Autos
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Palatine gains another used-car businessMay 22, 2018 5:26 am - Used-car businesses continue to grow in Palatine. Village council members Monday night granted a special-use permit allowing Mullins Used Cars Inc. to operate in a build...
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Carroll Shelby's company keeps his dreams aliveMay 21, 2018 6:00 am - The late Carroll Shelby had big dreams for Ford's Mustang and many of them came true. One, however, did not - until now. In 1967, the Texan tuner conducted an engineerin...
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Why you, too, should never be in a hurryMay 21, 2018 6:00 am - May is Motorcycle Safety Month. Motorcycling can be a dangerous sport, and often mishaps are totally beyond our control. But many things are within our control, like our...
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Redesigned Ninja 650 serves dual purposesMay 20, 2018 6:00 am - Last fall I stopped into Nielsen Enterprises in Lake Villa to check out some of the new bikes just launched. It sells Yamaha, Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and also a wide var...
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Luxury automakers cater to their clienteleMay 14, 2018 6:00 am - In 1998, Aston Martin offered customers the most extreme iteration of its Vantage sports car, calling it the V-8 Vantage V600. Fewer than 100 of the supercharged sports ...
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Car club calendarMay 10, 2018 7:01 am - Shows, events May 19 and Aug. 18: Free show sponsored by Central Auto Body, Barrington Road and Tower Drive, adjacent to Tap House Grill, Hanover Park. 5-9 p.m. Foo...
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Motorcycling calendarMay 09, 2018 11:00 pm - May 12: Seventh annual Mother's Day Women Only Ride and Bike Blessing, 11 a.m., Woodstock Harley-Davidson, 2235 S. Eastwood Drive, Woodstock. Lunch provided. All brands ...
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Tuesday nights are cruise nights at Algonquin CommonsMay 09, 2018 1:00 am - Throughout the spring and summer months, Algonquin Commons will hold classic cruise nights from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays. The cruise nights begin next week on Tuesday, May 1...
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Automakers go the extra mile (or fathom)May 07, 2018 6:00 am - Classic Recreations, an Oklahoma-based coachbuilder, just got the green light and is now officially licensed by Ford to build three modern, turnkey, classic Mustangs: th...
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Pentagon could beat Uber, Tesla in race over self-driving vehicles
May 05, 2018 1:00 am - Forget Uber, Waymo and Tesla: The next big name in self-driving vehicles could be the Pentagon. "We're going to have self-driving vehicles in theater for the Army before...