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2020 Mazda CX-9 Signature AWD Review by David Colman

2020 Mazda CX-9 Signature AWD Review by David Colman

To celebrate that anniversary, how about buying a Japanese vehicle that's not only built in Japan, but also equipped with a Japanese built engine and transmission? In this era, when most "Japanese" cars and trucks sold in America (read Honda and Toyota) are made in America, an all-Japanese product like the 2020 CX-9 is ... Continue reading

The New 2021 BMW M3 Sedan and M4 Coupe

The New 2021 BMW M3 Sedan and M4 Coupe

New generation of M3 and M4. 473 hp core models and 503 hp Competition models. ... Continue reading

NHTSA Child Safety Changes

NHTSA Child Safety Changes

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Announces Major Improvements to Child Passenger Safety WASHINGTON –The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today introduced a new crash test dummy and proposed new regulatory updates to improve the safety of child restrain ... Continue reading

Watchout Carvana, Vroom, Cars.com, CarGuru, Etc; CarMax America's Largest Used Car Retailer Enters Online Used Car Home Delivery Fray

Watchout Carvana, Vroom, Cars.com, CarGuru, Etc; CarMax America's Largest Used Car Retailer Enters Online Used Car Home Delivery Fray

CarMax customers have the option to buy a car online and receive delivery through contactless curbside pickup, available nationwide, or home delivery, available to most customers. ... Continue reading

Geely To Partner With Intel To Offer Advanced ADAS

Geely To Partner With Intel To Offer Advanced ADAS

Geely Auto Group, the largest privately held auto manufacturer in China, unveiled the highly anticipated premium electric vehicle (EV) Zero Concept from Lynk & Co – a brand under Geely Auto Group – at a Lynk & Co brand event held in conjunction with the Beijing Auto Show. ... Continue reading

2020 Honda CR-V 1.5T AWD TOURING Review By David Colman +VIDEO

2020 Honda CR-V 1.5T AWD TOURING Review By David Colman +VIDEO

It's a winner in every regard By David Colman Special Correspondent to THE AUTO CHANNEL Until we needed to pass a slow moving vehicle on a twisty stretch of road, the CR-V seemed like a refined but innocuous SUV without much of a spine. But when the call came from brain to foot to throttle to engine, the CR-V responded ... Continue reading

Volkswagen unveils the all-new 2021 ID.4 electric SUV

Volkswagen unveils the all-new 2021 ID.4 electric SUV

he brand’s first long-range EV to be sold stateside. This compact SUV will offer all the best features of Volkswagen’s current lineup—hallmark driving dynamics, bold design, and advanced technology—along with long-range EV capability and three years of fast charging with Electrify America for no additional cost ... Continue reading

Letter from Europe. Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief

Letter from Europe. Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief

I’ve been writing for The Auto Channel since 1996 and the only time a report disappeared between the computer and the office was one on Tota’s C-HR and the Lexus GS-F. The contrast between the two could not be bigger. By Toyota’s very high standards the C-HR falls into the modest category. ... Continue reading

Open Letter to Chevron Lubricants - Common Fuel Related Problems for Boat Engines

Open Letter to Chevron Lubricants - Common Fuel Related Problems for Boat Engines

Hi Joe - I just finished reading the story you wrote on August 21st for the Chevron Lubricants website regarding common fuel problems for boat engines. ("Common fuel-related problems for boat engines And how to avoid them." My finding and reading of your story came at a surprisingly coincidental time: I just finished r ... Continue reading

Car Keys Express Launches Groundbreaking Car Key Replacement App

Car Keys Express Launches Groundbreaking Car Key Replacement App

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 22, 2020 -- Car Keys Express, the US-based global leader in automotive key replacement, has announced the release of their mobile application designed to create fully operational car keys leveraging the use of consumers' mobile phones. ... Continue reading

LIVE LAUNCH ALL-NEW 2021 KIA SORENTO

LIVE LAUNCH ALL-NEW 2021 KIA SORENTO

Most Powerful HEV in its class1: 227-horsepower and estimated 37 MPG combined Available Plug-in Hybrid option with 261 horsepower and an estimated 30 miles of pure electric driving range More interior flexibility: Improved legroom and cargo room than outgoing Sorento, and available second-row captain’s chairs, allowi ... Continue reading

Oh My! Things Must Be VERY BAD For Forbes, They Take A Low Road And Move Into Click-bait Publishing With "37 New Cars To Avoid".

Oh My! Things Must Be VERY BAD For Forbes, They Take A Low Road And Move Into Click-bait Publishing With "37 New Cars To Avoid".

My oh my what help is there for the reat of us when the popul;ar and well funded Forbes Magazine resorts to Click-bait to eeek revenue out of the pits of the web. Forbes list of 37 cars to stay away from. ... Continue reading

2021 ACURA RDX PMC Edition in Stunning Thermal Orange Pearl Paint Repeeled +VIDEO

2021 ACURA RDX PMC Edition in Stunning Thermal Orange Pearl Paint Repeeled +VIDEO

Acura’s top-selling SUV over the last two years gains a healthy dose of NSX supercar DNA with the creation of the 2021 RDX PMC Edition, the fourth vehicle hand assembled by master technicians at Acura’s Performance Manufacturing Center (PMC) in Ohio. ... Continue reading

EV Motoring: Karma Automotive Electrifying, All−Electric Vehicle and New GS Series

EV Motoring: Karma Automotive Electrifying, All−Electric Vehicle and New GS Series

Karma Automotive today announced it will be introducing a new name for a family of vehicles in 2021 called the GS Series. ... Continue reading

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