Ford Skyliner Concept debuts ahead of New York auto show

Mega-high-roof limo has all the comforts of your stately pleasure dome… to go!

To call attention to its coming 2015 Transit full-size van, which arrives in midsummer, Ford commissioned a concept version of the big people mover. And when you say “Ford,” “concept” and “it better be done right,” there's only one place you trust to do it: Galpin Auto Sport, or GAS.

Read More

2015 - 10 New Cars You Must See at the 2014 Chicago Auto Show

Chicago’s auto show isn’t close to the biggest event on journalists’ automotive calendars, but tons of consumers flood the place once we leave, most of who will skip over the concept cars and pie-in-the-sky supercars and instead focus on stuff they might actually buy. Indeed, we’ve heard the show is a huge generator of sales referrals for the Chicagoland region, which last time we checked, isn’t exactly a small podunk town in the middle of nowhere. So, dear buyers, here are the 10 cars you must look at when you hit up the show; while you’ve probably seen these cars in photos, this is your chance to see and touch them in person. Appropriately, of course . . .

Read More

2014 Chicago: The Chicago Auto Show Spotters' Guide

Its organizers say the Chicago Auto Show is North America's largest. It has three indoor test tracks and six outdoor ride-and-drives staged during the length of the show, which runs through Presidents' Day, Monday, February 17. The Chicago show has hosted a number of important global unveilings since 1901, including the first Mazda MX-5 Miata, in 1989.

Since the 1990s, Detroit's emergence as the site of the North American International Auto Show has usurped Chicago's primacy, especially over the last decade. The metropolitan Chicago area has a population of more than 9.8 million people, though, and McCormick Place is no more than a three-hour drive from southern Wisconsin, eastern Iowa, northern Indiana and even western Michigan, so for many enthusiasts, it is often the first place to see in person some of the big premieres from Detroit, Los Angeles, Tokyo, and Frankfurt.

Read More