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GEICO Reminds Campers to Prepare Your RV for the Winter

GEICO Reminds Campers to Prepare Your RV for the Winter

WASHINGTON--It’s been an exceptionally wet year for most of the East Coast, creating the perfect storm for a spectacular fall color fest. Cool temperatures and an array of colors are every camper’s delight. ... Continue reading

2018 BMW X1 Review By Larry Nutson; Enjoy The Drive

2018 BMW X1 Review By Larry Nutson; Enjoy The Drive

Various options are offered in Luxury, M Sport, Driving Assistance and Convenience Packages. Leather interior trim, heated front seats and steering wheel, panoramic moonroof, navigation, head-up display, and power-folding outside mirrors all can be had. ... Continue reading

2019 Hyundai Kona Electric Gives 258 Miles of Estimated Range

2019 Hyundai Kona Electric Gives 258 Miles of Estimated Range

2019 Hyundai Kona Electric Recalibrates the Eco CUV Formula with an Impressive 258 Miles of Estimated Range Generous 258-Mile Estimated Range style Needs New Electric CUV offers Youthful Design, Sporty Driving Character, Leading Safety Technology and Advanced Infotainment Features in an Affordable, Compact Footprint Ab ... Continue reading

2019 Hyundai NEXO: The Next-Generation Fuel Cell SUV

2019 Hyundai NEXO: The Next-Generation Fuel Cell SUV

NEXO is a Hyundai advanced technological showcase with only clean H2O emissions New Advanced Driver Assistance Systems include Remote Smart Parking Assist and Lane Following Assist NEXO is the only mass-produced fuel cell SUV for the U.S. market and boasts an estimated range of 380 miles NEXO battery is covered by Hyun ... Continue reading

Toyota Conducting Safety Recall Involving Certain C-Hr Vehicles

Toyota Conducting Safety Recall Involving Certain C-Hr Vehicles

PLANO, TX - October 12, 2018: Toyota is conducting a safety recall involving certain 2019 Model Year C-HR vehicles in the U.S. Approximately 700 vehicles are involved in this recall. There is a possibility that one or more rear axle bearing bolts on some vehicles may not have been tightened sufficiently during the manu ... Continue reading

Hyundai CRADLE Invests in Perceptive Automata to Bring Human Intuition Software to Self-Driving Cars

Hyundai CRADLE Invests in Perceptive Automata to Bring Human Intuition Software to Self-Driving Cars

Hyundai CRADLE Invests in Perceptive Automata to Bring Human Intuition Software to Self-Driving Cars MENLO PARK, Calif., Oct. 9, 2018 – Hyundai CRADLE, Hyundai Motor Company’s corporate venturing and open innovation business, today announced it is investing in Perceptive Automata to develop artificial intelligence ... Continue reading

Letter From Europe; Grandpa Andrew Pays Attention To SUV Competition Tiguan and Ascent

Letter From Europe; Grandpa Andrew Pays Attention To SUV Competition Tiguan and Ascent

This the very first Letter from Europe since I’ve become a grandfather for the very first time. Pretty amazing feeling I must say. ... Continue reading

Ford Motor Company Issues Recall in North America for Select 2017-18 Ford GT Vehicles for Hydraulic Fluid Leak

Ford Motor Company Issues Recall in North America for Select 2017-18 Ford GT Vehicles for Hydraulic Fluid Leak

DEARBORN, Mich., Oct. 10, 2018 – Ford is issuing a recall for approximately 200 select 2017-18 Ford GT vehicles. ... Continue reading

Aston Martin Vantage and DBS Superleggera Win Top Honors at Motor Awards 2018

Aston Martin Vantage and DBS Superleggera Win Top Honors at Motor Awards 2018

Aston Martin has achieved double success at the inaugural Motor Awards with The Sun and Sunday Times, collecting two prestigious awards at a star-studded ceremony in London last night. The nominees for each award were chosen by a panel of motoring experts at News UK, before being put to a public vote. ... Continue reading

Strategic Vision Names Genesis G80 Highest-Ranked "Near-Luxury Car"

Strategic Vision Names Genesis G80 Highest-Ranked "Near-Luxury Car"

This is the second win for Genesis in the last two years, including a win by G90 in the “Luxury Car” category. ... Continue reading

NADA; Right Answers? Wrong Questions! Exploding EV and other myths

NADA; Right Answers? Wrong Questions! Exploding EV and other myths

Despite these being "incredibly exciting times" in the industry, those news media covering it that should have a "healthy skepticism" are not asking enough critical, sometimes disruptive questions, not challenging enough assertions, not asking for enough proof. (Except for The Auto Channel, see below) Those are what ne ... Continue reading

Bavaria Does it Best: Mercedes SL Ranks Highest with Owners in Strategic Vision’s Annual 2018 Total Quality Awards

Bavaria Does it Best: Mercedes SL Ranks Highest with Owners in Strategic Vision’s Annual 2018 Total Quality Awards

SAN DIEGO--German manufacturers have always known how to create high-quality vehicles, and this year is no exception. The Mercedes-Benz SL-Class comes in on top this year, beating out runner-up (and last years’ winner) the Porsche Macan, according to the results of Strategic Vision’s 2018 Total Quality Impact™ (T ... Continue reading

Celebrate the Year-Round Availability of E15 with a Delicious YankeeRita - Made with 100% American Whiskey (Ethanol)

Celebrate the Year-Round Availability of E15 with a Delicious YankeeRita - Made with 100% American Whiskey (Ethanol)

Several years ago, I kicked off my speech at the annual American Coalition of Ethanol by toasting all the attendees with my margarita concoction that used Catdaddy Spiced Moonshine. ... Continue reading

Sicily In A 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio - Review By Larry Nutson

Sicily In A 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio - Review By Larry Nutson

Through the courtesy of Alfa Romeo we would be driving a new Stelvio around Sicily. Upon arrival at the airport we made our way to the Motor Village Palermo to meet our contact, Antonio, and the Stelvio. ... Continue reading

2018 Audi A4 2.0 TFSI S Tronic quattro AWD in Sedona - Travel Review From A Shunpiker’s Journal

2018 Audi A4 2.0 TFSI S Tronic quattro AWD in Sedona - Travel Review From A Shunpiker’s Journal

2018 AUDI A4 TURBO QUATTRO with S TRONIC in SEDONA Travel Review from A Shunpiker’s Journal By Steve Purdy The Auto Channel Michigan Bureau [Audi Front ¾] We’re still hanging out in the northern reaches of the Sonoran Desert surround by saguaro, cholla and javelina. Oh, and we’re also surrounded by some mighty u ... Continue reading

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