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Rewind to Dublin, Ireland, in the middle of the 1980s
What car(s) can you identify in the picture below? Continue reading
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Ran When Parked visits the American southwest
We recently took advantage of a work trip to Las Vegas, Nevada, to re-discover the American southwest. Continue reading
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Time traveling: 1980s European cars at the Chicago Motor Show
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
Rewind to Ireland in the early 1970s
We’re traveling back to Ireland in the early 1970s. The first picture (in black and white) was taken on Saint Patrick’s Hill in Cork in 1970, and the second shot was taken in Dublin in 1972. What car(s) can you identify in the pictures below? What one(s) would you most like to have in your … Continue reading
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Ran When Parked visits Toyota’s History Garage museum in Tokyo
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
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
