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2013 Toyota RAV4 Close-Up Preview By Carey Russ

2013 Toyota RAV4 Close-Up Preview By Carey Russ

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2013 Toyota RAV4 Preview When the Toyota RAV4 first appeared here in 1996, it heralded a revolution. From the outside, it looked like many another small SUV, and was offered in both four-door and two-door form. The SUV fad was at its peak, but in those days "SUV" meant a truck-base ... Continue reading

2013 Cadillac ATS Review - By Michael Bernstein

2013 Cadillac ATS Review - By Michael Bernstein

Best Of All It's A Really Nice Car By Michael Bernstein Michigan Bureau The Auto Channel Cadillac has reinvented its brand and product line by leveraging its rich heritage of quality and combining it with leading edge technologies to create a new generation of vehicles for the next generation customer. As the industry ... Continue reading

Popemobile Here in the US

Popemobile Here in the US

Special Dignitary Design POPEMOBILE ARRIVES IN US ONLY IN WASHINGTON & NYC by Marty Bernstein, AIADA Contributing Editor Over the next few days, as Pope Benedict XVI tours Washington and New York City, thousands on the route and countless millions will see the newest model of the car nominally known as the Popemobile. ... Continue reading

2013 Volvo S60 T5 Rocky Mountain Review By Dan Poler

2013 Volvo S60 T5 Rocky Mountain Review By Dan Poler

By Dan Poler Rocky Mountain Bureau The Auto Channel As you go shopping for a small luxury sport sedan, think about which manufacturers would make you’re A list. Probably Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Lexus, and Mercedes Benz. … But why not Volvo? Our recent week with the S60 T5 proved to us that if Volvo isn’t on ... Continue reading

New Car for the Family Millennials - An Experience of a Lifetime

New Car for the Family Millennials - An Experience of a Lifetime

By Larry Nutson Senior Editor, New York Bureau The Auto Channel Good news! Daughter No. 1, now post-university, living in Chicago, and married for just over a year, has been offered a new job. We’re all excited for her. After a few conversations about the new job, exiting her former employer, and transitioning to ... Continue reading

Nutson's Nuggets - Automotive News March 4-10, 2013 Just Incase You Were Snoozing

Nutson's Nuggets - Automotive News March 4-10, 2013 Just Incase You Were Snoozing

* In spite of continuing dismal predictions about the lack of strength in the European auto industry, this week's fabulous Geneva Motor Show exuded wonderful new production products as well as concepts and exotics. Sergio Marchionne, Fiat and Chrysler boss, used the opportunity to introduce the new Alfa Romeo 4C sports ... Continue reading

2013 Volkswagen Passat TDI SEL Premium Review By Steve Purdy

2013 Volkswagen Passat TDI SEL Premium Review By Steve Purdy

2013 VW PASSAT TDI SEL PREMIUM REVIEW By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Michigan Bureau In our quest to meet stringent government mandated fuel economy standards in the next decade I’m often amazed that we pay so little attention to an obvious contributor to the strategy of reaching those goals – the diesel p ... Continue reading

2013 Subaru XV Crosstrek Rocky Mountain Review By Dan Poler

2013 Subaru XV Crosstrek Rocky Mountain Review By Dan Poler

By Dan Poler Rocky Mountain Bureau The Auto Channel “THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING... 12 TO 15 INCHES POSSIBLE... ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED.” During a week we’re testing Subaru’s all-new XV Crosstrek? Yes, please! In fact this was one of three storms ... Continue reading

Hey Mac What's Up? - All's Well That Ends Well

Hey Mac What's Up? - All's Well That Ends Well

A Roundup of Geneva Auto Show Press Days News By Mac Gordon Editor-At-Large Geneva and Detroit March 7, 2013; All's well that end's well certainly proved the case at the Geneva show, where headlines stole the spotlight over the final weekend with surprises from star players Toyota, China and GM. Amid downbeat comments ... Continue reading

2013 Kia Sportage SX FWD Review By Carey Russ

2013 Kia Sportage SX FWD Review By Carey Russ

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2013 Kia Sportage SX FWD If you want a compact crossover with serious power, the Kia Sportage SX is worth a good, long look. While the 2.4-liter, 176-horsepower engine in most models of Kia's compact Sportage crossover will fit the needs of the vast majority of buyers, there are al ... Continue reading

Hey Mac What's Up? - Bars and Curves Mixed in Defining Alfa's New Logo

Hey Mac What's Up? - Bars and Curves Mixed in Defining Alfa's New Logo

By Mac Gordon Editor at large The Auto Channel MILAN, ITALY March 3, 2013; Designers and painters have submitted mixed logos for Fiat's luxury Alfa Romeo brand as it nears entry to the North American market. Bars, circles and loops all face stylists and engineers mulling over entries in the unofficial survey of a pictu ... Continue reading

Nutson's Nuggets - Automotive News February 25-March 3, 2013 Just Incase You Were Snoozing

Nutson's Nuggets - Automotive News February 25-March 3, 2013 Just Incase You Were Snoozing

* The last "Generation 6" Corvette came off the assembly line in Bowling Green this week making way for the new "Stingray." The White convertible with 427 V8 is headed for preservation at the GM Heritage Collection in Warren, MI. As the last car went through the final assembly procedure workers were right behind conver ... Continue reading

2013 Mini Clubvan Henny's First Drive

2013 Mini Clubvan Henny's First Drive

Delivery with an trendy touch By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor The Auto Channel RILLY LA MONTAGNE, France, February 26, 2013. True to the image of the brand, the communications department of Mini has again been able to come up with a different-than-expected location for the first drive with a new model. This time ... Continue reading

2013 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible Rocky Mountain Review By Dan Poler

2013 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible Rocky Mountain Review By Dan Poler

By Dan Poler Rocky Mountain Bureau The Auto Channel Reviewing a convertible in a cold climate in Winter? Mind you, convertibles in general have come a long way from the days of the stereotypical creaky, leaky, freezing machine of old – it’s not that they’re unpleasant in the Winter anymore, but having a ... Continue reading

Consumer Reports 2013 Annual Car Brand Report Cards: Lexus, Subaru & Mazda Earn Top Honors

Consumer Reports 2013 Annual Car Brand Report Cards: Lexus, Subaru & Mazda Earn Top Honors

Audi leads inconsistent European pack; Cadillac shines among struggling domestics With a current crop of luxury models that are quiet, comfortable, fuel efficient, and among the most reliable, Lexus has earned the best overall score in Consumer Reports' 2013 annual Car Brand Report Cards. Lexus' models are rarely sport ... Continue reading

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