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2019 Hyundai Ioniq Updated With Features

2019 Hyundai Ioniq Updated With Features

Hyundai’s Ioniq line-up continues to improve its product offering for the 2019 model year, with new and broader applications of active safety features, enhanced voice-recognition features and standard remote charge management for Plug-in and Electric models. ... Continue reading

Honda Named to 10-Best Non-luxury CPO Programs

Honda Named to 10-Best Non-luxury CPO Programs

TORRANCE, Calif., May 25, 2018 -- Honda has been named as one of Autotrader's "10-Best Non-luxury CPO Programs for 2018." Honda's Certified Pre-Owned program was touted for its 7-year/100,000 mile coverage, its additional 1-year/12,000 mile bumper-to-bumper coverage, and for its transferability and lack of deductible. ... Continue reading

Hyundai Kona Awarded Editors' Choice Honor By Car Magazine

Hyundai Kona Awarded Editors' Choice Honor By Car Magazine

Hyundai has again underscored its comprehensive quality signature across a diverse car and crossover lineup with another Car and Driver’s Editors’ Choice award, this time for the Hyundai Kona CUV. Hyundai Ioniq and Accent have also received Car and Driver Editors’ Choice Awards this year. ... Continue reading

Hyundai Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) Program Feted By Website

Hyundai Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) Program Feted By Website

Hyundai was named the Best Non-Luxury Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) Program by Autotrader for 2018, helping customers to make reliable choices when selecting a certified pre-owned vehicle. Experts at Autotrader recognized Hyundai CPO vehicles as the top choice for used car shoppers, noting its leading manufacturer warranty ... Continue reading

2018 Must-visit Route 66 Road Trip Gems For Your Summer Bucket List

2018 Must-visit Route 66 Road Trip Gems For Your Summer Bucket List

PURCHASE, N.Y., May 22, 2018 -- Just as families are revving up for the summer travel season, Lipton, the iconic tea brand, is collaborating with TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel site, to share "2018's Route 66 Road Trip Gems" – a list of must-experience attractions for families to check out this summer along ... Continue reading

Honda Clarity Wins 2018 California Air Quality Award

Honda Clarity Wins 2018 California Air Quality Award

"The Coalition for Clean Air is proud to recognize Honda with a California Air Quality Award. By leading the way in fuel efficiency among all major carmakers and committing to having two-thirds of its global automobile sales to be electrified vehicles by 2030, ... Continue reading

About 2019 Subaru Crosstrek Plug In Hybrid

About 2019 Subaru Crosstrek Plug In Hybrid

CAMDEN, NJ – May 11, 2018 – Subaru of America, Inc., which has recorded nine consecutive years of record sales and 10 consecutive years of growth, announced today its first-ever plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV), the 2019 Crosstrek Hybrid. The new Crosstrek Hybrid maintains all the capability of the traditional Subaru ... Continue reading

Letter from Europe May 2018 - Road Tests

Letter from Europe May 2018 - Road Tests

The annual Western Automotive Journalists’ function was a very pleasant affair. Lots of new and exciting cars to drive and lots of nice people to meet. ... Continue reading

Curtiss Motorcycles Unveils Zeus – the Company’s Highly Anticipated Electric Concept Prototype

Curtiss Motorcycles Unveils Zeus – the Company’s Highly Anticipated Electric Concept Prototype

Curtiss Motorcycles unveiled its vision for a new golden age of American motorcycling - one based on sustainability, minimalism, and fun. The company, named for legendary motorcycle and aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss, pulled the cover off its striking, and highly anticipated electric concept prototype, called Zeus. ... Continue reading

Curtiss Zeus Wins Prestigious “Most Innovative Motorcycle” Award at The Quail Motorcycle Gathering in Carmel, California

Curtiss Zeus Wins Prestigious “Most Innovative Motorcycle” Award at The Quail Motorcycle Gathering in Carmel, California

The Quail Motorcycle Gathering selected the highly anticipated Curtiss Zeus as the show’s “Most Innovative Motorcycle.” Among the judges were legendary motorcycle designer Craig Vetter and motorcycle tastemaker Paul d’Orleans. The Curtiss Zeus Concept Prototype was among several electric motorcycles on display ... 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

President Trump - Stand Up For America - Here Is Who Benefits From EV Fairy-tales and Demonization Of Ethanol As The Realistic Replacement for Gasoline

President Trump - Stand Up For America - Here Is Who Benefits From EV Fairy-tales and Demonization Of Ethanol As The Realistic Replacement for Gasoline

The Auto Channel Co-publisher Comments: It’s about time that others are looking at EV reality and are coming to the same conclusion that we discovered two years ago; Electric Vehicles are not and will never (or until hydrogen fuel-cell technology is ready for prime time) become a meaningful solution to replace gasoli ... Continue reading

Chrysler Road Monsters say Good Bye to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca

Chrysler Road Monsters say Good Bye to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca

Special Feature By Jon Rosner Chrysler arrived at Western Automotive Journalists Media Day 2018 with a fleet of “hemi” powered vehicles. This author thought, OK these are for the street. ... Continue reading

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