If you are in touch with our blog you will remember a post about Jay Leno owning the first Corvette ZR1 (Grab the link here). In the video you can see Jay absolutely raving the marvelous machine. Hearing so much praise about a car from someone who knows a lot about the automotive world really [...]
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The Chevy Volt Gets Baked
In the latest of on-going tests from General Motors, we get to see the Volt in a gigantic toaster. The team is testing the effects of heat to the exterior of the vehicle. To do this, they put the vehicle in extreme heat to simulate an EXTREMELY hot day (200 degrees)… Smokin’. And to cool [...]
Stacks of Awards for Ford!
The Detroit Auto Show took place recently, and what an exciting time for auto enthusiasts! What’s even more exciting is the fact that the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid was revealed as the Car of the Year! And what’s more for Ford? Well… the Ford Transit Connect won Truck of the Year at the Auto Show as well! “Winning [...]
Life is a Bowl of Oranges
One of the Runde Mascot Monkeys escaped and turned up at the Orange Bowl in Miami last night just in time to see the Iowa Hawkeye football team finish up their 11-2 season by beating Georgia Tech 24-14. He flew back today and described the game to all of us who caught the game on television. Don’t [...]
Marty Frank: Cubs Fan… Runde Man
Marty Frank is one of the truly dedicated workers who spends his days prepping and cleaning all of the new vehicles that drive off the Runde Chevrolet lot here in East Dubuque. We interrupted Marty’s work for a few minutes to have him answer a couple of our questions. RAC: What do you do here [...]
The Element of Surprise
John Riley, who manages our Chevy Sales Department, received the following email message from one of his customers this week. Hi John: Here’s a few photos for your scrap book. Thanks for all your help with Kathie’s Chrismas Surprise. She had no idea I had made a deal with you for a new vehicle. There was a [...]
Will You Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions?
Here are some of the New Year’s resolutions our employees and customers at Runde Chevrolet set for themselves. Let’s hope they follow through. I know how hard it is to keep those new year’s resolutions… Chocolate is too delicious for me to vow to eat it in moderation…
