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: Consumer Affairs

ROAD TRIP: Booking.com Reveals That Going Local is the Essential Ingredient for an Unforgettable Foodie Adventure

ROAD TRIP: Booking.com Reveals That Going Local is the Essential Ingredient for an Unforgettable Foodie Adventure

AMSTERDAM, June 6, 2018 -- Booking.com data from over 50,000 global travelers, reveals six in ten travelers (61%) pick a destination for great food or drink. There's no denying the significance of culinary travel, with more than a third (34%) of travelers, rising to 40% of millennials, planning to take a food trip in 2 ... Continue reading

TomTom EV "Recharge When and Where" eMobility Service Wins TU-Automotive Award+VIDEO

TomTom EV "Recharge When and Where" eMobility Service Wins TU-Automotive Award+VIDEO

TomTom (TOM2) last night picked-up the award for Best eMobility Product or Service at the TU-Automotive Awards in Detroit, MI. The service to take home the title was TomTom’s Electric Vehicle (EV) Service – which is designed to help drivers make informed decisions about when and where to charge their vehicles. ... Continue reading

The Nuclear Reactor That Makes Its Own Fuel

The Nuclear Reactor That Makes Its Own Fuel

To say that nuclear energy has a bad name would be an understatement. To say that it has a future, however, would be to state the obvious. ... Continue reading

Alpine A110 Crowned Motor Sport Magazine's Car Of The Year 2018

Alpine A110 Crowned Motor Sport Magazine's Car Of The Year 2018

Already a multi-award-winner before UK deliveries have even started, the new Alpine A110 was crowned Car of the Year 2018 at Motor Sport Magazine’s Hall of Fame Awards last night, held at the Royal Automobile Club in Woodcote Park, Surrey (England). The Alpine was praised by Motor Sport’s jury for being excellently ... Continue reading

Ford Prepared for Toughest Le Mans 24 Hours Yet

Ford Prepared for Toughest Le Mans 24 Hours Yet

When the 2018 Le Mans 24 Hours gets underway next week (June 16-17) the Ford Chip Ganassi Racing team will face its greatest challenge yet. The class in which the Ford GTs compete at Le Mans - ‘GTE Pro’ – now boasts 17 of the world’s best GT cars and 51 of the world’s fastest racing drivers, making it the fie ... Continue reading

2018 Acura RDX Earns Parents Magazine Spot on '10 Best Family Cars 2018' List

2018 Acura RDX Earns Parents Magazine Spot on '10 Best Family Cars 2018' List

Jun 5, 2018 - TORRANCE, CA. The 2018 Acura RDX has been named as one of the ‘10 Best Family Cars 2018’ by the experts at Parents magazine and Edmunds.com. ... Continue reading

AccuWeather & Garmin To Show Off New Driver Centric Integrated Weather Innovation at TU-Automotive Show

AccuWeather & Garmin To Show Off New Driver Centric Integrated Weather Innovation at TU-Automotive Show

New Driver Centric Integrated Weather Innovation at TU-Automotive Show Each year in the U.S., there are over 1.3 million crashes that are weather-related. AccuWeather Go monitors all drive-relevant weather conditions and provides drivers peace of mind, offering advance notification of impending weather that will impact ... Continue reading

The New Face of the Q Family: the Audi Q8

The New Face of the Q Family: the Audi Q8

The Audi Q8 combines the elegance of a four-door luxury coupé with the practical versatility of a large SUV. Richly equipped, comprehensively connected and tough enough for off-road duty, it is a confident companion for business and leisure. ... Continue reading

Barrett-Jackson Brings its 3rd Annual Northeast Auction to Online Buyers on Proxibid

Barrett-Jackson Brings its 3rd Annual Northeast Auction to Online Buyers on Proxibid

1953 was the 50th anniversary of Buick, and the company celebrated by producing only 1,690 Skylark Convertibles, including this rare vehicle up for bid in Barrett-Jackson's 3rd Annual Northeast Auction June 21-23 at Mohegan Sun and online on Proxibid. ... Continue reading

Watch Live Broadcast of Audi Brand Summit Right Here Today +VIDEO

Watch Live Broadcast of Audi Brand Summit Right Here Today +VIDEO

At the Audi Brand Summit in the technology hotspot Shenzhen, the brand will present its Chinese market initiative with models from the Q family and mobility topics for the future. ... Continue reading

Full-Size Lego McLaren 720S Now On Display in Los Angeles at Petersen Automotive Museum

Full-Size Lego McLaren 720S Now On Display in Los Angeles at Petersen Automotive Museum

Fans of McLaren Automotive and LEGO now have the opportunity to see the full-size LEGO McLaren 720S on display at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. The 1:1 scale model was completed with help by museum visitors, who placed the final orange bricks on the LEGO McLaren 720S on Saturday, June 2nd. The full-siz ... Continue reading

Volvo USA Introduces Next Generation Roadside Assistance

Volvo USA Introduces Next Generation Roadside Assistance

Volvo Car USA has introduced a new generation of roadside assistance technology that will dramatically improve response time to Volvo customers in need. With the use of advanced tracking technology, Volvo customers can pin-point where help is with real-time information. ... Continue reading

Michelin Challenge Design Announces Global Winners of 'Concours d'Elegance 2050'

Michelin Challenge Design Announces Global Winners of 'Concours d'Elegance 2050'

GREENVILLE, S.C., June 4, 2018 -- Michelin today announced the winners of the 18th global Michelin Challenge Design competition, "Michelin Concours d'Elegance 2050 – Future Classic." Works by individuals and teams of designers from Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, China, France, India, Russia, South Korea and the United S ... Continue reading

Toyota to Showcase Travel Simulator at International Tokyo Toy Show 2018

Toyota to Showcase Travel Simulator at International Tokyo Toy Show 2018

The event will be held at Tokyo Big Sight for four days, from June 7 to 10(1).Toyota has been exhibiting a series of Camatte(2) concepts at the Tokyo Toy Show every year since 2012, to create a sense of joy and excitement around motor vehicles in the next generation, to encourage parents and children to become more fam ... Continue reading

Restored Raybestos 1953 Chevy Pickup Revealed

Restored Raybestos 1953 Chevy Pickup Revealed

MCHENRY, Ill., June 4, 2018 -- The Raybestos® 1953 Chevrolet® pickup build project is complete. The restored classic will now hit the road for a North American tour before one lucky automotive professional wins it for their very own. ... 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

August 2025

Select Another Month