C.A.R 2014 MBS Day 2 - STEM, Diesels, New Powertrains, Engineers, CAFE, New Plants
Aug 6, 2014
2014 CENTER FOR AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH MANAGEMENT BRIEFING SEMINARS â TRAVERSE CITY DAY 2 By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Michigan Bureau Photo by Bob Benko [Photo Caption: Karl Klimek, executive director of Square One making the plea for STEM education] We always love the interesting tidbits encountered here at th ... Continue reading
Michael Lewis Prepares For Historic Road America
Aug 6, 2014
Historic Road America LThis race season, Michael Lewis has competed on some of America's historic road courses, and this week features another stellar track as the 2014 IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama will visit Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Michael Lewis seeks another podium finish as the Com ... Continue reading
C.A.R 2014 MBS Day 1 Vehicle Future: Lightweighting
Aug 6, 2014
2014 CENTER FOR AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH MANAGEMENT BRIEFING SEMINARS â TRAVERSE CITY DAY 1 By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Michigan Bureau Photo by Bob Benko [Photo Caption: Jay Baron, Center for Automotive Research CEO] Here we are again, in Michiganâs beautiful north country, Traverse City to be precise, wher ... Continue reading
2015 Volkswagen Golf and GTI Introduction By Thom Cannell
Aug 5, 2014
By Thom Cannell Senior Editor Michigan Bureau The Auto Channel The hatchback revolution Volkswagen started back in 1974 has returned for its seventh generation. Indeed, the VW Golf is back in its seventh set of new threads and it is renewed from tires to sunroof. Available in two-door and four-door versions, the 2015 G ... Continue reading
Aug 5, 2014
Incentives Drive Hot July Sales High end-of-model-year incentives helped drive sales to healthy heights in July. Across the board, incentives were up eight percent from July 2013, averaging $2,774 per vehicle. Mazdaâs sales were up 17 percent, Nissanâs were up 11.5 percent, and Toyota saw an 11.6 percent impr ... Continue reading
2014 Mazda Mazda6 Rocky Mountain Review
Aug 5, 2014
By Dan Poler Rocky Mountain Bureau The Auto Channel Given recent concessions to fuel economy, there are a lot of vehicles coming onto the market which are fun, but not in the traditional sense of big-power-must-go-fast. The 2014 Mazda6 is a perfect example of this trend. All-new for 2014, we found this new family sedan ... Continue reading
Automoto Int'l Film Festival with Fireball Tim - Complete Schedule
Aug 4, 2014
MONTEREY, CA - August 4, 2014: The final line-up is complete now for the upcoming AUTOMOTO FILM FESTIVAL that Fireball Tim Lawrence will be hosting this month beginning August 14th. Should be an awesome fest with all kinds of great shorts, docs and features. ... Continue reading
Aug 3, 2014
WINNER OF 26th ANNUAL CLASSIC CORVETTE RAFFLE DRIVES FROM NEW JERSEY TO INDIANA TO CLAIM HIS PRIZE ROCKPORT, IN August 2, 2014; The winner of the 26th Annual Classic Corvette Giveaway benefiting Saint Bernard Parish and School in Rockport, Indiana drove over 820 miles from Southampton, New Jersey to claim his prize; a ... Continue reading
Nutson's Nuggets: Last Week's Automotive News and Opinion July 28-Aug 3, 2014
Aug 3, 2014
* Your TAC team was busy this week taking in and driving the all-new 2015 Lexus NX luxury compact SUV in Nashville, Tennessee and also the all-new 2015 Ford Transit full-size cargo and passenger vans in northern New Jersey. Check back for complete write-ups here on TAC. * The Mini Cooper Countryman is the only small ca ... Continue reading
2014 Lexus IS 350 AWD With 2015 Updates Review by Carey Russ +VIDEO
Aug 2, 2014
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS Lexus's second generation IS sports sedan had an unusually long life, from its model year 2006 debut through 2013 with no major changes and remarkably few minor ones. Was this a sign that Lexus was losing its competitive edge? Hardly. That iteration of the IS aged particularly well ... Continue reading
Aug 1, 2014
Letter from Europe. Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief Somewhere Over The Atlantic August 1, 2014; I am in Seat 12K of Virgin Atlantic's venerable 747 on my way back to San Francisco. Seems like the right time to send you a report on the Summer which was anything but boring! It started, as it has for the last 40 odd y ... Continue reading
To Auto Dealer Or Not To Dealer That Is The Question
Jul 31, 2014
Would car buyers be better off if the dealer franchise system was dismantled? The public seems to think so. Most consumers believe dealers are unnecessary middlemen who drive up the cost of vehicles. Theyâre enamored with Teslaâs way of selling cars in its own stores. But the franchise system actually is tilt ... Continue reading
2014 Chevrolet Sonic LT "Personalized"
Jul 31, 2014
By Larry Nutson Senior Editor, New York Bureau The Auto Channel (DSC_4291) As luck would have it, I was in the right car at the right time. As I write this review, the annual Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show is going on in Las Vegas. Itâs the largest automotive aftermarket exhibition in the world ... Continue reading
2014 Chevrolet Traverse Review By John Heilig
Jul 30, 2014
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