LAKEVILLE, CONN. – Chrysler will be the honored car brand at this year’s Lime Rock racetrack and the Lime Rock Park Historic Festival, set for Aug. 31 to Sept. 4 in northeast Connecticut. The marque, which has suffered from a paucity of models, will produce its last 300, the 2023MORE HERE
ADDISON, Ill. – Fade to black. That’s the cue for a new design trend for some packaged consumer goods. A recent example is the new Turtle Wax Streak-Free Mist line, which uses the company’s familiar turtle logo, but puts the product in a spray bottle, with a black, ergonomic atomizerMORE HERE
LEEDS, ALABAMA – Curtiss Motorcycles has announced a limited edition collection to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the American v-twin motorcycle. “Today, 120 years later, we are proud to introduce The 120 Year Anniversary Collection in honor of [founder] Glenn’s [Hammond Curtiss] historic achievement,” said Curtiss Motorcycles CEO and co-founderMORE HERE
To see how China operates in the world, take a look at the return of the once-English MG automobile to Europe. The MG brand, now under Chinese ownership, dates from 1924. The initials are said to stand for Morris Garages. Entrepreneur William Morris was the Henry Ford of England; TheMORE HERE
If you haven’t been paying attention to the used car market, now is the time to start. Why? Forty-one million used cars trade hands every year in the United States, and online marketplaces, like Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace, only account for about half of transactions. The largest used car companies,MORE HERE
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Stop, Drop and Roll. Wonder Bread and Old Spice are at it again for an another Dodge ad parody from “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” which marks its official 15th anniversary this week from Sony. Dodge, a unit global automaker Stellantis (NYSE: STLA), isMORE HERE
Navistar has its beginning with the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, founded by Cyrus McCormick. Cyrus McCormick’s father Robert McCormick began work on a reaper in 1809 at his Virginia farm, Walnut Grove. MORE HERE
FRANKLIN, Tenn. — In the wake of the introduction of a newly updated 2022 Outlander, Mitsubishi Motors North America Inc. reported second quarter sales of 25,146, a 106% increase compared with the second quarter of 2020. The company, which in recent decades has not had good press from the auto media, isMORE HERE
PHILADELPHIA – To celebrate its centennial, Pep Boys will launch a promotional road trip that will, among other things, emphasize its new role as a repair shop, and not a parts retailer. But it seems that their founding mascots, Manny, Moe and Jack, might not be along for the ride.MORE HERE
CHICAGO – There is so much to appreciate about Turtle Wax. It is, above all, a great brand. It is one company. That makes one sort of thing. Car care products. And things made with the Turtle Wax name. The imagery and color are clear too. A turtle is green.MORE HERE