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Fall auto-palooza! Cars at the Station and Radwood invade Detroit this weekend

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September 12, 2024

Fall auto-palooza! Cars at the Station and Radwood invade Detroit this weekend

The Detroit Auto Show is moving from mid-September back to January, but there will still be plenty of eye candy for auto enthusiasts this weekend.

The inaugural Cars at the Station, sponsored by Hagerty, will descend on the newly-renovated Michigan Central campus Friday showcasing the latest vehicles from industry automakers, a sprawling classic cars display, and the “Best of 2025” finalists for the North American Car, Truck, and Utility of the Year awards.

Return downtown on Saturday and the circus moves to Hart Plaza, where Radwood will celebrate the best of ‘80s and ‘90s cars. Both events are sponsored by Hagerty to celebrate Detroit’s passion for cars — and for two of its signature public spaces.

“This event has been a dream project since Ford purchased Michigan Central Station in 2018. Cars at The Station caters to Detroit’s passion for the automobile with a goal to deliver an inclusive, culturally relevant event with our partners Michigan Central, Newlab and the City of Detroit,” said Jiyan Cadiz, producer, Cars at The Station for Hagerty.

Cars at The Station is the first public automotive event at Michigan Central, which Ford remodeled as a tech and culture hub for about $940 million. The station reopened on June 6. Festivities begin at 3 p.m. Friday with auto show-style reveals on stage in front of the majestic station’s façade.

New model presentations include the Ford Mustang GTD, Ford Bronco Sport, Hyundai Ioniq 5N electric hot hatch, Lincoln Navigator, Ram 2500 Power Wagon “Lunar Edition,” Toyota Land Cruiser, electric Fiat 500e, and fire-breathing, V8-powered Jeep Wrangler and Gladiator 392s by mod shop America’s Most Wanted.

After their stage turns, the cars will retreat to vehicle displays by Ford, Lincoln, Ram, Fiat, Hyundai and Toyota at Newlab on the station’s east side. Newlab is an incubator for the commercialization of new technologies, and has attracted over 100 startups working in mobility, energy and materials. Visitors will get an exclusive look inside the innovation hub, where they can soak up exhibits and panel discussions on the state of the industry, presented by Foxxtecca.

At 4:20 p.m., NACTOY will make its Best of 2025 announcement on the station stage.

Littered across Roosevelt Park on the station’s north side will be “Cars and Community powered by the Detroit Auto Show,” featuring more than 100 cars, trucks and motorcycles. Food truck and family music entertainment will be on hand.

In the spirit of the free public event, attendees will have the opportunity to take free rides in the new models on display. Rides in select classic cars will be available too. When attendees get peckish, a variety of Detroit food trucks will be on offer.

As a preview of the next day’s attractions, a smattering of “RADwood Royalty” will be on display.

Hagerty bills RADwood Detroit as the ultimate ‘80s and ‘90s car and music festival with displays of — not only period cars, trucks, and bikes — but period dress and entertainment as well.

Attendees are encouraged to wear their best ’80s and ’90s clothing and dig out classic gear from the attic like boomboxes, rollerblades and BMX bikes. Musical talent will include Motown DJs playing techno music and the tunes that defined an era.

“RADwood is a celebration of the cars and culture of the ’80s and ’90s as well as the people who created and drove it,” said RADwood CEO Art Cervantes. “With the energy and momentum Detroit has, it’s hard to beat the Motor City for a radder location.”

Among the toys on display will be special selection of Mustangs from The Henry Ford, and attendees can go for a spin in icons like Nissan R32 Skyline GT-R and Mazda’s Autozam AZ-1.

Cars at the Station

Where: Michigan Central Station/Newlab, 2050 15th St., Detroit

When: 3-8 p.m. Friday

Events: 3:30-5 p.m:, Press Briefing featuring NACTOY, AMW 4×4, Fiat, Ford, Hyundai, Lincoln, RAM, Toyota, DADA, RADwood and more

Michigan Central stage schedule

3:45-3:50 p.m.: AMW Wrangler, Gladiator 392

3:50-3:57 p.m.: Fiat 500e

3:57-4:02 p.m.: Ford: Truck News, Bronco Sport, Mustang GTD

4:02-4:07 p.m.: Hyundai Ioniq 5N

4:07-4:12 p.m.: 2025 Lincoln Navigator

4:12-4:17 p.m.: Ram 2500 Power Wagon “Lunar Edition”

4:17-4:22 p.m.: Toyota Land Cruiser

4:22- 4:32 p.m.: NACTOY Best of 2025 Announcement

4:32-4:37 p.m.: Detroit Auto Dealers Association, Detroit Auto Show 2025 News

4:37- 4:42 p.m.: RADwood

RADwood Detroit

Where: Hart Plaza, Detroit

When: 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday

Henry Payne is auto critic for The Detroit News. Find him at hpayne@detroitnews.com or Twitter @HenryEPayne.

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EPA wrongly found Detroit area safe for smog, judge rules in split decision

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December 14, 2025

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EPA wrongly found Detroit area safe for smog, judge rules in split decision

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was wrong to determine Michigan met federal health and environmental standards for ozone pollution or smog in the Detroit area in 2023, a federal appeals court judge has ruled.

U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Helene White on Dec. 5 issued a split decision in a case about how environmental regulators measured Detroit air quality in 2022, when wildfire smoke drifted over Detroit and affected the air quality monitor readings for a few days in June.

Michigan considered those days “exceptional events” because of the wildfire smoke and didn’t include the high ozone pollution readings in its calculation to the EPA.

With those days tossed, the state was able to argue in 2023 that Michigan met federal air quality standards for ground-level ozone pollution. The seven-county Metro Detroit region had previously been out of compliance with the ozone standards.

The Sierra Club sued, arguing the wildfire smoke did not meaningfully change ozone readings and that the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy failed to analyze how local pollution sources contributed to the ozone levels on those days. The environmental advocacy group also challenged the EPA’s finding that the region met federal standards for ozone pollution.

White determined the exceptional events designation was appropriate, siding against the Sierra Club in deciding the EPA and EGLE correctly analyzed the smoke’s impact on ozone readings in June 2022.

She sided against EPA in deciding the EPA was wrong to put Michigan back into attainment for ground-level ozone without Michigan adopting control measures that would cut volatile organic compounds, which contribute to ozone pollution.

EPA determined the Detroit area was out of attainment for ground-level ozone on April 13, 2022. Michigan regulators did not impose control technologies for ozone-causing pollutants by the deadline in early 2023. Instead, they asked EPA to redesignate the area as in attainment with the air quality rules.

Michigan was obligated to implement control technologies even though it had submitted a redesignation request, White said in her order. Control technologies include efforts to reduce volatile organic compounds from being released from manufacturing plants and industrial sources, according to EPA documents.

Sierra Club member and Detroit environmental justice activist Dolores Leonard cheered the outcome of the case.

“Without this victory, EPA’s decisions would have let Michigan avoid the rules needed to reduce pollution and keep the air we breathe safe,” Leonard said. “At a time when asthma rates are rising in Detroit, especially in Black communities, that’s unacceptable. With the backing of this federal court decision, our community will continue to push the state of Michigan to take much-needed action to relieve ozone pollution in this area.”

The Clean Air Act requires those pollution control measures to be implemented even after the EPA puts an area back into attainment to ensure the air quality remains healthy, said Nick Leonard, executive director of Great Lakes Environmental Law Center, which argued the Sierra Club’s case.

White’s order means the EGLE will have to reapply for the attainment of the ozone standard, Leonard said.

“At the very least, I would say they have to correct the legal deficiency, which was that they didn’t enact the pollution control rules that are typically required for areas that are in non-attainment for this long,” he said.

The EPA is reviewing the decision, its press office said. The office did not respond to a question about whether it would ask Michigan to adopt volatile organic compound control measures as a result of White’s decision.

The EGLE also is reviewing the ruling, spokesman Dale George said.

“While EGLE was not a party to the case and is not able to speak in detail about the legal outcome, we were encouraged that the court supported the use of exceptional events demonstrations and acknowledged the sound science behind EGLE’s determination that the Detroit area met the health-based ozone standard,” George said.

Leonard said he was disappointed but not surprised that White ruled against the Sierra Club’s arguments that EGLE and the EPA did not correctly account for wildfire smoke’s impact on ozone readings in 2022.

That issue is going to plague communities as climate change causes northern wildfires to become more common and kick smoke into Michigan, he predicted.

“If we start to essentially cut out bad air quality days because of the claim they were partially influenced by wildfire smoke … , you create this disconnect between the regulatory systems that are meant to protect people and the actual air pollution that people are breathing,” Leonard said.

ckthompson@detroitnews.com

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Active saves leader Jansen joining Tigers on 1-year deal (sources)

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December 13, 2025

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Active saves leader Jansen joining Tigers on 1-year deal (sources)

The Tigers’ bullpen revamp for 2026 now includes an unusual feature for the A.J. Hinch era: A veteran closer. Detroit has reached agreement on a one-year contract with four-time All-Star and 16-year veteran Kenley Jansen, sources told MLB.com.
The deal, which is pending a physical and has not been confirmed

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Detroit-area teen charged in carjacking at Applebee’s restaurant bound over to circuit court

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December 13, 2025

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Detroit-area teen charged in carjacking at Applebee’s restaurant bound over to circuit court

December 12, 2025 / 10:59 PM EST
/ CBS Detroit

A 15-year-old boy who is accused of carjacking a woman last month at an Applebee’s in Roseville, Michigan, is heading to circuit court after waiving his preliminary examination, according to the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office.

The teen is charged with one count of carjacking, third-degree fleeing a police officer, two counts of malicious destruction of personal property, assault with a dangerous weapon, assaulting/resisting/obstructing a police officer, operating without a license and failure to stop after a collision.

The teen appeared for a probable cause hearing on Dec. 10 and waived his right to a preliminary examination. He will be arraigned on Jan. 5, 2026.

He remains in at the Macomb County Juvenile Center under a $250,000 cash/surety bond. If he posts bond, he is ordered to wear a GPS tether, be restricted to his mother’s house and have no contact with the victim, witnesses or Applebee’s.

Prosecutors allege that on Nov. 24, 2025, the teen forcibly took a woman’s 2016 Jeep Patriot in the restaurant’s parking lot. The teen took off in the vehicle and crashed it on Gratiot Avenue.

“The allegations and charges in this matter are serious. Carjacking is a violent offense that carries life-altering consequences for victims and offenders alike,” Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido said in a statement. “To the young people of Macomb County, understand that the choices you make today will determine the path available to you tomorrow. We want every youth in this community to succeed, but that starts with stepping away from dangerous decisions before they lead to irreversible outcomes.”