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

October 2015

Select Another Month

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Roush Active Exhaust For Stage 3 Ford Mustang

Roush Active Exhaust For Stage 3 Ford Mustang

ROUSH ACTIVE EXHAUST on STAGE 3 FordMustang By Steve Purdy Detroit Editor The Auto Channel How far we’ve come in just a few decades – well, maybe more than a few. I recall in my younger days as an enthusiastic car guy who liked to make serious noise now and then the dedicated street rodders, drag racers and o ... Continue reading

Chevrolet Gets Ready to Ship the 2016 Camaro +VIDEO

Chevrolet Gets Ready to Ship the 2016 Camaro +VIDEO

Gen Six models rolling out of Lansing Grand River Assembly to dealers nationwide LANSING, MI -- Oct. 27, 2015: The wait is over. Chevrolet announced today it will begin shipping the all-new 2016 Camaro to dealers. The first wave of production models will leave the plant by the end of this week and should arrive at deal ... Continue reading

2016 Nissan Altima Sedan Pricing

2016 Nissan Altima Sedan Pricing

2016 Nissan Altima Sedan Pricing ... Continue reading

2016 Nissan Altima Specifications

2016 Nissan Altima Specifications

class="cufon">Specifications are based on latest product information available at the time of release p>2016 Nissan Altima 3.5 Specifications 2016 Nissan Altima 2.5 Specifications Specifications are based on latest product information available at the time of release Mechanical Engine Altima 2.5 Name QR25DE Cam design ... Continue reading

New Lexus F-Sport Watch

New Lexus F-Sport Watch

NEW LEXUS F-SPORT WATCH STYLING MATCHES CAR STYLE ... Continue reading

Honda Manufacturing of Indiana Begins Production of All-New 10th-Generation 2016 Honda Civic Sedan

Honda Manufacturing of Indiana Begins Production of All-New 10th-Generation 2016 Honda Civic Sedan

All-new 2016 Civic Sedan going on sale in the U.S. in November 2016 Civic Sedan and Coupe for N.A. markets produced in Greensburg, Indiana and Alliston, Ontario GREENSBURG, IN -- Oct. 27, 2015: Associates at Honda Manufacturing of Indiana, LLC (HMIN) today celebrated the start of production of the all-new 2016 Honda Ci ... Continue reading

FCA Recalls: Jeep Cherokee Air-conditioning System and Ram Rear Axle Shafts

FCA Recalls: Jeep Cherokee Air-conditioning System and Ram Rear Axle Shafts

FCA US LLC is voluntarily recalling an estimated 65,760 U.S.-market trucks – most of which are in dealer hands – to inspect and replace, as required, their rear axle shafts or rear axles. An FCA US investigation discovered axle shafts produced by a supplier may not have been properly heat-treated. This may co ... Continue reading

FCA US Announces Kunselman Retirement

FCA US Announces Kunselman Retirement

FCA US LLC today announced that Scott Kunselman, Senior Vice President of Vehicle Safety and Regulatory Affairs, has elected to retire after 30 years with the Company, effective November 30. Kunselman will continue in his current role and will support the transition to his successor, who will be named at a later date. ... Continue reading

National Energy Month Spurs Action at GM

National Energy Month Spurs Action at GM

U.S. facilities have realized $435 million in energy savings in 20 years In honor of National Energy Action Month, General Motors is leveraging its 20-year partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR® program to find more ways to reduce the energy intensity of its facilities and decr ... Continue reading

Speed Cameras May Create Bad Driving Behavior

Speed Cameras May Create Bad Driving Behavior

New analysis reveals the hard braking black spots created across the UK http://www.wunelli.co.uk Using more than 1 billion miles of driving behaviour data*, Wunelli, a LexisNexis company, has revealed the most frequent braking black spots across the UK created by speed cameras, based on motorists braking excessively ju ... Continue reading

Electric Vehicle Charging Leaders Announce New Trade Association

Electric Vehicle Charging Leaders Announce New Trade Association

Leaders from the electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, technology and services industry announced today the formation of the Electric Vehicle Charging Association (EVCA), a not-for-profit trade association created to achieve clean transportation by advancing continued innovation in the EV charging industry. EV ... Continue reading

New-Car Sales To Jump 12 Percent In October 2015; Highest October Volume Since 2001

New-Car Sales To Jump 12 Percent In October 2015; Highest October Volume Since 2001

New-vehicle sales are expected to increase nearly 12 percent year-over-year to a total of 1.43 million units in October 2015, resulting in an estimated 17.9 million seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR), according to Kelley Blue Book. At 1.43 million units, this will be the highest October sales volume since 2001. "Co ... Continue reading

Traditional Taxi Industry Tries To Strike Back at Uber and Lyft

Traditional Taxi Industry Tries To Strike Back at Uber and Lyft

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 27, 2015 -- San Diego Yellow, the leading taxi company in San Diego with over 300 vehicles, launches its new Concierge service with Bttn, the world-famous internet-connected push button. Restaurants, hotels and boutiques frequented by large numbers of customers are repeatedly calling taxi companies to p ... Continue reading

First Drive: 2016 Mercedes-Benz 45 AMG 4Matic Review by Henny Hemmes

First Drive: 2016 Mercedes-Benz 45 AMG 4Matic Review by Henny Hemmes

Back on track, up front By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor DRESDEN - October 27, 2015: The past year has been a hectic one for Mercedes-Benz with presentations of amazing concept cars and the introduction of a slew of new production models. In early September, I drove several variants of the rejuvenated A-Class (LI ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Electric Develops Machine-learning Technology That Detects Cognitive Distractions in Drivers

Mitsubishi Electric Develops Machine-learning Technology That Detects Cognitive Distractions in Drivers

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today it has developed a technology to detect absent-mindedness and other cognitive distractions in drivers when their vehicles are traveling straight, using a type of machine-learning algorithm known as deep learning. The company believes this is a first in the au ... Continue reading

German Students Solar Car Takes 3rd Place in the 2015 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge with Help from Axalta's Voltatex Technology

German Students Solar Car Takes 3rd Place in the 2015 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge with Help from Axalta's Voltatex Technology

The ThyssenKrupp SunRiser, a solar sports coupé, came third in the Cruiser Class of this year’s 2015 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in Australia, based on solar kilometers travelled, passenger kilometers, speed, energy efficiency, and design and practicality. The car was built by students at Bochum Universit ... Continue reading

New Report Finds Japanese Automakers in U.S. Fuel 1.5 Million American Jobs

New Report Finds Japanese Automakers in U.S. Fuel 1.5 Million American Jobs

Japanese Auto Industry Demonstrates Significant Growth in U.S. Employment Over Previous Year WASHINGTON -- Oct. 26, 2015: Japanese-brand automobile companies’ production facilities, R&D centers and dealer networks support an estimated 1.52 million private sector U.S. jobs, an 11.5 percent increase relative to the ... Continue reading

Clean Diesel Power A Key Component in Long Beach's "Greenest Port in the World" Accomplishments

Clean Diesel Power A Key Component in Long Beach's "Greenest Port in the World" Accomplishments

The Port of Long Beach announced this month that it has surpassed every air pollution reduction milestone set for 2014 due to air quality improvement programs, including cleaner diesel trucks, low sulfur fuel, and the increased use of shore power for ships. According to an annual emissions survey, the port has reduced ... Continue reading

Gen Y Satisfaction with Auto Insurance Claims Still Low, but Improving

Gen Y Satisfaction with Auto Insurance Claims Still Low, but Improving

Auto-Owners Insurance Ranks Highest in Auto Claims Satisfaction WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA -- Oct. 26, 2015: While satisfaction with the auto insurance claims process is lower among Gen Y1—also known as "Millennials"—claimants than among their older counterparts, their satisfaction is improving, according to the J. ... Continue reading

FCA Announces Closing of Ferrari Initial Public Offering

FCA Announces Closing of Ferrari Initial Public Offering

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. ("FCA") and its subsidiary Ferrari N.V. ("Ferrari") announced today the closing of Ferrari's initial public offering of 18,892,150 Ferrari common shares at the initial public offering price of $52 per share. The shares sold at closing included the exercise in full of the underwriters' opt ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Cars UK is Looking to Recruit the Stars of the Future + Video

Mercedes-Benz Cars UK is Looking to Recruit the Stars of the Future + Video

Innovative recruitment campaign looks to attract new stars for rewarding careers with Mercedes-Benz UK’s Passenger Car Retailers A new multi-media advertising campaign from Mercedes-Benz Cars UK is looking to recruit the stars of the future to join its Retailers across the country. The innovative work launches thi ... Continue reading

All New Honda VTEC TURBO Engine Set for Next Generation Civic 2017

All New Honda VTEC TURBO Engine Set for Next Generation Civic 2017

Two further VTEC TURBO engines to be launched in Europe First application of new engines scheduled for 10th generation 2017 Civic BRACKNELL, UK -- Oct. 26, 2015: Honda has announced that two all new downsized turbo petrol engines will be coming to Europe. 1-litre and 1.5-litre VTEC TURBO engines will form part of the p ... Continue reading

New GM Lansing Stamping Facility Receives First Presses

New GM Lansing Stamping Facility Receives First Presses

Equipment rolls in as first 2016 Chevrolet Camaros roll out LANSING, MI -- Oct. 26, 2015: General Motors today received the first load of massive stamping presses for its $174-million stamping facility, part of the Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant where the first 2016 Chevrolet Camaros left for dealers. The new press ... Continue reading

Pacific Controls and Cummins Connected Diagnostics Launch Innovative Service Delivery on the Galaxy 2021 Cloud Platform

Pacific Controls and Cummins Connected Diagnostics Launch Innovative Service Delivery on the Galaxy 2021 Cloud Platform

Pacific Controls Inc., a leading provider of Internet of Things (IOT) managed services solutions globally and Cummins Inc. , a leading independent manufacturer of diesel and natural gas engines, today announced that Cummins Connected Diagnostics application is available to industrial and power generation customers usin ... Continue reading

Details of Ford Motor Company's October 2015 U.S. Sales Conference Call

Details of Ford Motor Company's October 2015 U.S. Sales Conference Call

Ford Motor Company will release its October 2015 U.S. sales results at approximately 9:15 a.m. ET Tuesday, November 3, 2015. At 10:00 a.m. ET, Erich Merkle, Ford U.S. sales analyst, will host a conference call for the investment community and news media to discuss the results and related market trends. He will be joine ... Continue reading

IAC Opens New Tianjin, China Manufacturing Location: Continues Expanding Regional Footprint

IAC Opens New Tianjin, China Manufacturing Location: Continues Expanding Regional Footprint

Leading automotive interiors supplier International Automotive Components (IAC) continued its aggressive global expansion with the inauguration of a new manufacturing facility, Shanghai IAC-Songjiang Automotive Carpet and Acoustics Co., Ltd., located in Tianjin, China, . This marked the company's 14th facility opening ... 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.