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2014-corvette-stingray-unveiled

2014 Corvette Stingray World Debut – by Adam Fredricks and MaryAnne Wendt The 2104 Corvette Stingray World Debut event has to be one of the best launch events I’ve ever been lucky enough to attend. The most anticipated day for automotive journalists, car enthusiasts and Corvette fans happened on January 13, 2013. This was the day before Press Day of the North American International Aut...[Read More]

2013 Ford Mustang Boss 302

2013 Ford Mustang Boss 302 Review – by MaryAnne Wendt I had the pleasure of attending a Ford drive event recently. All the latest Ford cars were there, lined up with keys on the dash, waiting to be driven. I saw the Explorer, Taurus, Focus, and eco-friendly Fusion and C-Max hybrids. A row of muscle cars were calling to me: The Mustang V6, Mustang GT and, (gulp), the Boss 302.  I had to jump ...[Read More]

Cadillac Presents “Ari Gold is Back” with Entourage Creator Doug Ellin

Event: Cadillac Presents “Ari Gold is Back” with Entourage Creator Doug Ellin Location: Spago, Beverly Hills Last night Jim and I put on something fancy and took our Cadillac CTS-4 coupe for a drive to Beverly Hills to attend an event. Why is it, that when we are in fancy clothes going to a fancy place I want to say “dahh-ling” at the end of every sentence? Kidding, not kid...[Read More]

GMG Racing Open House 2015

Event: GMG Racing’s Annual Open House Date: February 28, 2015 Where: 3210 South Shannon Street, Santa Ana, CA 92704 We stopped by to visit GMG Racing for their Annual Open House. This cliche might be overused, but really… I felt like a kid in a candy store! What car enthusiast wouldn’t enjoy a day of being surrounded by suped up works of art? Holy moly. My BP went up as soon as w...[Read More]

WTR Welcomes Timothy Yeh

WTR News:  Why This Ride Has a New Crew Member! Why This Ride is growing like crazy! We are proud to announce our newest addition, Timothy Yeh. Though considered a die-hard Subaru enthusiast, with having owned over four Subarus in the past eight years, Tim breathes and bleeds anything-and-everything automotive related. We are excited to have Tim on our Crew as he shares his passion for cars throug...[Read More]

WTR Welcomes Arison Knapp

WTR News:  Why This Ride Has a New Crew Member! Why This Ride has a new member! We are proud to announce our newest addition, Arison Knapp. His story began in Seattle, Washington in the 1980’s. From a young age he gained his automotive experience working in the family business; our nation’s first and oldest personal automotive consulting and buyer’s service, AutoAdvisor Inc.  He is an active membe...[Read More]

 WTR News:  Why This Ride Has a New Crew Member! Why This Ride is growing and growing! We are proud to announce our newest addition, Joel Arellano. With over 2 decades of writing experience for publications such as automotive.com, motortrend.com and trucktrend.com just to name a few, we look forward to his views on cars! Learn more about Joel and the rest of WTR’s crew on our Crew Page. You ...[Read More]

WTR News:  Why This Ride Has a New Crew Member! We are proud to announce our latest addition, Randy Stern. Welcome to the WTR Crew! His first published piece of automotive writing dates back to 2001 when commenting on subcultural stereotypes of auto ownership. Randy’s work has appeared on CarSoup.com’s Buyers Guide, Lavender Magazine in Minneapolis – St. Paul and on his own site – Victory &a...[Read More]