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Monthly Archives: March 2021
How American truck makers thrive under global ownership
Imagine the United States as a body, with the highway system as its veins and arteries. The blood made up of middle- and heavy-duty trucks, delivering the goods we need while carrying our waste away. The precursors of trucks were … Continue reading
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On Sunday sales, color Colorado auto dealers blue
There’s a time and a place for everything, and Colorado’s auto dealers think that Sunday is not the time for their businesses to be open. Not surprisingly, their refusal to go along with the rest of the retail world has … Continue reading
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Cars became more essential than ever, providing maximum safety, independence and freedom during the pandemic
Transportation planners are in a pickle. They want people to abandon cars in favor of walking, bicycling or public transit. Meanwhile, a deadly disease – COVID-19 – is raging through America, and people wisely are staying in their cars for … Continue reading
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US auto industry with roots to early 1900s, saw international competition begin in 1950’s and gain intensity over decades
As the rest of the industrialized world struggled to recover from World War II, America’s economy experienced one of the greatest surges in history. The GIs were home, families were growing, housing development was going suburban and everyone wanted an … Continue reading
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Auto shows log 120 successful years, still popular and viable
The 2020 cancellation of most of America’s major auto shows because of COVID-19 was a blow to both auto enthusiasts and the automotive industry. The Denver Auto Show, staged annually by the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association, scheduled for the Colorado … Continue reading
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Recreational Vehicles – Rooted in History – More Popular than Ever in 2021
If you think about it, the first recreational vehicles (RVs) – ones that could be “lived” in, or at least slept in – really belonged to snails and hermit crabs. Perhaps it was from observing these examples from nature that … Continue reading
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How little bicycles grew up to be big motorcycles
Motorcycles conjure up an image: Marlon Brando in The Wild One; Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda in Easy Rider; Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation; and, of course, Steve McQueen in The Great Escape. These independent, macho heroes (or … Continue reading