2019 OPTIMA ULTIMATE STREET CAR INVITATIONAL

By Jan Wagner | April 29, 2020 |

From Las Vegas: i​ncludes never before seen VIDEO and extensive photography! The annual SEMA Show in Las Vegas is billed as “the world’s premier automotive trade show.” It represents the $44.6 billion automotive aftermarket, overflowing the gigantic Las Vegas Convention Center into its walkways, roads and parking lots with customized and new model, on- and…

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REMEMBERING BOB FRIA

By Jan Wagner | April 21, 2020 |

An esteemed​ member of our automotive community succumbs to COVID-19 On April 1, 2020, the Coronavirus Pandemic struck close to home, taking Robert (Bob) Fria as one of its many victims. Bob was an automotive enthusiast and historian, and a decorated veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He was also very active in the San…

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A ROAD TRIP IN MY MIATA LED TO THE MONTEREY ZOO

By Jan Wagner | April 15, 2020 |

Memorable r​oad trips are also about the destination… Many of us have pets, and regard them as loved family members. We care for them and talk to them – even though they can never answer with more than a bark, meow or an understanding gesture or response. While I no longer own a pet, in…

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TOYOTA WOVEN CITY – A LIVING LABORATORY

By Jan Wagner | April 7, 2020 |

T​oyota’s City of the Future, previewed at CES 2020 – WITH VIDEO! At CES 2020 (the Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas, the President and CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation – Akio Toyoda – announced a bold, innovative project that reimagines the future with an experimental, sustainable, zero-emissions smart city, within which people will want…

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