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2018 Dodge Durango SRT 392 Why Not! Review By Larry Nutson

2018 Dodge Durango SRT 392 Why Not! Review By Larry Nutson

2018 Dodge Durango SRT 392 Why not! Dodge says the Durango SRT 392 is the fastest and most capable three-row SUV with a National Hot Rod Association (NHRA)–certified quarter-mile time of 12.9 seconds and capable of 0-60 miles per hour (mph) acceleration in 4.4 seconds. So, you get the picture.. ... Continue reading

Gasoline At 4 Year High - Have A Nice Drive

Gasoline At 4 Year High - Have A Nice Drive

The U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline on August 27, 2018, was $2.83 per gallon (gal), the highest price on the Monday before Labor Day since 2014, when it was $3.45/gal, and 43 cents/gal higher than the same time last year (Figure 1). A higher North Sea Brent crude oil price—nearly $23 per barrel (b) hig ... Continue reading

Dave Redinger - The Neighbourhood Mechanic

Dave Redinger - The Neighbourhood Mechanic

Dave is a licensed auto mechanic with over 40 years in the trade. For the past 24 years he has operated Dr. H. Honda Specialists in Etobcoke Toronto). Dave the neighborhood mechanic can be heard answering his neighbors car questions on AM740 radio each Saturday at 9 AM. Some of these conversations will also be publishe ... Continue reading

Car Or Cocoon? How Valeo Is Helping Build A Car That Actually Cares About You +VIDEO

Car Or Cocoon? How Valeo Is Helping Build A Car That Actually Cares About You +VIDEO

The average American will spend approximately 37,935 hours driving over the course of their lifetime. The amount of time — close to two hours per day — that we spend at the wheel has taken its toll on us. ... Continue reading

IEEE: Colorado Prepares to Install "Smart Road" Product by Integrated Roadways

IEEE: Colorado Prepares to Install "Smart Road" Product by Integrated Roadways

Integrated Roadways is preparing to install four slabs of concrete embedded with sensors at this intersection in a pilot test with the Colorado Department of Transportation. Advertisement Editor’s Picks On 30 August, a startup plans to add its “smart pavement” to an intersection in an industrial corner of Denver. ... Continue reading

City drivers slow down for lower speed limit in Boston

City drivers slow down for lower speed limit in Boston

Practical applications: Local communities should consider lowering speed limits to improve road safety. The current practice of setting speed limits according to the 85th percentile free-flow speeds, without consideration of other characteristics of the roadway, can be a hurdle for local communities looking to lower sp ... Continue reading

2019 Honda Insight Named Top Safety Pick+ by IIHS

2019 Honda Insight Named Top Safety Pick+ by IIHS

TORRANCE, Calif. August 28, 2018; Insight earns top ratings in all IIHS crashworthiness evaluations Collision Mitigation Braking System™ feature of standard Honda Sensing® rated ... Continue reading

Enjoy The Drive; ROAD TRIP: Camping On The Banks Of The Lachine Canal National Historic Site

Enjoy The Drive; ROAD TRIP: Camping On The Banks Of The Lachine Canal National Historic Site

Parks Canada delighted by strong interest for the Learn-to camp program in Montreal MONTRÉAL, June 17, 2018; Parks Canada welcomed more than 150 new campers to the Lachine Canal National Historic Site for this weekend's Learn-to camp overnight event. The program, offered in cooperation with MEC, helps new campers acqu ... Continue reading

Enjoy A Great Drive Though Normandy France - Will An Aston Martin Fit Through The Chunnel?

Enjoy A Great Drive Though Normandy France - Will An Aston Martin Fit Through The Chunnel?

Publishers Note: Twenty-two years ago when we first published the on-line version of The Auto Channel, there was no talk or even a thought (except for Jetson Fans) of ever having to consider giving up our freedom of mobility and the many pleasures of driving, in exchange for a robotic ride controlled by a bundle of (ma ... Continue reading

Dear Cadillac, I LOVE my 2006 SRX but...

Dear Cadillac, I LOVE my 2006 SRX but...

by Rhoda Faller I adore my new SRX. It is beautiful. It drives like a dream. It is exceedingly quiet eliminating road noise, with an extremly smooth ride. Visibility is great from the front, the rear and from the side view mirrors. ... Continue reading

10 Cars That Are Being Discontinued in 2018 and Beyond AIADA News Letter

10 Cars That Are Being Discontinued in 2018 and Beyond AIADA News Letter

Washington DC August 27, 2018; The AIADA newsletter reported that as automakers introduce new additions to their lineups, it is inevitable there will be cars destined for the chopping block every year, reports Business Insider. Cars get discontinued for a variety of reasons including poor sales, a shift in market trend ... Continue reading

2019 Acura NSX Debuts In Monterey

2019 Acura NSX Debuts In Monterey

Acura Takes Center Stage at Monterey Car Week With Global Debut of 2019 NSX •2019 Acura NSX revealed with eye catching Thermal Orange Pearl paint, design and chassis enhancements •Acura vehicles on display at Concours on the Avenue and The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering Acura introduced the 2019 NSX supercar and co ... Continue reading

Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance: Sports cars of the 1930s from Mercedes-Benz

Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance: Sports cars of the 1930s from Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz Classic is exhibiting two outstanding automobiles from the company’s own vehicle collection at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance 2018. This collection is unique in the automotive industry in terms of its importance and size. ... Continue reading

Nissan Altima USA Plant Investment - We Believe!

Nissan Altima USA Plant Investment - We Believe!

Nissan invests $170 million in U.S. assembly plants to build all-new Altima Nissan has invested $170 million to upgrade its U.S. assembly plants with the latest in manufacturing technology to produce the 2019 Nissan Altima; Nissan has now invested nearly $12 billion across its U.S. manufacturing footprint. Production o ... Continue reading

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