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There are practical cars and there are fun cars - and then there are dream cars, which are cool just by definition. Of the 1,000 cars at the 2017 Chicago Auto Show, many have very high coolness quotients. Some are nostalgic, classic cars and others are shiny newcomers, and a few are cool for their technology. Here are just five of the Coolest Cars at the 2017 Chicago Auto Show.
There are just so many times that visitors to and exhibitors at the Chicago Auto Show can subject themselves to the show food court or fall exhausted into a booth at the restaurant in the hotel where they are staying. Thankfully, they are deep in the center of a city of great restaurants, which offer a wide variety of American, international and ethnic cuisine. Here are just five of the best restaurants near the 2017 Chicago Auto Show.
City driving is tough on cars, and drivers, and the Windy City is tougher on both than most. There are over 1,000 vehicles on display at the 2017 Chicago Auto Show, but a lot of them would be wasted - or wrecked - on the city's streets. Here, however, are five of the best cars of the 2017 Chicago Auto Show for getting around the Windy City.
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