Time traveling: 1980s European cars at the Chicago Motor Show

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Ronan Glon • 4 Comments

The first edition of the Chicago Motor Show was held in 1901, making it one of the oldest car shows in the world. The Chicago show was once one of the nation’s largest automotive events but it is overshadowed today by bigger, more important industry trade shows held in New York, Detroit and Los Angeles. … Continue reading →

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Ran When Parked visits Toyota’s History Garage museum in Tokyo

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Ronan Glon • 3 Comments

Ran When Parked recently visited Toyota’s History Garage museum in Odaiba, an entertainment-focused area of Tokyo, Japan. The museum is part of the Palette Town complex that is also home to a huge Toyota showroom, an even bigger maze-like shopping center called Venus Port, a Ferris wheel, a casino and so forth. Continue reading →

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Ran When Parked visits the Zeithaus museum in Wolfsburg, Germany

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Ronan Glon • 4 Comments

Following our visit to the Volkswagen brand museum in Wolfsburg, Germany, we trekked over to Autostadt in the center of the city to visit the museum there. Autostadt (a name that literally translates to “car city” in German) is a Volkswagen-themed visitor attraction that houses a museum, a pavilion for the SEAT, Škoda, Audi and … Continue reading →

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>Great Automotive Failures: The DeLorean DMC-12.

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Ronan Glon • 4 Comments

> In 1973, 48 year old John Z. DeLorean had “a better than even-odds change of one day being president” of General Motors. With a yearly income of $650,000, he was one of the highest paid executives in the world. But on April 1st, 1973, he threw all of that out of the Fourteenth Floor … Continue reading →

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DeLorean DMC-12

Posted on February 29, 2008 by Ian Rothwell • 3 Comments

> UPDATED Last spring, a DeLorean turned up in the back service lot at New Motors, the local Volvo dealer at the time (recently it changed hands). The car was last registered in the early 90s with a Penn State Alumni plate. Apparently the PRV engine was presenting some difficulties, presumably from sitting for an … Continue reading →

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