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

Automotive News

Ram Truck Announces Sponsorship of World Champion Snocross Athlete Tucker Hibbert

Ram Truck Announces Sponsorship of World Champion Snocross Athlete Tucker Hibbert

Ram Truck brand announced today an official multi-year sponsorship of two-time FIM Snowcross World champion, six-time national snocross champion and 10-time ESPN Winter X Games medalist Tucker Hibbert. Hibbert, 28, is the most decorated snowmobile athlete in history. He is one of only three athletes to claim the gold ( ... Continue reading

Lexus Offers Test Drive During Accenture Innovation Trip

Lexus Offers Test Drive During Accenture Innovation Trip

During the Accenture Innovation Trip, an initiative of LIDE JOVEM -- Grupo de Jovens Lideres Empresariais [Group of Young Business Leaders] and LIDE INOVACAO [INNOVATION], a group of 20 young businesspersons will share their knowledge and experiences with Brazilian and American entrepreneurs in California's Silicon Val ... Continue reading

Proterro CEO to Discuss Feedstock Economics at Advanced Biofuels Markets Conference in San Francisco on October 30

Proterro CEO to Discuss Feedstock Economics at Advanced Biofuels Markets Conference in San Francisco on October 30

--Proterro, Inc.: Who: Kef Kasdin, CEO, Proterro, Inc., the only company that makes sucrose instead of extracting it, lowering the cost of sugar for the economical and scalable production of biofuels and biobased chemicals. What: Ms. Kasdin participates on “Hot Feedstocks and Feedstock Economics panel at the Advanced ... Continue reading

Consumer Reports 2012 Annual Auto Reliability Survey +VIDEO

Consumer Reports 2012 Annual Auto Reliability Survey +VIDEO

ONSUMER REPORTS AUTO RELIABILITY SURVEY: FORD CONTINUES FALL WHILE SEVEN JAPANESE BRANDS TOP LIST Audi and Cadillac make major jumps in rankings YONKERS, NY—A perfect storm of reliability problems has dropped Ford to next to last among the 28 car brands ranked in Consumer Reports 2012 Annual Auto Reliability Surve ... Continue reading

NBA All-Star Blake Griffin Travels Back In Time To Give Prescient Advice To His Younger Self In New Ad Campaign From Kia Motors

NBA All-Star Blake Griffin Travels Back In Time To Give Prescient Advice To His Younger Self In New Ad Campaign From Kia Motors

With the 2012-13 NBA season about to tip off, Kia Motors' global brand ambassador, superstar Blake Griffin, is back in a series of humorous new television commercials featuring the fast-growing automaker's best-selling Optima midsize sedan and innovative UVO voice-activated infotainment system. In the five 30-second sp ... Continue reading

Honda Releases 'Every Drop Counts,' the Second in a Series of Environmental Film Shorts

Honda Releases 'Every Drop Counts,' the Second in a Series of Environmental Film Shorts

American Honda today released “Every Drop Counts,' the second in a series of short films on the initiatives of Honda associates to fulfill the company's vision for reducing Honda's environmental impact and creating a more sustainable business. ... Continue reading

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Reports Consolidated Financial Results For The Fiscal Second Quarter Ended September 30, 2012

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Reports Consolidated Financial Results For The Fiscal Second Quarter Ended September 30, 2012

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (HMC; NYSE) today announced its consolidated financial results for the fiscal second quarter ended September 30, 2012. Second Quarter Results Honda's consolidated net income attributable to Honda Motor Co., Ltd. ... Continue reading

Lexus LS Marketing Campaign Lives Loudly

Lexus LS Marketing Campaign Lives Loudly

Generations of the Lexus LS have inspired an entire industry through visionary innovation, craftsmanship and design. And now the flagship not only has a new face, but has more than 3,000 new parts. The LS line-up also includes the first-ever LS F SPORT, and a marketing campaign to highlight the thrilling, exclusive lif ... Continue reading

Nissan Teams With Sony PlayStation For Second Season Of Nissan GT Academy Competition In U.S.

Nissan Teams With Sony PlayStation For Second Season Of Nissan GT Academy Competition In U.S.

Nissan GT Academy is back for a second season, seeking to determine which of America's best Gran Turismo video gamers has what it takes to become a professional racing driver. Nissan North America, in collaboration with Sony Computer Entertainment America and Polyphony Digital, is announcing the first of six episodes t ... Continue reading

GM Tops OEM Safety and Security Telematics Competitive Assessment, Ford, and Toyota Ending Second and Third, Finds ABI Research

GM Tops OEM Safety and Security Telematics Competitive Assessment, Ford, and Toyota Ending Second and Third, Finds ABI Research

GM ranks first in ABI Research's OEM safety and security telematics vendor Competitive Assessment performing strongly in the width and depth of the OnStar feature set, market share, quality and reliability. Second placed Ford excels in regional coverage, market share, pricing, and smartphone integration and third place ... Continue reading

Fuel Prices - Fuel Prices - Regular Gas 10.29.2012

Fuel Prices - Fuel Prices - Regular Gas 10.29.2012

<p>Regular Gas</p> <p> Current Avg. $3.810</p> Yesterday Avg.$3.813</p> Week Ago Avg. $3.789</p> Month Ago Avg.$3.858</p> Year Ago Avg. Current Avg. $3.810p ... Continue reading

Dacia UK Car Market "Clean-Up Operation" In Full Swing With Over 1,000 Duster Pre-Orders

Dacia UK Car Market "Clean-Up Operation" In Full Swing With Over 1,000 Duster Pre-Orders

The warning signs for other car firms have been there for several months, when Dacia confirmed the "shockingly affordable" prices for its Duster SUV, from £8,995. ... Continue reading

Skoda Launches Rapid And Citigo In Turkey

Skoda Launches Rapid And Citigo In Turkey

Skoda AUTO is resolutely expanding its model palette on the Turkish market. ... Continue reading

Seat Drops Mii And Becomes Global Twitter Trend

Seat Drops Mii And Becomes Global Twitter Trend

When Seat and Auto Trader teamed up to suspend a Mii from a crane 35 metres above Potters Fields Park in London's South Bank, and promised to give it away to one lucky Twitter user, it was always going to attract interest. ... Continue reading

Ford 'Smart Drive' becomes fund-raiser for the National Breast Cancer Foundation

Ford 'Smart Drive' becomes fund-raiser for the National Breast Cancer Foundation

Ford's outdoor 'Smart Drive' at the Australian International Motor show will remain open to the public for a week to help raise funds for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. ... 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

May 2025

Select Another Month