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

News By Topic: California

Mazda Reports June 2024 Sales Results

Mazda Reports June 2024 Sales Results

IRVINE, Calif., July 2, 2024 -- Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) today reported total June sales of 35,696 vehicles, an increase of 19.8 percent compared to June 2023. Year-to-date sales totaled 202,486 vehicles sold; an increase of 10.2 percent compared to the same time last year. ... Continue reading

Acura Dealers Ranked First in Industry Study for Providing Quick and Easy Service Appointments

Acura Dealers Ranked First in Industry Study for Providing Quick and Easy Service Appointments

MONTEREY, Calif.--Acura was ranked first out of 34 automobile brands in Pied Piper’s 2024 PSI® Service Telephone Effectiveness® (STE®) Study, which measured the efficiency and quality of service telephone calls from a customer’s objective of quickly and easily setting up a service appointment. Following the Acur ... Continue reading

2024 Toyota Crown Platinum – Review by David Colman +VIDEO

2024 Toyota Crown Platinum – Review by David Colman +VIDEO

An attention grabbing piece of sheet metal art Photos and Story by David Colman Special Correspondent to THE AUTO CHANNEL A gent who lives on my street takes long daily walks with his wife. This couple recently bought a brand new Toyota RAV 4 Prime, so they're presumably up on their Toyotas. ... Continue reading

2024 Toyota Corolla Hybrid Nightshade – Review by David Colman +VIDEO

2024 Toyota Corolla Hybrid Nightshade – Review by David Colman +VIDEO

Putting the FUN back in driving Photos and Story by David Colman Special Correspondent to THE AUTO CHANNEL Go figure. You might assume any special edition Corolla called Nightshade would be painted black. ... Continue reading

Laredo Oil Commences Drilling Midfork Well

Laredo Oil Commences Drilling Midfork Well

AUSTIN, Texas, June 27, 2024 -- Laredo Oil, Inc. ("Laredo Oil") (OTC Pink Sheets: LRDC), announces that Hell Creek Crude, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Laredo Oil ("HCC"), commenced drilling the Reddig 11-21 well in the Midfork field located in Valley County, Montana. This well is the first of three production well ... Continue reading

2024 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Limited – Review by David Colman +VIDEO

2024 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Limited – Review by David Colman +VIDEO

Hyundai just completed a mild mid-cycle revision of the Sonata model line. What you'll notice most are updates to the exterior sheet metal: new hood, new grill, new front and rear bumpers, headlights and tail lights. ... Continue reading

2024 Toyota Land Cruiser 1958 4WD Wagon Hybrid – Review by David Colman +VIDEO

2024 Toyota Land Cruiser 1958 4WD Wagon Hybrid – Review by David Colman +VIDEO

It’s the real deal! Photos and Story by David Colman Special Correspondent to THE AUTO CHANNEL Just when you thought the Land Cruiser had disappeared from the face of the earth like a victim of the La Brea tar pits, Toyota has resuscitated their classic off roader from extinction. ... Continue reading

2024 Honda Ridgeline AWD Trailsport - Review by David Colman +VIDEO

2024 Honda Ridgeline AWD Trailsport - Review by David Colman +VIDEO

The latest iteration of Honda's Ridgeline may be called the TrailSport, but you won't be conducting any cattle drives from inside its plush, leather-lined cabin. ... Continue reading

The Bob Lutz Prophesies - How Did He Do? +VIDEO

The Bob Lutz Prophesies - How Did He Do? +VIDEO

AUTO CENTRAL - August 24, 2015: About 8 years ago, Bob Lutz visited the Western Automotive Journalists in Northern California. At the time, Bob was General Motors' vice chairman. He had just come up from Los Angeles where he was the primary presenter at the GM and Chevrolet Press Conference at the Los Angeles Auto Show ... Continue reading

Who Killed GM's EV1 Electric Car? +VIDEO

Who Killed GM's EV1 Electric Car? +VIDEO

A Provocative Question With Half an Answer By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau I felt like a privileged fellow a few weeks ago at a suburban Detroit cinema when I was invited to attend the preview of a new car movie starring Phyllis Diller, Mel Gibson, Tom Hanks and Martin Sheen. Not an adventure, not a co ... Continue reading

American Honda Announces New Auto Sales Leadership Team

American Honda Announces New Auto Sales Leadership Team

June 21, 2024 — TORRANCE, Calif. Lance Woelfer, vice president of Auto Sales Daryl Bazemore, assistant vice president of Sales Strategy Jessika Laudermilk, assistant vice president of Honda National Sales Mike Langel, assistant vice president of Acura National Sales American Honda today announced a new Auto Sales lea ... Continue reading

2024 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid - Review by Bruce Hotchkiss +VIDEO

2024 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid - Review by Bruce Hotchkiss +VIDEO

Just Like The Rav4 Only A Little Smaller ... Continue reading

American Power Systems unveils Toyota Land Cruiser 300 dual alternator bracket kit at Eurosatory 2024

American Power Systems unveils Toyota Land Cruiser 300 dual alternator bracket kit at Eurosatory 2024

PARIS, June 17, 2024 -- US-based power solutions manufacturer American Power Systems, Inc. (APS) has developed a dual alternator bracket kit for Toyota Land Cruiser 300 vehicles with a 3.5L twin turbo petrol (gas) engine. APS debuted the latest product in its LC300 series at Eurosatory 2024, a global defense and securi ... Continue reading

RBW EV Cars Receives £10 Million Investment from Silicon Valley Venture Capital Firm

RBW EV Cars Receives £10 Million Investment from Silicon Valley Venture Capital Firm

New Funding Catapulting EV Manufacturer's Global Expansion in 2024; Funding Being Used to Increase Marketing, Manufacturing, Operations and Sales LONDON, June 17, 2024 -- RBW EV Cars – the UK's only EV manufacturer of new, hand-crafted British classic sports cars, today announced that it recently secured a £10m inve ... 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.

Search The Auto Channel Content by Date Published

July 2025

    1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31    

Select Another Month