Category Archives: Cars, Trucks & Other Vehicles

Michigan International Auto Show Ticket Giveaway

January 26, 2009 – 1:55 pm

In cooperation with ShowSpan, Absolute Michigan is giving away 10 pair of tickets to the Michigan International Auto Show in Grand Rapids, MI February 5-8, 2009. About the Michigan International Auto Show This is the greatest annual opportunity to view your “next new car!” More than 35 car manufacturers from around the world will bring [...]

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Hybrid batteries? It’s the infrastructure, silly

January 21, 2009 – 7:23 am

327 Chevy Volt by mikeh5856 The Michigan Messenger asks: Will batteries recharge Michigan’s economy? To answer it, they turn to science writer Howard Lovy, one of the founders of Ann Arbor-based nanotechnology and microsystems publication Small Times. Lovy has covered science, technology and business for Michigan and national media including Wired and the New York [...]

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Michigan Automotive History: Reo Motor Car Company

January 15, 2009 – 10:51 am

In association with our coverage of the Detroit Auto Show (aka North American International Auto Show) and the upcoming Michigan International Auto Show in Grand Rapids, we are taking rear view mirror look at the REO Motor Car Company. The R.E. Olds Transportation Museum in Lansing is a great place to learn about Olds and [...]

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Rollercoaster Wednesday

January 7, 2009 – 10:45 am

MSU College of Human Medicine by Eridony Going up The New York Times reports that in the midst of the darkest economic times Michigan has seen in decades, the University of Michigan is spending billions to grow with nearly three million square feet new buildings for science, medicine, health, art, business, sports, food service and [...]

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Grand Rapids Camper, Travel & RV Show Ticket Giveaway

January 6, 2009 – 9:28 am

In cooperation with ShowSpan, Absolute Michigan is giving away some free tickets to the Grand Rapids Camper, Travel & RV Show which takes place January 15-18 at DeVos Place. The contest is now over and the winners have been posted below. About the Grand Rapids Camper, Travel & RV Show show: A dozen West Michigan [...]

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Michigifts: Big 3 Stock & Cars

December 12, 2008 – 4:56 pm

With the failure of the bailout bill, Michigan’s Governor today urged folks to buy cars and stock as gifts to help the Big Three. Now trading at less than $4, I guess GM & Ford stock pretty much falls into the “stocking stuffer” category… The teeny photo above is V8 by Ralph Krawczyk Jr. It [...]

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In the Nick of Time Monday: Missing the Boat, a Draft Bailout and the National Stage

December 8, 2008 – 11:32 pm

Big Bright Light Show Rochester 2006 by eric.whalen81 In Detroit Rarely Misses a Chance to Miss a Chance in Wired, they list 5   ways the Big 3 have missed the boat … their ride … whatever. My favorite: 2. Electric vehicles – All of the automakers — including Honda (the EV+) and Toyota (the [...]

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Boom, Bust, Bailout & Bankruptcy Monday

November 24, 2008 – 9:40 am

“We put all our chips on a poker hand called durable goods manufacturing, particularly the autos,” said Charles L. Ballard, a professor of economics at Michigan State University. “In the middle of the 20th century, every time we turned over the hand it was four aces, a straight flush. If you have an undiversified economy [...]

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Michigan History: Where the Model T Began

November 17, 2008 – 1:17 pm

6 seater Model T – b&w by LindaB. Jerald Mitchell calls the Ford Motor Company’s Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit “a fulcrum point of human history [where] the balance of history shifted.” It was at this factory in Detroit that Henry Ford and his cohorts conceived the Model T automobile. For nine months, these men [...]

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Changing Gears Thursday: Cars, Guards & 100 Pound Carp

November 13, 2008 – 9:51 am

Tom’s Vision by G0Da From the Pistons changing point guards and changing Tayshaun Prince to “point forward” to a Presidential campaign in which change was the overwhelming theme, “change” has been very much in the air of late. One part of Michigan that is certain to see change is the auto industry. The Globe & [...]

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