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

News By Topic: 2009 New Vehicle Reviews

Four Wheeler Magazine Editors Name Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Best 4x4 Vehicle of the Decade

Four Wheeler Magazine Editors Name Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Best 4x4 Vehicle of the Decade

- Four-door Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon hailed as Most Significant 4x4 - AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Jan. 6 -- -- Four Wheeler editors refer to creation of four-door Wrangler as "...one of smartest product moves any automotive company has ever made" -- Jeep Wrangler Unlimited remains the only four-door convertible on the ... Continue reading

PickupTrucks.com and AutoPacific Announce their Most Significant Trucks of the Decade

PickupTrucks.com and AutoPacific Announce their Most Significant Trucks of the Decade

CHICAGO, Dec. 28 -- PickupTucks.com and AutoPacific have taken a look at all the new trucks sold in the last 10 years and made their picks for the most significant trucks of the decade. The trucks that made the list introduced cutting edge technologies and pushed the segment into new territory. "Despite the economic ch ... Continue reading

2009 MAZDA6 i GRAND TOURING IN DC - REVIEW

2009 MAZDA6 i GRAND TOURING IN DC - REVIEW

Touring the Nation's Capital in an American Car By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com [Mazda6 Front] We wanted a car with some American credentials for this road trip to the nation’s capitol. But what exactly constitutes an American car is a bit in dispute. A Chevy Aveo, for example, may be entirely Korean and a Camry ... Continue reading

Ford Fusion Hybrid Earns Spot on CAR and DRIVER's List of '10Best' Cars for 2010

Ford Fusion Hybrid Earns Spot on CAR and DRIVER's List of '10Best' Cars for 2010

DEARBORN, Mich. , The hits keep coming for America's most fuel-efficient midsize sedan, the Ford Fusion. The Fusion Hybrid has been honored as one of CAR and DRIVER magazine's "10Best" cars for 2010, just weeks after winning the prestigious MOTOR TREND Car of the Year� award. "CAR and DRIVER is always looking fo ... Continue reading

2009 Ford Fusion In America's Top 10 Selling Vehicles, No. 1 Selling Domestic Car

2009 Ford Fusion In America's Top 10 Selling Vehicles, No. 1 Selling Domestic Car

DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 12, 2009 – Soaring sales of the Ford Fusion have made 2009 already a record-breaking year for America’s most fuel-efficient midsize sedan. Sales for 2009 already have reached 151,137 units, eclipsing the previous Fusion full-year sales high of 149,552 in 2007. Importantly, Fusion sales a ... Continue reading

Post Cash for Clunkers Incentives & Rebates That Beat What the CARS Program Offered

Post Cash for Clunkers Incentives & Rebates That Beat What the CARS Program Offered

- NADAguides.com Gives Consumers Hope by Listing Industry's Best Car Deals - ORANGE COUNTY, Calif., Nov. 10 -- NADAguides.com, the leading provider of pricing information and market research for cars, classics, RVs, motorcycles and boats, has more relief in store for consumers. With the "Cash for Clunkers" or Cash Allo ... Continue reading

2009 GMC Yukon Denali Hybrid Review

2009 GMC Yukon Denali Hybrid Review

THE AUTO PAGE By JOHN HEILIG SPECIFICATIONS Model: 2009 GMC Yukon Denali Hybrid Engine: 6.0-liter V8 plus hybrid propulsion Horsepower/Torque: 332 hp @ 5,100 rpm/367 lb.-ft. @ 4,100 rpm Transmission: 2-mode hybrid with 4 fixed gears Wheelbase: 116.0 in. Length/Width/Height: 202.0 x 79.0 x 77.0 in. Tires: P285/45R22 Car ... Continue reading

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2009 NISSAN 370Z REVIEW

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2009 NISSAN 370Z REVIEW

HEELS ON WHEELS By Katrina Ramser San Francisco Bureau The Auto Channel INTRO TO THE 370Z VEHICLE Is there a letter in the alphabet cooler than the letter "Z"? Nissan seems to know this and has built an automotive history stretching over 40 years around the character, combined with a simple formula – keep a car sh ... Continue reading

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2009 MINI COOPER CONVERTIBLE REVIEW

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2009 MINI COOPER CONVERTIBLE REVIEW

<p>HEELS ON WHEELS <br>By Katrina Ramser <br>San Francisco Bureau <br>The Auto Channel </p><p> <b>INTRO TO THE MINI VEHICLE</b> <br>MINI Coopers are so hip an entire generation of followers has emerged to celebrate its cuteness. To own a Cooper is to own a piece of coolness – but to own a MINI Convertible is to be ... Continue reading

2010 Dodge Ram Heavy Duty and 2010 Dodge Dakota Take Top Honors at the Texas Auto Writers Annual Texas Truck Rodeo

2010 Dodge Ram Heavy Duty and 2010 Dodge Dakota Take Top Honors at the Texas Auto Writers Annual Texas Truck Rodeo

- All-new 2010 Ram 3500 named "Heavy Duty Pickup Truck of Texas," beating 3/4- and one-ton competition - 2010 Dodge Dakota named "Mid-size Truck of Texas" SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 19 -- Dodge Ram Heavy Duty and Dodge Dakota took top honors at the Texas Auto Writers Association (TAWA) annual Truck Rodeo outside of San Antonio, ... Continue reading

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2009 BMW X5 iDRIVE35d REVIEW

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2009 BMW X5 iDRIVE35d REVIEW

HEELS ON WHEELS By Katrina Ramser San Francisco Bureau The Auto Channel INTRO TO THE X5 VEHICLE The BMW X5 is now equipped with a mean 3.0-liter inline twin-turbo diesel engine featuring the horsepower of a V8 but with the fuel efficiency of a 4-cylinder at 22-mpg driving. This is the X3's bigger brother and can fit up ... Continue reading

2009 Jeep Commander Limited 4 x 4 Review

2009 Jeep Commander Limited 4 x 4 Review

Text and Photos By Bruce Hubbars Jeep has been manufacturing vehicles for 68 years and is the ICON for true adventure on and off the road. The "Jeep" name originated back as World-War I Army motor pool personnel negatively referred to unproven vehicles and unproven recruits as "jeeps". Kaiser and later American Motors ... Continue reading

TRIO OF CARS MAKE A CLEAN SWEEP OF AUTOPACIFIC'S 2009 AWARDS

TRIO OF CARS MAKE A CLEAN SWEEP OF AUTOPACIFIC'S 2009 AWARDS

Luxury and Economy Cars Stand Out in Data from 32,000 Consumers TUSTIN, Calif. (September 1, 2009) – Three cars stand above the crowd of 2009 model year vehicles, as judged by owners participating in research firm AutoPacific's annual survey. Of the vehicles that earned honors in AutoPacific's 2009 awards, only th ... Continue reading

Hyundai Genesis Sedan Most Decorated

Hyundai Genesis Sedan Most Decorated

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA - August 30, 2009; Hyundai's all-new flagship, the Genesis sedan, launched to significant anticipation culminating with its coronation as the 2009 North American Car of the Year – the first time a Korean brand has ever achieved the honor. But Genesis didn't stop there, accumulating honor after ... Continue reading

2009 Ford F-150 Lariat 4x4 Platinum Edition Review

2009 Ford F-150 Lariat 4x4 Platinum Edition Review

2009 FORD F-150 PLATINUM EDITION LARIAT 4X4 By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Ford’s popular (best selling vehicle in the US for 30-some years) F-150 pickup is our tester this week. We have the long wheel-base (157-inch) Platinum Edition, 4X4 with SuperCrew cab and Lariat trim. In doing some researc ... 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

July 2025

    1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31    

Select Another Month