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Lawsuit filed after field trip goes horribly wrong at Auburn Hills test track

Two elementary school students were severely injured when an out-of-control car struck them

By Steve Neavling
Sep 10, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Car Culture, Lawsuit, Oakland County Circuit Court, education, Continental Automotive Systems, Ford Motor Co., Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program, Auburn Hills, cars
Metro Detroit

Michigan lawmakers want to shut up obnoxious cars with modified exhausts

The legislation would crackdown on noisy, illegally modified car mufflers and exhausts

By Steve Neavling
Apr 29, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Cars, woodward, classic cars, Michigan, Detroit, Royal Oak, modified exhaust, noise pollution, Michigan House of Representatives
Metro Detroit

Detroiters are bad at driving, and the consequences are deadly

Ironically, the Motor City has some of the worst drivers in the nation, according to study

By Steve Neavling
Feb 12, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Car Culture, Fatal car crashes, Detroit, Michigan, auto insurance, Forbes Advisor, car accidents, Motor City, cars
Metro Detroit

Renowned author Malcolm Gladwell to headline Detroit Auto Show’s new mobility forum

Gladwell is known for his thought-provoking books that explore psychological phenomena

By Steve Neavling
Aug 23, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Things to Do, Malcolm Gladwell, North American International Detroit Auto Show, Detroit, cars, Huntington Place, Mobility Global Forum, author
Michigan

Report examines EV impacts on Michigan highway maintenance, funding

Road construction is funded by a tax on gasoline and diesel — a problem as more electric vehicles take to the road

By Mark Richardson, Michigan News Connection
Jan 20, 2023

Tags: Michigan News, Car culture, EVs, electric vehicles, Michigan, cars, highways
Things to Do

The Concours d’Elegance auto show has been retooled as the new Motor City-centric Detroit Concours d’Elegance

The ode to beautiful cars has a new family-friendly event

By Lee DeVito
Sep 12, 2022

Tags: Things to Do, Things to Do, automobile, Detroit, DIA, cars, Concours d’Elegance
Things to Do

If you don’t like cars, stay away from Woodward Avenue this weekend

The Woodward Dream Cruise is back

By Lee DeVito
Aug 16, 2022

Tags: Things to Do, Things to Do, Woodward Dream Cruise, Oakland County, Woodward Avenue, cars, automobiles, classic cars
Michigan

Groups: More EVs could mean major benefits for Michigan

By Lily Bohlke, Michigan News Connection
Mar 9, 2022

Tags: Michigan News, EVs, electric vehicles, cars, Detroit, Michigan
Metro Detroit

Michigan brings back retro ‘Water-Winter Wonderland’ license plate

By Lee DeVito
Dec 2, 2021

Tags: Michigan, cars, license plate, Secretary of State
Metro Detroit

Michigan offers two-year vehicle registrations under new bill

By Steve Neavling
Nov 11, 2021

Tags: Vehicle registration, Michigan, Gov. Whitmer, secretary of state, license plates, cars, Jocelyn Benson, Steven Johnson
Metro Detroit

Electric vehicles are more expensive to fuel than gas cars, at least for now

By Lee DeVito
Oct 21, 2021
Movies

‘Titane’ takes body horror into glorious, gender-bending overdrive

By Eileen G'Sell
Oct 13, 2021

Tags: Movies, Titane, cars, movie
Arts

Motor City Car Crawl will transform Downtown Detroit into a motorheads' dream

By Jerilyn Jordan
Aug 4, 2021

Tags: The Scene, Detroit, Motor City Car Crawl, cars, NAIAS, free events, downtown Detroit
Arts

DIA extends 'Detroit Style: Car Design in the Motor City' exhibition

By Lee DeVito
May 24, 2021

Tags: DIA, Detroit Style, autos, Detroit Institute of Arts, cars
Arts

DIA exhibition is a love letter to the automobile and the Motor City

By Lee DeVito
Nov 13, 2020

Tags: Detroit Institute of Arts, cars, automobiles, design
Food News

Public restaurant and event facility coming to Pontiac's M1 Concourse

By Lee DeVito
Sep 1, 2020

Tags: M1 Concourse, Pontiac, restaurant, cars, racing
Metro Detroit

'Driving While Black?' Billboard warns drivers about racial profiling by Livonia police

By Steve Neavling
Jul 6, 2020

Tags: Racism, billboard, protest, Livonia, Redford Township, cars
Metro Detroit

Detroit and Michigan lead the nation with the highest auto insurance rates

By Steve Neavling
Jan 15, 2020

Tags: News Hits, auto insurance, Michigan, Detroit, cars, Lansing, transportation
Metro Detroit

Detroit Police chief to I-94 donuts driver: 'we are going to arrest you and seize your vehicle'

By Steve Neavling
Dec 23, 2019

Tags: News Hits, Donuts, I-94, Detroit, Cars, Camero
Music News

The Disney cover band of your dreams, the Little Mermen, bring whimsy to Ferndale's Magic Bag

Staff Pick

By Jerilyn Jordan
Aug 27, 2019

Tags: City Slang, The Little Mermen, Disney, Disney freaks, Cars, The Little Mermaid, Lion King, Aladdin, Frozen, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast