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The Auto Channel Leads The Way - Big Boom in Minivan Popularity - The Van is Back in Style

The Auto Channel Leads The Way - Big Boom in Minivan Popularity - The Van is Back in Style

The minivan has shed being runner-up to other segments and is basking in the spotlight of popularity once again, according to a recent report from Cox Automotive. ... Continue reading

Expectant Toyota Team Members See New Arrival 2013 Avalon

Expectant Toyota Team Members See New Arrival 2013 Avalon

By Bob Gordon President and Co-publisher The Auto Channel Georgetown Kentucky, October 31, 2012; Last week I was invited by Toyota to attend what I thought would be the press reveal of the brand new 2013 Toyota Avalon, just another worthwhile (hey that’s what we do) but ho-hum auto manufacturer press event. It w ... Continue reading

TELL IT LIKE IT REALLY IS Headline: Chinese Made Bio-weapon Bombs Out NY Auto Show Again

TELL IT LIKE IT REALLY IS Headline: Chinese Made Bio-weapon Bombs Out NY Auto Show Again

Statement from Mark Schienberg President, New York Auto Show It is with great disappointment that the upcoming 2021 New York International Automobile Show at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center has been cancelled due to the growing incidences of the Covid-19 Delta variant and the increased measures announced recently ... Continue reading

Kia America Announces Highest July Sales In Company History

Kia America Announces Highest July Sales In Company History

- Kia America today announced record July sales of 70,099 units. ... Continue reading

Searching "Focused Content Channels" Instead of The Web

Searching "Focused Content Channels" Instead of The Web

Focused Content Channels, We here at The Auto Channel believe that The Internet will evolve from the current “search within the content cloud” into a narrower and more successful search of trusted single subject “Focused Content Channels”. These single topic destination channels offer users dire ... Continue reading

Official NHTSA Recall Summary August 1, 2021

Official NHTSA Recall Summary August 1, 2021

The following may apply to one or more of your vehicles if your vehicle is listed below. Click on the NHTSA Recall ID Number below to read more about the safety issue and the reason for the recall.To find out if your specific passenger vehicle is included in the recall, use our VIN Look-up Tool. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap Up July 25-31, 2021

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap Up July 25-31, 2021

The past week's important, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories presented as expertly crafted easy-to-digest news nuggets. ... Continue reading

AutoPacific Announces its 2021 Vehicle Satisfaction Awards

AutoPacific Announces its 2021 Vehicle Satisfaction Awards

General Motors and Nissan Tie for Most Wins for a Manufacturer, Toyota’s Avalon and Mazda’s MX- 5 Miata Crowned Top Scoring Vehicles Overall. ... Continue reading

Fabulous Display of Ferraris Joins Hampton Court Concours Of Elegance

Fabulous Display of Ferraris Joins Hampton Court Concours Of Elegance

Some of the world’s finest Ferraris are coming to the Concours of Elegance September 3-5, 2021. In total, nearly 1,000 vehicles will be on display across the weekend. ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors to Launch the All-New Outlander PHEV Model with a New-Generation PHEV System

Mitsubishi Motors to Launch the All-New Outlander PHEV Model with a New-Generation PHEV System

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) will launch a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) model of the all-new Outlander1, a crossover SUV, fully evolved with a new-generation PHEV system. ... Continue reading

Toyoda Gosei Develops Driver-side Airbag With New Structure That Improves Driver Safety

Toyoda Gosei Develops Driver-side Airbag With New Structure That Improves Driver Safety

-Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:7282) has developed a driver-side airbag with a new structure that can more safely protect the occupant. ... Continue reading

2021 Hyundai Palisade Named Best-in-Class Midsize Crossover by the New England Motor Press Association (NEMPA)

2021 Hyundai Palisade Named Best-in-Class Midsize Crossover by the New England Motor Press Association (NEMPA)

The Palisade is the fifth NEMPA Winter Award recipient for the Hyundai brand of SUVs. Since its introduction in 2019, the Palisade continues to be recognized for all-around excellence by the industry with numerous awards. ... Continue reading

2021 Concours d’Elegance of America at St. John’s Survives a Storm

2021 Concours d’Elegance of America at St. John’s Survives a Storm

Bookends for Chairman Larry Moss By Steve Purdy Shunpiker Productions [Larry Moss deserves a medal of valor for keeping a cool head in the face of adversity saving this important Concours d’Elegance - perhaps the third most prestigious show of its kind in the country - from natural disaster . . . twice. [Larry Moss] ... Continue reading

Hyundai Hydrogen Fuel Cell Long Hauler Hits The Road

Hyundai Hydrogen Fuel Cell Long Hauler Hits The Road

Hyundai Motor Company today announced its plan to deploy the company’s latest hydrogen fuel cell electric heavy-duty trucks in California, for two publicly funded projects to improve the air quality in the region. The demo trucks that Hyundai will bring into the United States are developed based on XCIENT Fuel Cell, ... Continue reading

2019 Maserati Levante GTS Review By Larry Nutson

2019 Maserati Levante GTS Review By Larry Nutson

2019 Maserati Levante GTS The SUV that can make your heart pound and give you goosebumps when accelerating. My, how the automotive landscape has changed. As I look back in time I would never have thought that brands renowned for ultra luxury or boutique sports car makers would foray into the SUV market. ... Continue reading