday, November 29th, 2007
Click above to view high-res gallery of the Toyota 4Runner Urban RunnerThe word "urban" seems to be taking on more meanings every day. In its latest use, Toyota has applied it to a truck kitted out for something more like the Amazon rather than "urban" civilization. Starting with a Sport Edition 4R......