Twin Cities Auto Show [ended]

[findRED19]

Disclaimer: I was going to post this earlier, but real life is more important. Not to fret! The Twin Cities Auto Show is now commencing!

Join me at the 43rd Annual Twin Cities Auto Show March 12-20, 2016!
Twin Cities Auto Show Website

Come show the Midwest US what you got as a car company! Show new, historic, or any other car exhibits!
From classic, to electric, to restomods, we've got it all!

The Twin Cities are St. Paul and Minneapolis in the stat of Minnesota.
(Don't worry, next year I will post this a week in advance of press days, I promise!)

[ArtyomRanger]

Amero has announced that they will display the new 2016 amero uno at the twin cities auto show

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First time editing a picture, i think it was okay. i doubt that i ever will reach the skill of the wizard squidhead

[findRED19]

The general public has noticed American Eagle Automotive has reused their Geneva Stage at the Twin Cities Auto Show, despite the twin cities being the headquarters for AEA. Most years they have done something more at the Twin Cities show than any other show just because it is their home town, but maybe the previous years' company problems has forced AEA to reconsider?

American Eagle Automotive - Small Booth - Geneva / Twin Cities

After years of quiet absence from the automotive world, American Eagle Automotive has re-surfaced at the Geneva International Automotive Show!

And they have been busy.

The "Power Wagon". Still wearing its in-house code name for now, AEA has shown the world they are back on their feet! They have downsized their factories to a "small" size as part of a grand plan to keep quality high. (AEA will not repeat their previous mistake.) And to show the world that American Eagle Automotive means business, they're showing off this concept vehicle! The "Power Wagon" is reported to be targeting the Muscle Premium market and the Sport market in one fellow swoop. Initial reports show a high positive response to the muscle car, er... wagon, as the reported possible cost of the "Power Wagon" hovers around 60 to $70,000 AmD [Automation Dollars], which is well within reason for the markets targeted. The specs have been posted on the plaque accompanying the concept vehicle, and by golly it is American with the 435ci V8! That's over 7.0L of modern OHV design! One thing to note: the 11mpg rating is misleading as the particular engine in this concept car is a specially tuned early race version of the Nevada family of engines.








1955 Eagle TR

And rounding out the American Eagle Automotive booth is the historic track-marketed car that got AEA off their feet! This is the 1955 Eagle TR!

[ArtyomRanger]

Amero Motors

Here at the amero motors booth, stands only a small car.

The 2016 amero uno is a production car that will be getting into production later this year or next year.

Amero stated the uno will come with a naturally aspirated engine and a turbo charged engine,the uno displayed here has only the naturally aspirated 471cc inline 4 which manages 4.57L/100km

[BobLoblaw]

At the Petoskey booth, there are no new models presently. However, three timeless classics have been brought in for display.

The first is a 1977 Petoskey Gran Romero Estate.

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Replacing the outgoing Romero, the Gran Romero follows the same modular configuration including a station wagon (shown) and a police interceptor model. Two engines were available, the 261 inline six, and a 301 V8 which had multiple configurations. The platform also served as the base for the new Ventnor Chieftain. While some critics took issue with the new model calling it "a fake Ventnor" The vehicle still retained most of the advanced luxury features that come standard with Ventnors.

The next is a '77 Montauk "Trance Am"

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This was the flagship model of the Montauk, featuring an all-new 377 cubic inch flatplane V8 producing 260 horsepower. While not as powerful as previous models, the Trance Am represented Petoskey's first step returning to a performance oriented lineup.

The third vehicle on display is an old 1951 Petoskey Indian.

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The Indian has been often credited as "The car that saved Petoskey Motors" During the war the majority of Petoskey's production capacity went towards building vehicles for the military. When the war ended Petoskey found itself with a large number of factories in dire need of retooling for civilian production. Petoskey spent the remainder of the 1940s in financial trouble relying on sales from unneeded military vehicles to the public as well as a limited production sports car. At the start of the 1950s Petoskey finally had a new vehicle ready to debut, the Indian. The base model was built with the 261 inline six, however the majority of Indians sold came with a 360 cubic inch V8. The 360 was mass produced by Petoskey for the military, and the end of the war left them with a huge inventory. The engine proved to be a popular sell in the Indian as most people preferred the extra power. As a result early six cylinder models have become extremely rare. Demand for the V8 grew so high that Petoskey bought back many of its war surplus vehicles to continue production. In 1956 the last Indian with the 360 rolled off the assembly line, for the remaining two years of production only the six cylinder was available.