What’s Going On? Week of 03/20/13
Mar 21st
Donnie Smith Bike & Car Show – Sat – Sun, March 25-26th
Biking enthusiasts from all over the country will be flocking to the 2017 Donnie Smith bike & car show, the largest custom bike show & car in the Midwest! Saturday – 9 a.m. – 7 p.m., Sunday — 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Admission: $15 – Kids 12 and under are admitted free!
What’s Going On? Week of 03/13/17
Mar 15th
St. Patrick’s Day Parade – Friday, March 17th
Join us for the 51st Annual St.Patrick’s Day Parade in St. Paul, MN. Once again, we will march through Downtown St. Paul on March 17th to honor St Patricks Day! Bring all your favorite lassies and lads to celebrate our Irish heritage. And take part in the greatest St. Patrick’s Day parade in the nation!
What’s Going On? Week of 03/06/17
Mar 6th
LuckyPalooza on West 7th – Saturday, March 11th
The LuckyPalooza in St. Paul on West 7th Street is happening this weekend. With enough stuff going on to close down the street, LuckyPalooza is the best way to kick off the weekend before St. Patty’s Day in the Twin Cities. Food, drinks, mechanical bulls, plus Irish music, it’s going to be a blast!
What’s Going On? Week of 02/27/2017
Mar 1st
Polar Plunge – Saturday, March 4th
The Minneapolis Polar Plunge is this weekend, and our team from Morrie’s Minnetonka Subaru will be out there plunging the day away! The weather is currently projected to be in the 40’s, which doesn’t make it great for lake plunging…but it could certainly be worse! This event benefits Special Olympics of Minnesota, and is certainly a worthwhile way to spend an afternoon!
44th Annual Twin Cities Auto Show | March 11th – 19th
Feb 28th
It’s time for the 44th annual Twin Cities Auto Show this March 11th – 19th at the Minneapolis Convention Center. During the show you can compare more than 575 vehicles from 37 foreign and domestic brands all in one place. Plus, the Morrie’s Automotive Group is giving away free tickets so you can attend the show on us! You can follow the link and pick which Morrie’s store you want to pickup your tickets at, and check out some cars when you swing through. More >
Chilly Open 2017
Feb 23rd
On a “Chilly” Saturday morning, we drove a CX-5 packed full of Mario Kart cutouts onto a frozen lake for the Chilly Open.
The Chilly Open is a half golf, half hockey, and all drinking event that happens every February in Wayzata. Golfers bring their own version of a golf club which can be anything from a hockey stick, to a lacrosse stick, to a Swiffer with the bottom taped down. We sponsored a golf course and were able to design our own Mario Kart themed hole. We had about 1,000 people come out to play our course over the course of the day. When people headed up to our tent to grab a stylish pair of Morrie’s sunglasses, they shared their positive buying experiences at Morrie’s. We never get tired of hearing these awesome stories!
As long as there’s still ice next year, we’ll be out showing off our latest theme, so keep your eyes peeled in 11 months for the next round!
An Iconic Mazda 767B Goes to Auction – Guest Blogger Ryan Senensky
Feb 22nd
This is one of the most noteworthy Japanese race cars ever produced, the Mazda 767B. Particularly, we have chassis 003 here for auction, which was driven by the Mazda holy trinity of Yoshimi Katayama, Takashi Yorino, and Yojiro Terada at the 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans, where this car took the GTP class win. That of course isn’t the only race this competed in, it took home podiums at Fuji and Le Mans every time it was entered by Mazda and a small book of additional races later in its life.
What’s Going On – Week of 02/20/17
Feb 22nd
Home and Garden Show – Saturday, Feb. 24th – 26th
This 60 degree weather had us all ready for Spring right? The best time to plan is early, and that’s why the Home and Garden show is heading to Minneapolis this weekend.
Our Chicago Auto Show Road Trip: MPLS to CHI
Feb 20th
We were given a Maserati Ghibli, a full tank of gas, and a hotel reservation in downtown Chicago. Our goal was to attend the press days, as guests of Mazda USA, at the 2017 Chicago International Auto Show. While the show was the end game, we did a nine hour #MorriesRoadtrip first. Since we had a Maserati, we picked out a few places that would make for a great backdrop and show off the flowing lines of the Ghibli. Some of my first impressions from behind the wheel were that the seats are hard. Not in an uncomfortable way – but rather in a way that when we hit Chicago I wasn’t really ready to fall out of the car and find the nearest Lay-Z-Boy. The more time we spent in the Ghibli, the more it grew on me from a standpoint of comfort and usability. I daily drive an old 911, so the idea of “Navigation” and “Steering Wheel Controls” were a luxury that was very welcome.
