With temperatures breaking 90 degrees even along the Maine coast, it was almost too warm to put the tops down, but NEMPA’s 16th annual Ragtop Ramble & Crustacean Crawl, July 17-18, drew some 60 members and guests, traveling in at least 32 cars, two vans and one boat. Happiness reigned. Photos by Bill Griffith, George Kennedy, […]
On June 27, a team from Chevrolet visited the Automotion garage for wood-fired-oven pizza—and to present to NEMPA three very significant new vehicles: the 2014 Silverado pickup, Impala sedan and Cruze Clean Turbo Diesel. Randy Fox and Chad Lyons, Chevrolet Communications, traveled from Detroit to join East Coast comms reps Kim Carpenter and Steve Martin, […]
NEMPA became the first group of American journalists to drive Ford’s brand-new Focus ST and Fiesta ST models back-to-back at a preview on June 20 at the Automotion garage in Middleborough. The two FWD hot-hatch STs are the latest products from Ford’s SVT group. (“ST” stands for Sport Technologies.) They are for the driver who […]
Part of last year’s fleet, lined up at the Larz Anderson Museum near Boston and awaiting drivers. Our signature event drew record attendance in both cars and people in 2012. NEMPA members, don’t be left out! The annual Ragtop Ramble & Crustacean Crawl will take place on July 18 and kick off with the Boston Harbor dinner […]
Subaru car line manager Todd Hill and communications executives Infante and Jessica Tullman came to the Automotion garage in Middleboro, Massachusetts, on April 11 to show off the 2014 Forester, both the normally aspirated 2.5i and turbocharged 2.0XT models.
Online registration for the NEMPA-MIT conference—Mass vs. Efficiency: Hitting the Automotive Sweet Spot—and the annual awards dinner, both on May 9, is now open
