Chevy Vette Fest Car Show in Chicago 2008
I am a fan of car shows and will be attending the Spring 2008 Chevy Vette Fest at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL (Chicago) next weekend. The Chevy Vette Fest is scheduled for April 5th and 6th. (The show is open from 9 am to 6 pm Saturday and Sunday) Tickets are $14.00 at the door and parking in the garage is $11.00. (kids under 12 are free)
Why would you go to a Chevy Vette Fest in a time like this when so many people buy foreign cars? Well this is a car show for people who either like to build and customize cars or people who still idolize that old fashioned American way of building cars that are powerful and classic. (and mostly gas guzzlers) But, you don’t have to own one to go enjoy and apreciate the craftsmanship or the designs. Sometimes cars are more like art than we think.
Chevy Vette Fest features all kinds Chevrolet cars. They call it Chevy Vette Fest because Corvettes have a special attraction for people and I think it needs to be in the name for promotional purposes. Corvettes are a very non-Chevy Chevy. They are designed by different people and built in different factories than all the other Chevrolets. Corvettes are also the only American car that TopGear presenters and other Europeans really like. The performance, power and quality is near super-car standards and like nothing else from any American car company. That fact alone about the Corvette demands respect.
So, if you like vintage cars, fast cars or just pretty cars, come see the Chevy Vette Fest in Rosemont next weekend April 5th and 6th. There will be many show cars on display that were custom built, classic cars restored to perfection and new cars like Corvettes on display that are the best you can buy for the money. They are always entertaining as sports cars and as rolling works of art.
Sounds like fun! If I were in Chicago, I’d be inviting myself along!
Instead, I’ll look forward to your pictures.
I have to report I didn’t take any pictures this time. It was mostly corvettes with some camaros and other 50′s-60′s-70′s Chevrolets mixed in for variety. I couldn’t stop to take pix while there with a group, but all in all they were pretty much just parked end to end throughout the convention center floor with walkways inbetween. No real setting or staging to show off the vehicles, plus when parked nose to tail or door to door you can’t really get a good angle for photographs. If you love cars though there were many opportunities to chat with owners, see engines and experience why so many people love corvettes.