The Auto Channel
The Largest Independent Automotive Research Resource
The Largest Independent Automotive Research Resource
Official Website of the New Car Buyer

June 2010

Select Another Month

Friday, June 18, 2010

Summer Vacations Just Got Better: the All-New 2011 Porsche Cayenne SUV Starts Arriving in Dealer Showrooms

Summer Vacations Just Got Better: the All-New 2011 Porsche Cayenne SUV Starts Arriving in Dealer Showrooms

Sharing the Porsche driving and luxury experience with the family is even more fun with the new 2011 Cayenne S and Cayenne Turbo on sale this month ATLANTA, June 18 -- Porsche dealers around the country are continuing to expand their dynamic and practical vehicle offerings with the addition of the all-new, more powerfu ... Continue reading

FedEx President Frederick W. Smith to Testify on Plan To End Oil Dependence

FedEx President Frederick W. Smith to Testify on Plan To End Oil Dependence

Frederick W. Smith, Chairman, President and CEO of FedEx Corporation, co-Chairman of the Energy Security Leadership Council, and a member of the Electrification Coalition, will testify Tuesday morning at a hearing of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Smith will speak to the dangers posed by our nati ... Continue reading

Toyota Announces Prices for 2011 Tacoma Pickup Truck

Toyota Announces Prices for 2011 Tacoma Pickup Truck

TORRANCE, Calif., June 18 -- Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA, Inc., announced manufacturer's suggested retail prices (MSRP) today for the 2011 Tacoma, the best-selling compact pickup truck in North America. The base MSRP for the 2011 Tacoma will range from $16,365 for the Regular Cab 4x2 equipped with a 2.7-liter four-cy ... Continue reading

Lincoln Offers Customers Free Scheduled Maintenance on New Vehicles Purchased This Summer

Lincoln Offers Customers Free Scheduled Maintenance on New Vehicles Purchased This Summer

DEARBORN, Mich., June 18 -- -- Lincoln to cover all scheduled maintenance for three years or 45,000 miles for all customers who purchase or lease a new Lincoln between today and Sept. 7 -- Free scheduled maintenance Lincoln program includes all oil changes, tire rotations, routine inspections as well as the replacement ... Continue reading

MotoGP Preview - GP Of Great Britian - June 18, 2010

MotoGP Preview - GP Of Great Britian - June 18, 2010

EVENT: Grand Prix of Great Britain WHERE: Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, England. Circuit is 3.666 miles (5.900 km), with 18 turns. Race is 20 laps. WHEN: Sunday, June 20. It is the fifth of 18 events this season. ... Continue reading

2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Ralliart Review

2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Ralliart Review

SEE ALSO: Mitsubishi Buyers Guide 1997-2011 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Ralliart, 5-door hatch with power and good AWD, what's not to like? <DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Ralliart Does the combination of four-door hatchback functional practicality and high performance sound like ... Continue reading

Drissi Approaches SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Series Track Record in Morning Practice at Road America

Drissi Approaches SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Series Track Record in Morning Practice at Road America

ELKHART LAKE, June 18, 2010: Defending SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Series champion Tomy Drissi turned the fastest lap from a pair of morning practice sessions at Road America and inched close to the existing Trans-Am lap record. Drissi, of Hollywood, Calif., posted a best Trans-Am lap of the day thus far at 115.559 mph (2 ... Continue reading

Kia Soul Event in Seoul Enhances Appreciation of Korean Design

Kia Soul Event in Seoul Enhances Appreciation of Korean Design

On the road again … by Marty Bernstein The Auto Channel Senior Editor-at-Large Korea …just the name of the Southeast Asian country conjures images and words from contemporary political events, history, food, culture and of course, automobiles. But design, especially Korean design? It’s tantamount to the ... Continue reading

2011 Honda Odyssey Video Press Conference

2011 Honda Odyssey Video Press Conference

Hi, I'm Art St. Cyr, Chief Engineer of the 2011 Honda Odyssey. I'm here with a member of my development team at Honda's R&D Center in Ohio to tell you about the all-new Odyssey coming to Honda showrooms this Fall. This fourth generation Odyssey is the first one developed by a team of Honda engineers in the U.S. and it ... Continue reading

Mid America Motorworks 2010 VW Funfest

Mid America Motorworks 2010 VW Funfest

(pict5013) By Larry Nutson Senior Editor, Chicago Bureau The Auto Channel Effingham, IL. This midwestern town of about 12,000, bills itself as "The Crossroads of Opportunity" because of its location at the intersection of two major Interstate highways: I-57 running from Chicago to Miner, Missouri, and I-70 running from ... Continue reading

2010 EyesOn Design - This Sunday

2010 EyesOn Design - This Sunday

What: EyesOn DesignCar at the Edsel & Eleanor Ford house in Grosse Pointe Sores, MI will take place on June 20th. This years' theme is the Evolution in Automotive Design. This annual event is a celebration of world-class design in the automotive industry. Proceeds from the event will support the DIO's research initiati ... Continue reading

Porsche Panamera Now Even More Efficient - VIDEO ENHANCED

Porsche Panamera Now Even More Efficient - VIDEO ENHANCED

New Model Year: Even More Efficient and with New Options for the Gran Turismo STUTTGART - June 18, 2010: The eight-cylinder Panamera models are entering the next model year as of August 2010 with an even higher standard of all-round efficiency and new options. Particularly the new brake energy recuperation system featu ... Continue reading

Mercedes GP Preview - Valencia - June 18, 2020

Mercedes GP Preview - Valencia - June 18, 2020

The European Grand Prix sees Formula One's second visit of the season to Spain and takes place around the city streets of Valencia on Sunday 27 June. The Valencia Street Circuit follows the water's edge around the Juan Carlos I Marina, the base for the 32nd America's Cup in 2007, using a specially constructed swing bri ... Continue reading

Q&A With Team Owner/Driver Sarah Fisher

Q&A With Team Owner/Driver Sarah Fisher

Indianapolis, June 17, 2010: Sarah Fisher, who will compete in the Iowa Corn Indy 250 presented by Pioneer this weekend at Iowa Speedway, participated in a Q&A session to discuss her career and status as the only female owner/driver in the IZOD IndyCar Series. Below are select quotes. Q. When you started racing in the ... Continue reading

Indy Racing League Releases Results Of Inquiry IntoTexas DeSilvestro Fire Response

Indy Racing League Releases Results Of Inquiry IntoTexas DeSilvestro Fire Response

INDIANAPOLIS, June 17, 2010: Upon review of the on-track fire during the June 5 race at Texas Motor Speedway, the Indy Racing League discovered a procedural error in the packing of a fire hose on one of its trucks that caused it to malfunction as well as a breakdown in Safety Team protocol in its response to the incide ... Continue reading

Krohn Racing: Mid-Ohio GRAND-AM Pre-Race

Krohn Racing: Mid-Ohio GRAND-AM Pre-Race

Mid-Ohio, June 17, 2010: Krohn Racing drivers Tracy W. Krohn and Nic Jönsson return from competing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Ferrari 430 GT this week and travel to the EMCO Gears Classic presented by KeyBank race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, June 18-19. We begin the second half of the se ... Continue reading

Alex Gurney And Jon Fogarty Shooting For Third Mid-Ohio Win In Last Four Years

Alex Gurney And Jon Fogarty Shooting For Third Mid-Ohio Win In Last Four Years

LEXINGTON, June 17, 2010: Reigning GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series Champions Alex Gurney, Jon Fogarty and GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing will be looking for a fast start to the second half of the 2010 season with their third EMCO Gears Classic victory in the last four years this Saturday, June 20, at Mid-Ohio Sports Car ... Continue reading

Duno To Address Students At Iowa

Duno To Address Students At Iowa

Indianapolis, June 17, 2010: Milka Duno will address students June 18 at Grand View University (Viking Theater) in a program presented by the Iowa Department of Human Rights in conjunction with Duno's "Milka Way" Program. Duno, who will compete in the Iowa Corn Indy 250 presented by Pioneer in the No. 18 CITGO/CANTV ca ... Continue reading

Alfa Push For Record Mountain Climb

Alfa Push For Record Mountain Climb

Alfa Romeo UK is to support an expedition by British paralympian turned mountaineer, David Pagden, to scale Europe's highest mountain and break three records on the way. ... Continue reading

Toyota To Get "Pounded" By UAW

Toyota To Get "Pounded" By UAW

DETROIT, June 17, 2010; Kevin Krolicki writing for Reuters reported that the new head of the United Auto Workers on Thursday vowed to "pound Toyota" as part of a stepped-up campaign to bring union representation to factories operated by Asian automakers in the United States. UAW President Bob King vowed to bring protes ... Continue reading

Vauxhall: More Than Just Hinge Benefits

Vauxhall: More Than Just Hinge Benefits

Putting your back into it will be something of the past with Vauxhall's New Meriva, as scientific research proves it is the first car that can actually help reduce back strain and harmful twisting motions. ... Continue reading

Seat's Scorching Leon Cupra R is Here!

Seat's Scorching Leon Cupra R is Here!

Just weeks after SEAT launched its most economical Leon to date in the shape of the latest Ecomotive the stylish Spanish brand is teeing up the showroom debut of its most potent Leon yet: the awesome Cupra R ... Continue reading

Renault Birmingham Hosts A Very Good Trip And New Megane Coupe Cabriolet

Renault Birmingham Hosts A Very Good Trip And New Megane Coupe Cabriolet

Given the date, it will be no surprise to hear that staff at Renault Birmingham got all patriotic yesterday, though not out of passion for the FIFA World Cup, but for the company's online reality show, 'Very Good Trip'. ... Continue reading

Jeep: Hero 100 - The Challenge That Beats All Challenges

Jeep: Hero 100 - The Challenge That Beats All Challenges

Mike will be living up to his motto - 'Beyond Impossible' from the 16th June to the 23rd September, when he will run a marathon every day on a treadmill at 19 cities/towns in a bid to meet his £100,00 fundraising goal for Help For Heroes. ... Continue reading

Peugeot 207 - A Wide Wise Choice

Peugeot 207 - A Wide Wise Choice

Peugeot's popular 207 range is the ideal choice for cost-conscious buyers with its low running costs and a range of models which attract no vehicle excise duty. ... Continue reading

Mclaren Automotive Confirms European Retail Network As Mp4-12c Begins World Tour In Germany

Mclaren Automotive Confirms European Retail Network As Mp4-12c Begins World Tour In Germany

McLaren Automotive, the world's newest sports car company, today confirms the majority of its European partners in the UK, German, French, Belgian, Italian and Swiss markets. ... Continue reading

Proton Introduces Drive Away Pricing Across The Range For A Limited Time With Prices Starting From $11,990 Drive Away

Proton Introduces Drive Away Pricing Across The Range For A Limited Time With Prices Starting From $11,990 Drive Away

Proton has announced drive away pricing across its entire range for a limited time to enhance the marque's value for money proposition and competitiveness in the market. ... Continue reading

MINI Supports The Life Ball In Vienna For The Tenth Time

MINI Supports The Life Ball In Vienna For The Tenth Time

Francisco Costa for Calvin Klein, Diane von Furstenberg and Kenneth Cole crate three exclusive designer MINIs for a good cause ... Continue reading

All-New Honda CR-Z Sport Hybrid Makes E3 Expo Debut

All-New Honda CR-Z Sport Hybrid Makes E3 Expo Debut

The all-new Honda CR-Z sport hybrid coupe has made its Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3 Expo) debut. ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Congratulates Australia's Most Distinguished Dealers

Mitsubishi Congratulates Australia's Most Distinguished Dealers

Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited (MMAL) has announced the winners of the 2009 Mitsubishi Distinguished Dealer Program. ... Continue reading

J.D. Power: Ford Brand Now Has the Highest Initial Quality Among All Non-Luxury Brands in the Industry

J.D. Power: Ford Brand Now Has the Highest Initial Quality Among All Non-Luxury Brands in the Industry

DEARBORN, Mich., June 17 -- -- Ford brand now has the highest initial quality among all non-luxury brands, according to J.D. Power's closely watched Initial Quality Study -- Ford rose to fifth place from last year's eighth place. This is the highest rank position Ford has achieved in the IQS since ranking 23rd in 2004 ... Continue reading

Toyota Motor Sales Earns six Segment Awards to Lead all Manufacturers in J.D. Power and Associates 2010 Initial Quality Study

Toyota Motor Sales Earns six Segment Awards to Lead all Manufacturers in J.D. Power and Associates 2010 Initial Quality Study

-- Lexus Ties for Most Segment Awards of Any Nameplate -- Production Facilities Earn Top Honors in Asia and North America -- Recent Recalls Impact Overall Toyota Ranking TORRANCE, Calif., June 17 -- Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today announced that its Toyota, Lexus and Scion brands received a combined six s ... Continue reading

Porsche Regains Highest Ranking Nameplate Spot in J.D. Power and Associates 2010 Initial Quality Study

Porsche Regains Highest Ranking Nameplate Spot in J.D. Power and Associates 2010 Initial Quality Study

Other Porsche Highlights Include Silver Plant Quality Award in Europe for plant that manufactures 911 and Boxster ATLANTA, June 17 -- Once again underscoring its reputation as a true premier automobile manufacturer, Porsche has reclaimed what is arguably the industry's most prestigious position/ranking as the highest-r ... Continue reading

Search The Auto Channel

The Auto Channel content library (since 1996) has grown to become the world’s most extensive and complete interactive archive of automotive centric news, articles, reviews and intense event coverage, presented to viewers as Text, Video and Images.

The Auto Channel Content by Topic

Vehicle manufacturers and alt fuels.