EASTON, CT – The course wasn’t challenging, just an uphill section of a side street that had been blocked off, but the hill climb demonstrations at today’s Sport Hill Race – Hill Climb Demonstration & Antique Car Show at the town library here had spectators whipping out their cell phones …

BRANFORD, CT – Temporary banners on the exterior of the auto dealership at 150 North Main St. will soon be replaced by more permanent signage, but Premier Vinfast is already selling new EV models that are made in Vietnam. The store quietly launched in late December. When RIDE-CT visited this …

Carlton Dingman of Old Saybrook, CT has childhood memories of riding in his mother’s 1931 Ford Model A while at the family’s summer house in New Hampshire. “My memories of this are primarily in the rumble seat,” he said last weekend at the Essex Car Show, “because when we were …

ESSEX, CT – It was a model with a fiberglass body that stood out when introduced in 1953 and still does so today – whether it be a first generation Chevrolet Corvette or a current mid-engine C8 example. The initial body style lasted three model years and displayed exposed the …

ESSEX, CT – Today’s annual Essex Car Show had a smaller turnout than a year ago, perhaps due to the forecast that projected afternoon thunderstorms, but those the models that did show up were certainly colorful and distinctive. What stood out was the variety in terms of brands and the …

The word “affordable” isn’t associated with pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles. Neither is “small.” A base model, two-wheel-drive 2025 Ford F150 has an MSRP of $37,250. It has an 145.4-inch wheelbase and weighs in at 4,490 pounds. (A high-end Raptor version of the F-150 can cost $164,450, making it …

TORRINGTON, CT – There were some beaters and some stunners at today’s Beaters & Buds Truck, Car and Bike show in Torrington’s North End, which made for a nice variety. RIDE-CT zeroed in a both survivors and on models that looked to be in showroom condition. Here’s a gallery of …

She’s among the best known motorcycle riders in the world and, just possibly, the most adventuresome having ridden throughout Africa and South America, from India to Europe, and in numerous other countries worldwide over the past eight years, and doing so on a variety of bikes. Her popular YouTube channel …

HAMDEN, CT – It’s one day each spring when Hamden becomes “Tuner Town.” The parking lot at M&T Bank Arena fills up with noisy models for the annual Quinnipiac Car Club Spring Car Show. It was another large turnout this morning for the seventh edition, with a few classic cars …

DEARBORN, MI – It was only a little more than four years ago that Ford began selling the electric Mustang Mach-E crossover. It was dismissed by some at the time as not being a “real Mustang,” rather a model that appropriated the Mustang name and logo in hopes of prodding …