Category Archives: Chevy

Here comes the 2012 L.A. Auto Show

Ready or not here it comes.  This year has a ton more hype and likely well deserved. There will be 50 debuts, with as many as 20 being World Premieres.  Some of the debuts are so secret that on the … Continue reading

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Island Girl is my best of show at Monrovia Auto Show

My absolute favorite car at the recent Monrovia Classic Car show brought to us by the good folks at Streetrods Forever was “Island Girl”.  This gem started out as a standard issue barn find 1960 DeSoto Fireflite and was customized … Continue reading

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Street Rods Forever annual Old Town Monrovia Car show 9/8/12

Time to start your count down to one of the best Hot Rod/Street Rod shows in all of L.A. (maybe So Cal even?). Saturday September 8, 2012 is the date for the annual Street Rods Forever to be held in … Continue reading

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12th Annual Meguiar’s Del Mar Nationals…a car show so big it needs 3 days

The 12th Annual Megquiar’s Del Mar Nationals are this weekend. Its so big Humongous that it really needs an extra day for you to take it all in.  Featured is only pre-1972 automobiles, and American made ones at that. On … Continue reading

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Clean Vehicle Rebate Project workshop in Pasadena March 31st.

Like them or not the electrified vehicle, whether it be pure electric or a plug-in hybrid will be a part of the future of the automobile scene in So Cal.  The vehicles are part of a CARB mandate that specifies … Continue reading

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What you get at Press Days for the L.A. Auto Show

November 16 and 17 were the Press Days at the L.A. Auto Show.  How does it differ from the public days?  Plenty of ways. First is that the world press is very well represented and English is hardly the primary … Continue reading

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What I learned from GM’s Jim Federico

I learned quite a bit of information from Jim Federico.  Jim is the Executive Director of Engineering, Electric Vehicles at GM,  at the L.A. Auto Show this week.  The bulk of the interview can be found on the post I did … Continue reading

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So Cal man reunited with his 1965 Chevy SS

http://youtu.be/bz-nO6WvOYw Great little story I found on YouTube (and note its on Jalopnik as well) while looking for stories to celebrate the 100 years of Chevy with a So Cal twist.  Long story short it took some work by his … Continue reading

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If you could interview just one GM Exec who would you chose?

I actually have been given the chance to chose one GM Exec from a very impressive list to interview at the L.A. Auto Show during press week.  Help me make up my mind…which from the list would you chose and … Continue reading

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Chevy adds a new EV to mix for us, debuts at LA Auto Show

Its official, the press releases and twitter say so. Chevy has an EV coming to us here in CA (and the global markets) and it will debut at the LA Auto Show next month. Full press release HERE. I have … Continue reading

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