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Dream Cruise 2019 – Where Detroit Comes to Play

Dream Cruise 2019 – Where Detroit Comes to Play

By Martha Hindes Senior Editor Michigan Bureau The Auto Channel Why would ANYONE want to sit and watch old cars drive by all day? For anyone reared on gasoline fumes, clutch pedals, historic VIN numbers and memories of outrunning local cops on Woodward Avenue, the original suburban drag strip a couple of miles north of ... Continue reading

Automotive News Digest Week Ending August 17, 2019 - Compiled By Executive Producer Larry Nutson

Automotive News Digest Week Ending August 17, 2019 - Compiled By Executive Producer Larry Nutson

The Week's Auto News Nuggets: Vette Prices; Vette Crash; No EV Subsidies No EV Sales In China; AutoPaxcific Best Cars; BMW EV Induction Charging; Dream Cruise Today; 69th Pebble Beach Concours; Ford Seatbelt Recall; Fast Cars More Fast Driver Tickets; Beetle Sunshine Tour ... Continue reading

HELP! Vandals Are Spraying Ethanol All Over The Neighborhood

HELP! Vandals Are Spraying Ethanol All Over The Neighborhood

It's an epidemic of hygroscopic proportions ... Continue reading

When Trying To Be Objective About Ethanol, Don't Include Lies To Balance The Argument

When Trying To Be Objective About Ethanol, Don't Include Lies To Balance The Argument

A funny thing happened on the way to creating an objective story. By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL In the past couple of hours, I encountered two different objective stories concerning ethanol fuel. ... Continue reading

AUTO LAB TALK RADIO LIVE FROM NYC, Saturday August 17, 2019, WNYM Radio AM 970 7-9 AM

AUTO LAB TALK RADIO LIVE FROM NYC, Saturday August 17, 2019, WNYM Radio AM 970 7-9 AM

Car Question or Concern? Automotive Career Opportunity, Call Toll Free 888-692-7234 To Speak With An Auto Lab Expert Auto Lab is a 28 year old interactive automotive-focused New York area radio call-in show hosted by Professor Harold Wolchok. Each week a cadre of experienced hands-on automotive experts are in-studio wi ... Continue reading

Hyundai's Fuel Cell Vehicle Earns IIHS Top Safety + Award

Hyundai's Fuel Cell Vehicle Earns IIHS Top Safety + Award

The 2019 Hyundai Nexo, a new hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, earns the Top Safety Pick+ award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety for vehicles built after June 2019. The Nexo, which is only available in California, is the first hydrogen fuel cell vehicle that IIHS has tested. ... Continue reading

2019 Lexus NX IIHS Top Safety Pick+

2019 Lexus NX IIHS Top Safety Pick+

The 2019 Lexus NX Crash Result Details, a midsize luxury SUV, earns a Top Safety Pick+ award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety for models built after January 2019. To qualify for a 2019 Top Safety Pick+ award, a vehicle must earn good ratings in the driver-side small overlap front, passenger-side small ov ... Continue reading

AutoPacific Announces 2019 Vehicle Satisfaction Awards

AutoPacific Announces 2019 Vehicle Satisfaction Awards

NORTH TUSTIN, Calif., Aug. 13, 2019 -- AutoPacific today announced the 2019 Vehicle Satisfaction Award (VSA) winners. ... Continue reading

Ethanol From Wheat Straw Technology Sold To NewEnergyBlue; System Makes Water For Irrigation Also

Ethanol From Wheat Straw Technology Sold To NewEnergyBlue; System Makes Water For Irrigation Also

NewEnergyBlue intends to convert wheat straw into carbon-neutral automotive biofuel using the technology. The company purchased the technology licence from Danish green energy company Ørsted, which developed the technology over 15 years at a cost of $200 million (€178.6 million). Ørsted proved commercial operation ... Continue reading

2019 Mazda3 AWD Review By John Heilig

2019 Mazda3 AWD Review By John Heilig

THE AUTO PAGE By John Heilig Senior Editor and Bureau Chief Mid-Atlantic Bureau The Auto Channel REVIEWED MODEL: 2019 Mazda3 AWD ENGINE: 2.5-liter 4 TRANSMISSION: 6-speed automatic with manual mode HORSEPOWER/TORQUE: 186 hp @ 6,000 rpm/186 lb.-ft. @ 4,000 rpm WHEELBASE: 107.3 in. ... Continue reading

Frankly Frankl: Life, Love, Luck & Automobiles - Hardcover Book by Andrew Frank - NEWLY REVISED

Frankly Frankl: Life, Love, Luck & Automobiles - Hardcover Book by Andrew Frank - NEWLY REVISED

Nazis, Communists, Formula 1, Ferraris, the Cannonball Run, the Olympics, even a true love lost then found nearly 40 years later-Andrew Frankl's memoir reads like a work of fantasy. But it's all true. ... Continue reading

CAR-Management Briefing Seminars 2019 - Exploring the Edges of the Envelope for the Auto Industry

CAR-Management Briefing Seminars 2019 - Exploring the Edges of the Envelope for the Auto Industry

What a lovely commute to work I have this week – about three miles along the shore of East Traverse Bay in Northern Michigan. At 7:15 I share the road with just a few other vehicles as the sun slowly rises above the lush hills to the east. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Nuggets - Week Ending August 10, 2019

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Nuggets - Week Ending August 10, 2019

Auto News Nuggets: ZF Says Real Autonomous Ain't So Easy; GM Still Believes In EV; Tesla Trouble; Dodge Horsepower Crook-Magnet; No Cars In Jakarta; 6.6-liter Duramax Harmed By Thin American Diesel Fuel; MyFord MyLincon Entertainment System Lawsuit; GM Ignition Lawsuit; Ford Recalls; Ford Leads Horsepower War; Congrats ... Continue reading

Dr. J Fouls Out on Ethanol Fuel

Dr. J Fouls Out on Ethanol Fuel

Dr. J takes the ball, everyone along the sideline is frozen in anticipation. He runs the length of the court, performed a crossover to blow by multiple defenders and glides seamlessly to what is sure to be a can't-miss slam dunk shot: ... Continue reading

AUTO LAB TALK RADIO LIVE FROM NYC, Saturday August 10, 2019, WNYM Radio AM 970 7-9 AM

AUTO LAB TALK RADIO LIVE FROM NYC, Saturday August 10, 2019, WNYM Radio AM 970 7-9 AM

TheAutoChannel.Com Car Question or Concern? Automotive Career Opportunity, Call Toll Free 888-692-7234 To Speak With An Auto Lab Expert Auto Lab is a 28 year old interactive automotive-focused New York area radio call-in show hosted by Professor Harold Wolchok. Each week a cadre of experienced hands-on automotive exper ... Continue reading

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