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2013 Volkswagen Passat S Rocky Mountain Review

2013 Volkswagen Passat S Rocky Mountain Review

2013 Volkswagen Passat S, review opinion, ... Continue reading

2014 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe Review By Steve Purdy

2014 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe Review By Steve Purdy

2014 CADILLAC CTS-V COUPE Best Lookin’ Stallion in the Herd By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Michigan Bureau The 2014 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe ranks as one of the most thrilling, exciting and coolest cars I’ve reviewed in recent years. We first saw the CTS Coupe at the Detroit auto show just a few years ago. Gas ... Continue reading

2014 GMC Sierra SLT Rocky Mountain Review

2014 GMC Sierra SLT Rocky Mountain Review

</p><p>By Dan Poler <br>Rocky Mountain Bureau <br>The Auto Channel </p><p>The light-duty truck market is a continual game of one-upsmanship – each year, GM, Toyota, Ford, and Ram compete to redesign, add more features, and to generally steal the spotlight from their competition. For 2014, the year belongs to the G ... Continue reading

Nutson's Nuggets - Automotive News Factoids November 18-24, 2013

Nutson's Nuggets - Automotive News Factoids November 18-24, 2013

* It was a global three-ring circus of auto shows this week with press previews in Los Angeles, Tokyo and Guangzhou, China. The Los Angeles auto show, considered the kick-off of the U.S. auto show season (or circus, if you like) brought a multitude of new product. Among them the new line of Audi A3s, BMW 4-series conve ... Continue reading

Auto Lab New York's Own Automotive Call In Show

Auto Lab New York's Own Automotive Call In Show

Car Question? Call Toll Free 888-286-9522 Auto Lab is a 25 year old interactive automotive-focused New York area radio call-in show hosted by Professor Harold Wolchok. Each week a cadre of experienced hands-on automotive experts are in-studio with advice for the New York area's 12 million people, providing listeners wi ... Continue reading

2013 LA Auto Show - Puma THE Truck For Extrovert People

2013 LA Auto Show - Puma THE Truck For Extrovert People

By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor The Auto Channel LOS ANGELES, November 21, 2013. The LA Auto Show usually offers quite some world and North American premieres. But it never lacks extreme cars. This year, right in the main lobby, we saw the Youabian Puma, an extreme 4-seater convertible truck for people who think ... Continue reading

2014 Buick Encore Heels on Wheels Review

2014 Buick Encore Heels on Wheels Review

HEELS ON WHEELS By Katrina Ramser San Francisco Bureau The Auto Channel Rich with elegance and agility, the 2014 Buick Encore brings small-sized crossover luxury for five. INTRO TO THE ENCORE VEHICLE The Encore is the most recent addition to the revised Buick brand, and its purpose is to do what the more common competi ... Continue reading

2014 Jeep Patriot Limited 4x4 Carey Russ Review

2014 Jeep Patriot Limited 4x4 Carey Russ Review

2014 Jeep Patriot Limited 4x4 Before there were SUVs, before there were crossovers, there were Jeeps. What was originally a World War II military utility vehicle was mustered into civilian service after the conflict. And while the core product, through multiple corporate owners, was and is very similar to that original ... Continue reading

2015 Porsche Macan SUV Unveiled Ahead of Los Angeles Auto Show +VIDEO

2015 Porsche Macan SUV Unveiled Ahead of Los Angeles Auto Show +VIDEO

</p><p>By Henny Hemmes <br>Senior European Editor <br>The Auto Channel </p><p>LOS ANGELES, November 19, 2013. Just 12 hours before the LA Auto Show will open its doors to the media, Porsche unveiled the new addition to its model range, the Macan. </p><p>With the compact SUV the German sports car brand is entering the p ... Continue reading

Mac Gordon's LA Auto Show Highlights

Mac Gordon's LA Auto Show Highlights

from Mac Gordon LOS ANGELES, CA November 18, 2013; A surprising bevy of technical firsts have been debuted at the LA show in the downtown Convention Center. To wit: Acura has unveiled the RCX premium sedan. It includes jewel eyed LED headlights , all-wheel steering and a suggested list price of a record $54,450. Cadill ... Continue reading

Fireball Tim Test Drives the 2014 KIA FORTE EX - Review

Fireball Tim Test Drives the 2014 KIA FORTE EX - Review

By Fireball Tim Lawrence HOLLYWOOD USA - November 18, 2013: When I was a kid, I didn't have too many choices in cars. Not because there weren't that many, but simply because I had only 1 weekend to find wheels. It was high school and it was 1981… I settled on the first car I found which was a four-door 1977 VW Das ... Continue reading

2014 Buick Encore - Big Features In A Small Package

2014 Buick Encore - Big Features In A Small Package

2014 Buick Encore - Big Features In A Small Package, 2014 Buick Encore Review and Opinion By Larry Nutson Senior Editor, New York Bureau The Auto Channel (DSC_4305) I’ve been wanting to drive Buick’s Encore since its appearance in the market about a year ago. I’ll admit I was somewhat conflicted with the ... Continue reading

Nutson's Nuggets - Automotive News Factoids November 11-17, 2013

Nutson's Nuggets - Automotive News Factoids November 11-17, 2013

* The completely redesigned 2014 Mazda6 mid-size sedan was named "Car of the Year" by Popular Mechanics magazine. Popular Mechanics named the new Chevrolet Corvette Stingray as its Performance Car of the Year, the Nissan Versa Note as its Value Car, the new Ram Heavy Duty as its Hauler, and the Mercedes-Benz S-Class ... Continue reading

One Year 15,000 Mile Test of Bridgestone Potenza Pole Position RE970 AS Super Premium Tires.

One Year 15,000 Mile Test of Bridgestone Potenza Pole Position RE970 AS Super Premium Tires.

Photo:Potenza RE970AS v2 Just a year ago we began a long term test of one super premium all season tire, a tire we reviewed in 2012 and thought highly of. That review was based on a single day’s testing, not thousands of miles. Our question to ourselves and the tire company was, would we continue to think it was w ... Continue reading

2014 Nissan Altima 2.5 SL Review and Recommendation

2014 Nissan Altima 2.5 SL Review and Recommendation

THE AUTO PAGE By John Heilig Model: 2014 Nissan Altima 2.5SL Engine: 2.5-liter DOHC I4 Horsepower/Torque: 182 hp @ 6,000 rpm/180 lb.-ft. @ 4,000 rpm Transmission: CVT Wheelbase: 109.3 in. Length x Width x Height: 191.5 x 72.0 x 57.9 in. Tires: P215/55R17 Cargo: 15.4 cu. ft. ... Continue reading

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