The car guys and gals in the valley really are a passionate and hardy lot as evidenced by the huge turnout on Saturday July 7 despite the sweltering 110+ degree temperature. In fact, over 500 brought out cars and thousands of spectators endured the heat to ogle them. The feature was Red, White & Blue American Sports Cars for Independence Day. The feature row was filled with Corvettes, Cobras, Mustangs with a rare and lone Devin, but attracting most attention was a brand new 2018 Ford GT in red with white stripes parked next to its older sister, a 2006 Ford […]
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If you’re driving down the 202 in Tempe you’ve probably craned your neck over to the south side of the freeway to catch a glimpse of Tempe Town Lake. The boats, the shimmering water, the reflections from the State Farm building, the broad side of “A” Mountain–there’s always something to take your mind off the traffic. Now, drivers have something else to steal their looks as a neon bright glass case has been erected off Rural and the 202. The freshly-minted nine-story tower is a car vending machine propped up Carvana, the Tempe-based online car sales company that went public last […]
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The future of shopping, even in the automotive industry, is becoming increasingly software defined. As dealers ramp-up to try to match innovators like Tesla (who sell cars in 20 X 40’ stores in the mall) more and more of these innovations are centering around interactive technology – the kind of kiosk and digital signage technology, hardware, software, and services that Scottsdale-based tech company ZIVELO provides. And that’s the forte of new CEO Healey Cypher. Immediately prior to coming on board at ZIVELO, Healey was the co-Founder and CEO of Oak Labs, the Silicon Valley based software company best known for interactive retail […]
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Concours in the Hills, Scuderia Southwest’s largest high performance, exotic and collector car event of the year, raised more than $117,000 for Phoenix Children’s Hospital during its Saturday, Feb. 10 show. The event celebrated its fifth year by smashing donation, attendance, vehicle and sponsorship records. Concours in the Hills packed Fountain Park with 746 vehicles of all kinds, from classic American muscle to historic European sports cars, and everything in between – including a United States Marine Corps Viper helicopter, which was surrounded by Viper sports cars, and an Army Aviation Heritage Foundation Cobra helicopter, surrounded by about 30 Cobra sports […]
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The Watermark, the first vertically integrated mixed-use development in the city, to radically transform the landscape with a unique lakeside destination. Tempe’s skyline—and its destination options—will soon be dramatically more unique, with a 1.9 million sf project that creates an emotional link between the old and the new spaces of the city. Nestled against the northern bank of Tempe Town Lake and its boardwalk comes The Watermark, a new development unlike any other locally, created by and for Tempe’s current and future residents. In a unique move, The Watermark’s creation was a collaboration between the developers and current city residents, who […]
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Record warm weather and auction records helped make Arizona Automobile Week a winner, start to finish. At the week’s granddaddy event at WestWorld of Scottsdale, the 47th Scottsdale Barrett-Jackson, The World’s Greatest Collector Car Auctions®, totaled more than $116.7 million in sales, a 99.1-percent sell-through and six individual auction records including a 1958 Chevrolet Corvette Custom Convertible (Lot #1348) which brought $440,000. Making a second year appearance at Salt River Fields, Russo and Steele sold 457 cars while hosting 50,000 car fans. Top car was a 1967 Chevrolet Cheetah (Consignment #2032), one of only ten original “Cobra Killers” known in the […]
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On June 26, the 2016 Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) –– “The Race to the Clouds” –– celebrated the 100th year of the annual invitational automobile/motorcycle competition to the summit of “America’s Mountain.” The second oldest motor sports race in America is held outside Colorado Springs, Colorado, the final Sunday of June. Sponsored by Gran Turismo, a Sony video game company, the race produces an overall winner and class winners in sidecars, motorcycles, semi-trucks, 1,400-plus horsepower electric vehicles and unlimited racers. This year’s winners were led by Romain Dumas, first overall and in the Unlimited Class, driving a 2016 […]
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