The past, present and future of Alfa Romeo was on display this past week in California for Monterey Car Week. Attendees of the many car shows, auctions and events on the Monterey peninsula had the opportunity to see, and in some cases drive, Alfa Romeos. The range of vehicles on display included a rare Alfa
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Category Archives: Heritage
The Jeep Girls Celebrate 75 Years of Jeep in Toledo
Whether you are going to Toledo to drive past the home of the Jeep Wrangler, to take a picture of the original Willy’s Mansion or to buzz through the downtown on a convention, there are some definite places you must visit. In celebration of 75 years of Jeep® heritage, Brittany and I headed to Toledo,
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Say ‘Ciao’ to Monterey Car Week
The FCA Digital Media team will be dispatched across the country this weekend to cover a pair of major classic car events. We will be at the Woodward Dream Cruise in suburban Detroit, but we are also traveling to the West Coast to attend events at Monterey Car Week in California. This way, car aficionados can
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6 things you can’t miss during Woodward Dream Cruise Week
Like many amazing, annual automotive events, the Woodward Dream Cruise has grown, from its humble, one-day 1995 beginnings to the nearly week-long event that it is today. Right now, expect to see people gathering along Woodward Avenue, staking their claim to prime viewing spots with folding chairs and pop-up tents, to watch the early cruisers
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The Motor City ‘Freaks Out’ for Fiat
A steady stream of classic, and new, Fiats streamed into the parking lot of the Walter P. Chrysler Museum Friday for the Fiat Club America’s welcome reception for their annual convention, the Fiat FreakOut. While there was a number of historical displays to see on the inside of the museum, more than 100 classic Fiats
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1 million miles to the new Fiat 124 Spider
Sometimes the road to a new car model is through the airport. That is the case for program manager Leia Horton, responsible for the 2017 Fiat 124 Spider. The 20-year employee has crisscrossed the globe for the past few years to bring a modern-day version of the classic convertible roadster to market. During that time,
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Paying tribute to a four-wheeled wartime ‘vet’
75 years ago this week a boxy, lightweight, flat-fendered workhorse rolled off a Toledo, Ohio, Assembly Plant production line and onto the World War II battlefields of Europe. The very first Jeep® vehicle was a true original. It was instantly embraced by military servicemen and women as an indispensable tool in helping win the war.
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