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Ford, Mercedes-Benz Top Cox Automotive New Retail Brand Scorecards Study

Ford, Mercedes-Benz Top Cox Automotive New Retail Brand Scorecards Study

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24, 2019 – As auto dealers from across the country gather in San Francisco for the annual NADA convention, top honors were given to Ford and Mercedes-Benz in the non-luxury and luxury categories, respectively, in a new study released today. ... Continue reading

AUTO LAB RADIO Saturday January 26, 2019 WNYM Radio AM 970 7-9 AM - Helping You Enjoy Your Drive

AUTO LAB RADIO Saturday January 26, 2019 WNYM Radio AM 970 7-9 AM - Helping You Enjoy Your Drive

Auto Lab Talk Radio on New York City's WNYM Radio AM 970 Is Streamed Worldwide On TheAutoChannel.Com Car Question or Concern? Automotive Career Opportunity, Call Toll Free 888-692-7234 To Speak With An Auto Lab Expert ... Continue reading

Texas Motor Press Association Names 2019 Hyundai Kona Crossover Vehicle Of The Year - E15 Approved

Texas Motor Press Association Names 2019 Hyundai Kona Crossover Vehicle Of The Year - E15 Approved

The Hyundai Kona was named the 2019 Crossover of the Year by the Texas Motor Press Association (TxMPA), which includes automotive journalists as diverse in coverage and membership as the state itself. A selected group of jurors from TxMPA chose the Hyundai Kona after being charged with finding, not just the best new or ... Continue reading

New Car Review: 2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS, Review by Rob Eckaus - It's E15 Approved +VIDEO

New Car Review: 2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS, Review by Rob Eckaus - It's E15 Approved +VIDEO

Porsche wowed the automotive world when the 911 based GTS RS was announced. Speculation about how they were going to top the prior generation 997 chassis GTS RS 620 horsepower was rampant. ... Continue reading

Today's NADA End-of-Day Auto News Recap - January 23, 2019; Ford, Porsche, Toyota, BMW/Volkswagen

Today's NADA End-of-Day Auto News Recap - January 23, 2019; Ford, Porsche, Toyota, BMW/Volkswagen

NADA End-of-Day Automotive News Recap Ford Motor Co. is trying to drive past a difficult 2018 with a slate of new vehicles and an aggressive overhaul of its operations, but with the problems that plagued the iconic carmaker last year poised to remain in 2019, analysts are skeptical of the company's promise to improve e ... Continue reading

Letter from Europe- 2018 That Was The Year That Was

Letter from Europe- 2018 That Was The Year That Was

Who would have thought that a year full of Ferrari and Maserati supercars would end on a test drive of a GMC Canyon Denali?! Well folks, it did. Must admit the genteel folks in leafy Belvedere are not used to seeing trucks unless Xfinity turn up to fix broken down TV connections which do with monotonous regularity but ... Continue reading

2018 BMW 530e iPerformance Plug-In Hybrid Review By Senior Editor John Heilig

2018 BMW 530e iPerformance Plug-In Hybrid Review By Senior Editor John Heilig

Under gas power, this is pure BMW. Performance is quiet, almost leading you to believe that it’s on electric drive all the time. Almost no road noise intrudes into the cabin. This is what you expect from a 5 ... Continue reading

Trash talking for true, unobstructed driving

Trash talking for true, unobstructed driving

Amid the onerous government shutdown, the environment becomes one of the biggest victims, with the least voice to say “enough.” Tourists from all over the country are descending on Joshua Tree National Park and leaving tons of trash behind. Forty-year-old Sabra Purdy, who co-owns a rock-climbing guide service, Clif ... Continue reading

Volvo's Gustafsson Sells Subscriptions – No Cars Displayed At NAIAS

Volvo's Gustafsson Sells Subscriptions – No Cars Displayed At NAIAS

Without a single car or SUV on display, Volvo CEO Anders Gustafsson commanded a respectable crowd as keynote speaker of the North American International Auto Show last week. He addressed Volvo’s global sales record in 2018 and its pitch for subscription sales to bolster millennial business. ... Continue reading

Forbes: 12 New Cars with the Worst One-Year Resale Values

Forbes: 12 New Cars with the Worst One-Year Resale Values

Washington DC January 22, 2019; The AIADA online reported that there's an old saying that a new car loses a certain percentage of its original value the moment it's driven off a dealer's lot, and that's largely true. According to Forbes, depreciation is typically one of a new vehicle's biggest long-term ownership costs ... Continue reading

First 2020 Mustang Shelby GT500 Auctioned for $1.1 Million to Help Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Cure Kids with Diabetes

First 2020 Mustang Shelby GT500 Auctioned for $1.1 Million to Help Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Cure Kids with Diabetes

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 18, 2019 – The very first model of the most powerful factory Mustang ever was auctioned tonight for $1.1 million as it goes for the famed muscle car’s biggest win ever – trying to help researchers cure children with type 1 diabetes. ... Continue reading

Enjoy The Drive - Joshua Trees National Park

Enjoy The Drive - Joshua Trees National Park

Surrounded by twisted, spiky trees straight out of a Dr. Seuss book, you might begin to question your map. ... Continue reading

Automotive News Digest; Week Ending January 19, 2019 - Compiled By Executive Producer Larry Nutson

Automotive News Digest; Week Ending January 19, 2019 - Compiled By Executive Producer Larry Nutson

Detroit; NACTOY; EYE ON; Ford VW; AHOF Inductees; Chevrolet Commercial Pulled; Autobahn Slow-up; Tesla Layoff; Colorado Emissions; Hyundai and Kia Recall; Dakar; Glen Wood RIP ... Continue reading

The Best of the 2019 North American International Auto Show - Opinion From Tom Cannell and Steve Purdy

The Best of the 2019 North American International Auto Show - Opinion From Tom Cannell and Steve Purdy

The Best of the 2019 North American International Auto Show By Steve Purdy and Thom Cannell The Auto Channel Michigan Bureau The North American International Auto Show in Detroit will never be the same. On that everyone agrees, including Rod Alberts, the show’s long-time director. ... Continue reading

The Last Detroit Auto Show in Winter - By Larry Nutson

The Last Detroit Auto Show in Winter - By Larry Nutson

The Last Detroit Auto Show in Winter Yes, there will be no more sloshing through blizzards or single digit temperatures after this year. Beginning in 2020 the Detroit Auto Show, the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), that is, will take place in June. ... Continue reading

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