Cars and Car Design

Video: Car-wash chain won't clean older Jeep Cherokees over sudden acceleration fears

Sometimes it seems like every third Coloradan has an SUV -- and plenty of them are Jeep Cherokees. But if your model of the latter was produced in 2010 or before and you want to give it a scrub, don't take it to one of six Waterway Carwash branches in the metro area -- because the staff there won't ... More >>

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Motor Mentors

How to get my job: Ferrari salesman

​Unlike California or Florida, Colorado isn't known as a sports car state. We simply have too much crazy weather. But, despite mother nature's push to get us into all-wheel drive vehicles year round, there is a market for super-fast, super expensive sports cars. Ferrari of Denver specializes i ... More >>

Denver boot wed alert! Pay your tickets before you loan your car to a bride

​Talk about a veiled threat! On Saturday, a bride emerged from a LoDo salon hours before her scheduled nuptials in the mountains, only to find a Denver boot on the Range Rover that a friend had borrowed so that they could arrive at the ceremony in style. Now we've got more details on that unex ... More >>

"Bringing You Back To Broadway" brought badass muscle cars to 7-11

Bree Davies​On Sunday afternoon, we randomly wandered over to the 7-11 on Broadway and 3rd Avenue to find a parking lot overtaken by sweet cars. In the second annual "Bringing You Back To Broadway" car show, local promotor and DJ "Cruisin'" Dave Bos and his wife Sandi put together a day of cla ... More >>

A New Breed of Car Show

Denver Auto Show reveals the city's greenest cars: Kenny Be's Special Report

The greenest cars are the cars we leaf behind.​The fuel efficient cars shown at the Denver Auto Show this weekend will never be as green as the leaf-covered 1976 Mercury Capri II shown in the picture above. And alternative fuels and hybrid technology will never match the low energy-impact scor ... More >>

Autoerotica: Tell us about your first car and get five tickets to the Denver Auto Show 2011

This was not your first car.​Whether you're looking to buy a new car or just gawk at one, Westword has you covered. We've got 35 tickets to give away for the Denver Auto Show, which starts tomorrow. Expect to see the newest 2011 models, as well as sneak peaks of 2012 intros. All you autophile ... More >>

Green Means Go

The Modern World

Vampire made me crash my SUV, woman says

Prime suspect?​With Eclipse, the latest film in the über-popular Twlight series, due to hit theaters nationwide today, Americans everywhere have vampires on their mind. But a Fruita area woman was ahead of the bloodsucking curve. After she crashed her SUV on Sunday evening, she reportedly to ... More >>

Limping Latex Bandit has premature explosion in his car

No, not that kind of latex.​Update, 4:32 p.m.: Just notified by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office that Merle Allison, who's believed to be the Limping Latex Bandit, has been captured. Look below the original item to get all the details. As the number of Denver area robberies continue to cap ... More >>

Ex-Mormon bishop Shawn Merriman pleads guilty to mail fraud -- and prepares to say goodbye to his art and classic-car collection

Back in August, former Mormon bishop Shawn Merriman pleaded not guilty to mail fraud charges against him -- something that we predicted was "a temporary situation" in a blog about alleged swindles dating back to 1994. Bingo. Yesterday, Merriman pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud and one cou ... More >>

Tonight: Beer and cars at Hops for Hope

​Talk about an ideal pairing: classic cars and beer from some of Colorado's best breweries. Making the match even better is the fact that tonight's Hops for Hopes at the Lemay Auto Museum (11100 West Eighth Avenue in Lakewood) benefits the SCI Recovery Project, which provides exercise-based re ... More >>

How do you know when a burglar's ballsy (or stupid) (or both)? When he steals a cop's Glock...

"Sorry, officer. I didn't realize it was your Glock..."​There are pros and cons to burglarizing a police officer, as someone did in Northglenn on Friday; a loaded Glock 26 handgun and a friend's 2005 PT Cruiser were among the items swiped. On the positive side, you gain legendary status among ... More >>

Colorado tax credit means a $42,000 discount on a new Tesla: Where's my wallet?

​It doesn't really look like the sort of car the government would throw money at you to buy. Those, we always assumed, were the sort of cars that would fit in your freezer. But apparently, a state tax credit would indeed allow Colorado residents to buy the new Tesla Roadster -- an electric sp ... More >>

Ain’t It a Drag?

Classics from the past cruise lower Larimer Street.

American Muscle revs up at Pirate

Vroom Service

Cruise into a classic event.

At least three metro-area Chrysler dealerships to close according to bankruptcy filing

In a bankruptcy filing today, Chrysler reveals that it plans to close 789 of its 3,200 dealerships in the United States -- and a source with access to the documents finds at least three in the immediate Denver metro area on the list. They are: • Burt Dodge Chrysler Jeep, 9900 Twenty Mile Road, ... More >>

Car Culture

Rev your engine with the American Muscle show at Pirate.

Over the Weekend: Cars and car bombs

See photos from a busy weekend in Denver, from the Auto Show to La Rumba's Friday-night Lip Gloss party, at westword.com/slideshow.

Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario: (Not) seen at the Denver Auto Show, part 2

The 2009 Mace Mobile Another Colorado favorite! Ford has teamed up with the Denver Sheriff's Department to create a new generation of prisoner-transport vehicles. Powered by abuse-series galley-slave drive train, this hybrid delivers over 41 miles per canister of mace. The interior features cont ... More >>

Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario: (Not) seen at the Denver Auto Show

The 2009 Double Hummer Completely redesigned with U.S taxpayer auto-bailout money, the new Double Hummer will be marketed as the perfect four-wheel-drive vehicle for American Interstate highway driving. With a 116-inch wheelbase, the double-wide track allows all 280 cubic feet of cargo space to ... More >>

Auto Pilots

These Crocs were made for walking...if nothing more.

Modern Made Fun

Dana Cain hosts the Denver Modernism Show.

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love High Gas Prices

Your Royal Spyness

Channel Agent 007 at a Dairy Center for the Arts fundraiser.

Culture Clash

There's truly something for everyone at CultureHeads.

Modern Made Fun

Dana Cain hosts the Denver Modernism Show.

Bellissimo!

To the Mexican Degree

Chicano Studies is more than an introduction to lowriders.

Rose Hill Drive

Rose Hill Drive (Sci Fidelity/Megaforce)

Retroactive

Juice Newton

Road Warriors

A new show at the Arvada Center is fun on wheels.

Free For All

Highlighting the week's greatest gratis event

Love on the Rocks

After years of four-by-four play, two off-roaders decide it's time to ride together.

Auto Motives

It's raining cars at Denver Water.

Italian Stallions

The mystique of Italian sports cars comes alive at Automezzi XII.

Best Place to Rent a Car That Goes 160 MPH

Rent-A-Vette

Best Way to Test Your Tuned-Up Car

Lariat Loop Heritage Alliance Road Rally

Best Place for a Working-Class Boy to Pick Up a Society Dame

Valet Parking

Big Wheels

Spending $250,000 on a car may not make you happy. But among Denver's rich and famous, it's one way of keeping score.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of June 22.

The Joint

One for the Road.

Add It Up

Sport utility vehicles aren't as safe as you think.

Plans, Trains and Automobiles

Squeezed by big-bucks developments, the eccentric Forney Museum is ready to hit the highway.

Forest Bumps

Environmentalists warn that the Forest Service's new Colorado mogul could be dangerous.