With the weekend forecast calling for showers on Saturday afternoon, rain all day on Sunday and showers on Monday morning, skittish car show organizers across the state were gauging today whether to stage as planned or postpone to a later date. Four shows out of the more than dozen scheduled …
Read More »At Least 20 Car Shows Make This Weekend Busiest of Year
Classic car owners and classic car lovers will have at least 20 shows across Connecticut to choose from to either enter or attend this weekend. Rain last weekend forced the one-week postponement of at least four shows. That has helped to pack the calendar on Saturday and Sunday (May 16-17). …
Read More »Stephen Toyota Sued Over Missing Vehicles, Unpaid Loans
BRISTOL, CT – Allegations of missing vehicles and unpaid loans have resulted Stephen Toyota being on the receiving end of $5.1 million lawsuit filed in federal district court in Connecticut by Toyota Motor Credit Corp. The suit, filed April 4, came after an inventory audit on March 27 “determined that …
Read More »Car Show Trends for 2026 As Season Starts
The 2026 car show season is upon us in Connecticut. This coming weekend of April 25-26 has at least a dozen shows scheduled across the state, and that doesn’t include cars and coffee or cruise-type events. The number of car shows alone is sufficient to declare this weekend to be …
Read More »Orders For “Pizza State” License Plate Do Well In 2025
WETHERSFIELD, CT – Connecticut residents really do love pizza! Proof is found in the popularity of the special license plates declaring Connecticut to be “The Pizza State” and bearing an image of a pepperoni slice. The state Department of Motor Vehicles began taking applications for the pizza plates in March …
Read More »Update: Valley Collector Car Club Finds New Home For Show
UPDATE (March 28, 2026): With the usual location for the Valley Collector Car Club’s annual car show at the Ski Sundown resort in New Hartford, CT unavailable this year, the club has now landed a new spot for the show at Goodwin University in East Hartford, CT. The show is …
Read More »CT DMV Warns Of “Unpaid Traffic Citation” Text Scam
WETHERSFIELD, CT – The threatening text received last weekend, purportedly from the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles, warned that a “traffic violation associated with your account remains unresolved.” It further noted that if “full payment” was not made by the next day, I could face vehicle registration revocation and “suspension …
Read More »Norbrook Farm Brewery Reviving Cruise Nights In 2026
COLEBROOK, CT – After abruptly ending formal weekly cruise nights in mid-June last year due to excessive noise, Norbrook Farm Brewery plans to revive cruises on a twice-monthly basis in 2026 at the urging of customers. “As much pressure as I received from a neighbor about the noise, I received …
Read More »Connecticut VW Dealer Leads Lawsuit Against New Scout Brand
STRATFORD, CT – Volkswagen-owned electric vehicle startup Scout Motors has been hit with a class action lawsuit that claims its direct-to-consumer sales approach is “a blatant breach of its contract with the dealers” that sell VWs. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday on behalf of Curran Volkswagen of Stratford and Sunrise …
Read More »New Specialty CT License Plate Honors Borinqueneers
WETHERSFIELD, CT – A new specialty license plate honoring the 65th infantry regiment of the U.S. Army and bearing the flag of Puerto Rico is now available in Connecticut. It was unveiled last week by the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles and the Hispanic-American Veterans of Connecticut. The 65th infantry …
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