Posts Tagged ‘ChicagoAutoShow’
Wednesday, March 12th, 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......
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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......
Tags: aerodynamic efficiency, big rig, chicago, chicago 2008, chicago auto show, Chicago2008, ChicagoAutoShow, class 8, customization, daring design, factory options, gas mileage, giant leap, hardwood flooring, harley, International LoneStar, InternationalLonestar, lone star, lone starr, lonestar, mileage, rez images, semis, three decades, truckers
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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......
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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......
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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......
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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......
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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......
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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......
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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......
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Thursday, November 29th, 2007
click above to view more high-res live shots of BMW M3 ALMS race carThe American Le Mans Series is going to get a dose of Bavarian brilliance in 2009, as Bobby Rahal and David Letterman are teaming up to bring the fourth-generation M3 to the racing series. To properly battle the best competition in ......
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