2013 Mazda CX-5 SKYACTIV Ride and Review By Steve Purdy
Mar 11, 2012
2013 MAZDA CX-5 First Full Application of SKYACTIV Technologies By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau The compact CUV market, one of the fastest growing segments in the U.S., gets a new contender from Mazda â the CX-5. Getting to dealers now it is unlike most others in this genre in that it shares archi ... Continue reading
2012 Amelia Island Concours D'Elegance March 9-11
Mar 8, 2012
Amelia Island Concours DâElegance Opens the Classic and Collector Car Show Season By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Amelia Island Florida, March 8, 2012 This weekend begins the classic and collector car show season with the 14th presentation of the Amelia Island Concours dâElegance at the Ritz ... Continue reading
Mar 6, 2012
By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau The Hyundai folks are nothing if not efficient and effective. They brought a gaggle of us to Las Vegas in the dead of winter (winter in Vegas, by the way, is 55 and sunny) to experience not one, but three cars â the uber-luxury sedan Equus with new V8, the all-new, ... Continue reading
2012 Toyota Prius c Review and Road Test by Steve Purdy +VIDEO
Feb 28, 2012
2012 TOYOTA PRIUS c A New Family Member By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau You may know that Toyotaâs hybrid Prius, now in its third generation, owns fully half the hybrid/electric car market in the U.S. Early adopters, tree huggers, technology lovers adopted Prius right from its Japanese birth in 19 ... Continue reading
2012 Chicago Auto Show Wrap-up +VIDEO
Feb 12, 2012
The 104th Annual Chicago Auto Show By Steve Purdy (Detroit Bureau)Thom Cannell (Detroit Bureau) Larry Nutson (Chicago Bureau) The Auto Channel First staged in 1901, the Chicago Auto Show is the largest auto show in North America and has been held more times than any other auto exposition on the continent. This year mar ... Continue reading
Mopar's Big Four 75th Birthday Presents
Feb 6, 2012
By Thom Cannell Senior Editor Steve Purdy Detroit Editor The Auto Channel Detroit Bureau Celebrating the brandâs 75th anniversary a group of journalists and enthusiasts gathered at the Mopar Accessory and Performance Lab in Centerline, Michigan last week for a sneak peek of four Mopar branded vehicles to be introd ... Continue reading
2012 Nissan NV 2500 High Roof V6 Utility Van Review By Steve Purdy
Feb 5, 2012
2012 NISSAN NV 2500 V6 SV UTILITY VAN A Brief Respite from Car Reviews By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau We had to do some serious hauling this weekend and the good folks at Nissan were kind enough to offer up a new âHigh Roofâ NV 2500 cargo van for the job. You may be surprised to know that Ni ... Continue reading
2012 Ford Focus Review and Comparison by Steve Purdy +VIDEO
Jan 30, 2012
By Steve Purdy The Auto Channel Detroit Bureau I had a few minutes to make a direct comparison as I swapped last weekâs Chevrolet Cruze for this weekâs Ford Focus. Both are fresh new designs and both represent the fastest growing segment of the auto market â the compact or small car, segment. They happen ... Continue reading
2012 Detroit Auto Show - Purdy and Cannell Wrap-up
Jan 15, 2012
NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW 2012 - Coming Back Strong By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau We stayed in a remarkably shabby hotel in downtown Detroit this year (good thing we were only sleeping there) but it was close to the infamous âPeople Moverâ and next door to $5/day parking. The M ... Continue reading
2012 North American Car and Truck of the Year Finalists
Dec 18, 2011
NORTH AMERICAN CAR AND TRUCK OF THE YEAR FINALISTS By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau The ornate second-floor ballroom of the historic Detroit Athletic Club was packed with media and auto industry folks, all members of the Automotive Press Association, as finalists for the 2012 North American Car and Truc ... Continue reading
2012 Nissan Juke SL AWD CVT Ride and Review By Steve Purdy +Video
Dec 10, 2011
NISSAN JUKE SL AWD SVT Is it a Ca-ute or What? By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau It is ever more difficult to classify all the new cars coming into the market, putting them into pat categories. Since the advent of sport-utility vehicles and shortly thereafter crossover-utility vehicles, segments have con ... Continue reading
2013 Lexus Launch - GS 350, GS-F Sport and GS 450h Previews
Dec 9, 2011
LEXUS GS 350, GS-F SPORT AND GS 450H By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau I guess itâs about time for Lexus to refresh their line of contenders in the mid-size luxury sedan market â the GS. The third generation GS, dating from the 2006 model year, is getting a bit long in the tooth, as they say, a ... Continue reading
2012 Chevrolet Volt Review By Steve Purdy
Nov 25, 2011
2012 CHEVROLET VOLT The Extended Range Electric Car By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau GM put a lot of eggs in this electric car basket. Development costs ran into the billions of dollars in spite of the Volt being essentially built on the Cruze platform. Of course that platform had to be substantially mo ... Continue reading
2011 Volkswagen Touareg TDI Road Trip and Review By Steve Purdy
Nov 14, 2011
2011 VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG TDI LAKE TAHOE ROAD TRIP REVIEW Exploring the Mountains in a Luxurious SUV By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau [DSC 8391] If youâre following these stories youâll know this is our second of three road trips of the fall season. The first was last month, the Wisconsin Dells ... Continue reading
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