To say it’s a real head-turner is putting it lightly. The 2015 Alfa Romeo 4C Spider has jaws dropping and people flocking and it hasn’t even seen the inside of a dealership showroom. The 4C Spider, however, has seen the coast of California where it resembles an Italian beauty bathing in the sunlight. While on a
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Automotive passion abounds at annual CEMA Car Show
Clear blue skies, cars that stretched for row upon row and a glimpse into the company’s history made for a very successful 26th Annual Chrysler Employee Motorsports Association Charity Car Show on Saturday, June 6, 2015. Nearly 500 vehicles lined the grounds of the Walter P. Chrysler Museum, Auburn Hills, Mich., to show off their classic styles or
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Parading with pride
It was colorless Sunday morning in Detroit and the streets were calm and quiet. It was so still you could hear the conversations of people a block away. The Motor City Pride parade would kick off at noon, but at 9 a.m. people were barely beginning to gather. I had gone inside the Chrysler House
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Chrysler 300 still in ‘a class all its own’
Which two Chrysler vehicles were the basis for the Chrysler 300 exterior design when it debuted in 1955? How many wins did the Chrysler 300 have in its first two NASCAR seasons? When did we last see the Chrysler 300’s fins? In what year did the company unveil a Chrysler 300 based on the Cordoba?
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Jeep Girls celebrate National Luau Month, searching for Red Rocks
In celebration of Oriental Trading Company’s National Luau month, we put on our brightly colored flowered leis and Teeki yoga pants, then jumped in our Tiki-inspired Flame Red Jeep® Wrangler and headed north. We were on a quest … well, we are always on a treasure hunt, but this one was in search of the
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Plight of the penguins
Meet Alfa and Romeo. They’re all dressed up with somewhere special to go! They’re going home, back to the wild. The two rehabilitated African penguins were released off the coast of Cape St Francis, Africa, thanks to the caring people of the Eastern Province Alfa Romeo Club and the South African Foundation for the Conservation
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Is there a better way to spend a June afternoon?
If there’s at least an inkling of gearhead or historian inside you, there are few better ways to spend a Saturday than at the Walter P. Chrysler Museum come June 6. Last year, a record-setting 2500+ people and 430 vehicles were on-hand at the annual Chrysler Employee Motorsports Association’s Charity Car Show. “It’s a fun,
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