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Fuel-Cell Madness...SLAP!...Thanks I Needed That!

Fuel-Cell Madness...SLAP!...Thanks I Needed That!

I just slapped myself in the face, boy i need that! Auto Central January 21, 2016; I was considering The Auto Channel's long-time fervent support of ethanol as America's alt fuel solution and found that I was getting caught up in the hydrogen hysteria...so if I was, so is everybody, after my face slap I came to my sens ... Continue reading

The Auto Channel--1996 Indy500 Photo's

The Auto Channel--1996 Indy500 Photo's

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Don't Be a Fool, Take Your Smart Phone Or iPad Or Laptop Along With A Data Assistant To Input Real-Time Car Test Drive Data

Don't Be a Fool, Take Your Smart Phone Or iPad Or Laptop Along With A Data Assistant To Input Real-Time Car Test Drive Data

Do Not Buy A car by email- The Auto Channel's free “My Test Drives” app gives serious car shoppers the help they need to make test drive evaluations accurate, effective and meaningful. “My Test Drives” leads car researchers through a one two three step method to record their clear and accurate e ... Continue reading

Study: Cars are safer & sell better as fuel efficiency improves

Study: Cars are safer & sell better as fuel efficiency improves

Consumer Federation of America, finds that as average fleet fuel efficiency increased from 24.2 MPG in 2013 to 25.2 MPG in 2018, passenger vehicles became both safer and more popular, with more vehicles bought than retired over the same period. “Facts don’t lie, and the data completely refute the Trump/Pru ... Continue reading

Magic Spigot Can Convert Your 24 MPG Of Gasoline Vehicle Into A 131 MPG Of Gasoline Vehicle And Save You Money

Magic Spigot Can Convert Your 24 MPG Of Gasoline Vehicle Into A 131 MPG Of Gasoline Vehicle And Save You Money

Well here it is in real non MBA or PHD terms...there are 260 million registered vehicles of the roads here in the USA each one beyond anyone's or anything's ability to substantially improve their MPG of gasoline...except for the Magic Spigot. Here are some MPG numbers crunched by an old high school graduate... 24 MPG o ... Continue reading

Why I Didn't Buy a 1964 Mustang in 1963

Why I Didn't Buy a 1964 Mustang in 1963

By Bob Gordon, Co-publisher The Auto Channel Originally published April 2009) All of the stories about the Mustang's 45th Birthday made me reflect on my Mustang experiences. It was time to buy a new car…Fall 1964 and I have choices, choices, choices, well here I was, a successful seasoned experienced truck salesm ... Continue reading

Way Back Then - 1994 Ford Mustang Review

Way Back Then - 1994 Ford Mustang Review

Ford Mustang (1994) Review ... Continue reading

Google Maps To Add RR Crossings

Google Maps To Add RR Crossings

by Marty Bernstein Senior Editor-at-large The Auto Channel Nearly 250,000 railroad crossings (also known as grades), the intersection of train tracks and roads, blanket the U.S. But even with the easily recognized warning signs and devices, 270 people were killed and over 800 more were injured at crossings resulted fro ... Continue reading

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2017 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT REVIEW

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2017 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT REVIEW

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2017 Mitsubishi Outlander Expert Review By Larry Nutson

2017 Mitsubishi Outlander Expert Review By Larry Nutson

2017 Mitsubishi Outlander Another three-row SUV choice By Larry Nutson Senior Editor and Bureau Chief Chicago Bureau The Auto Channel (DSC_8736) The choice of new vehicles offered on the U.S. market today is a virtual smorgasbord. Trying to decide on how to “fill your plate” can be mind-boggling. ... Continue reading

AUTO LAB TALK RADIO FROM NYC SATURDAY MORNING! 7-9 AM December 30, 2017

AUTO LAB TALK RADIO FROM NYC SATURDAY MORNING! 7-9 AM December 30, 2017

Auto Lab is also about the automotive industry, its history, and its culture, presenting the ideas and advice of leading college faculty, authors, and automotive practitioners in a relaxed, conversational interactive format. ... Continue reading

2017 Acura TLX with Technology Package - Review By John Heilig

2017 Acura TLX with Technology Package - Review By John Heilig

REVIEWED MODEL: 2017 Acura TLX Tech ... Continue reading

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