HARTFORD, CT — The battle between electric car maker Tesla and Connecticut’s auto dealerships came to an abrupt halt following Tesla’s Feb. 28 announcement that it was changing its strategy in favor of an online-only sales model.
Read MoreNORWALK - A Fairfield County animal group got chosen as charity of the month, thanks to a Norwalk car dealership.
Members of T.A.I.L.S. showed up at the Garavel Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram and Subaru to what they thought was a check donation.
Read MorePLAINVILLE - Crowley Ford saw several area manufacturing students competing under the guidance of retired industry professionals to diagnose electrical problems and other issues with cars Tuesday.
The event was sponsored by the Connecticut Automotive Retailers Association and facilitated by the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System.
Read MoreMontville — Vince Chrzanowski has owned four Jaguars over the last three decades, including a 1959 Mark IX, a luxury saloon car he says "had more leather and wood than a typical British men's club."
"It was a beautiful, great old car. It looked like an old Bentley," said Chrzanowski, a retired teacher sporting a Jag hat. His wife, Lois, also is a retired teacher and car aficionado. The Baltic couple eagerly joined morning rush hour Friday at Mohegan Sun's Earth Expo and Convention Center for the jumpstart of the Connecticut International Auto Show.
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Read MoreUNCASVILLE – New venue, new vehicles.
For the first time the Connecticut International Auto Show will be held in the new convention center at Mohegan Sun. On move in day, hundreds of new cars made their way into the exhibition hall.
Read MoreAs the black 2016 Nissan Murano zoomed into the Bullard Haven Technical High School automotive shop bay, some 64 prospective mechanics were there to welcome it.
Read MoreI have worked for more than 20 years at the Scranton Motors dealership in Vernon and believe passage of the “Tesla Bill” will hurt me, fellow employees at dealerships and Connecticut consumers.
Read MoreAs the one of the owners of Lexus of Greenwich I would like to address a number of points in Dan Haar’s column, “Barring Tesla stores in Connecticut hurts the state” (Friday).
Read MoreI am responding to Dan Haar’s column, “Past time to let Tesla into state,” Conn. Post, Feb. 15, 2018)
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