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JOPLIN, MO – An annual road race will make its way through Joplin next week. “The 2021 Hemmings Motor News Great Race” started today in San Antonio. It involves more than 100 vintage cars, navigating their way across the country, where they’re awarded points based on time and accuracy. The race ends in Greenville, South Carolina. On Monday, around 5:00p.m., 5th and Main in Joplin will be the day-three finish line. “It is exciting to have the 112 vintage cars… Source link

Over 100 of the coolest antique cars ever built will be rolling into Beckley on Friday, June 25, as part of The Great Race, a controlled-speed road rally and test of endurance for classic cars built in 1974 or earlier. The Great Race begins at Alamo Plaza in San Antonio, TX, on June 19, and ends in downtown Greenville, SC, on Sunday, June 27. Along the way, each driver must take their car through checkpoints located along scenic, county and state highways. Competitors will travel through… Source link

More than 100 classic cars will cruise into the Santa Fe Plaza at 4:45 p.m. Saturday when the 2021 Hemmings Motor News Great Race reaches Temple — a rally that will feature automotive teams from the United States, Japan, England, Germany and Canada. This year, race participants are slated to drive more than 2,300 miles over nine days to Greenville, S.C. Although cars built in 1974 and… Source link

EVERY FRIDAY THROUGH SEPT. 27 MONDAY NIGHT CRUISE-IN. There will be a weekly cruise-in every Monday night through Sept. 27 from 5-9 p.m. in New Carlisle. It will be in the parking lots of Park National Bank, Brethren Church and April’s Pet Grooming. EVERY SATURDAY THROUGH OCT. 9 CARS & COFFEE. This car show will be held every Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon at COhatch on South Fountain Avenue in Springfield. The show is presented by The Detail Garage, COhatch, RC Enterprises and Visit Greater… Source link

Find vintage cars and vintage toys on your trip to Bennington, Vermont Visit some vintage cars at Hemmings Motor News or check out childhood collectables at The Dollhouse and Toy Museum Updated: 5:06 PM EST Feb 5, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript TODD FINDS BEAUTY IN BENNINGTON… Source link

SEOUL: South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group said on Wednesday it will introduce an electric vehicle-only platform early next year that will use its own battery technology to cut production time and costs. The plan underscores efforts by the world’s No.5 auto group to become a major player in the global EV market, as car makers around the world are pouring billions of dollars of investment to improve battery technology, which keeps EV prices high compared with combustion engine models. Market… Source link

When the Great Race comes west, it’s not about how fast cars go. It’s about how they do it. A 1931 Auburn Boattail Speedster lines up before the start of the 2019 Hemmings Motor News Great Race as car enthusiasts pass by in Downtown Riverside on Saturday June 22, 2019. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer) A detail of the engine of the Team 1 (Restoration Supply Company) 1916 Hudson Hillclimber before the start of the 2019 Hemmings Motor News Great Race in Downtown Riverside… Source link

And finally, at under $70K there’s the BMW i3 with a 33kWh battery pack and without an internal combustion engine (ICE). At over three times the battery size of the Mitsu, the BMW packs almost six times the range, with a quoted 290km (but ‘usable’ 200km), while claiming a barely higher 0.136kWh/km due to its smaller body and lighter kerb weight. Short of a twice-the-price Tesla Model S (with 455km) a BEV can’t yet, however, match the 600km-to-1000km range of an efficient ICE such as… Source link

In 1945, when Ernie Hemmings took over the auto parts business his father had founded in Quincy, Ill., Model T and Model A Fords were still too contemporary to be called classics. But popular interest in collecting and restoring vintage cars became so great in the next few years that in 1954 he transformed his mimeographed mail-order catalog into Hemmings Motor News, which became a bible for car collectors. As thick as a phone book, the magazine, now owned by American City Business Journals… Source link

Small cars topped the list of the nation’s best sellers in 2014, again overruling the once dominant large car, which is increasingly falling out of favour. Official figures to be released by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries on Tuesday will list the Toyota Corolla and Mazda3 as the two top-sellers for 2014, according to industry figures obtained by Drive. Thanks in part to a solid finish from both small cars, the local market ended the year strong with 1,113,224 sales, which is… Source link