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2013 Volkswagen Golf - World Car of the Year 2013

2013 Volkswagen Golf - World Car of the Year 2013

By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor World Car Awards juror NEW YORK, March 28, 2013. The Volkswagen Golf is the 2013 World Car of the Year.. In addition to this title, also the award winners in the three other categories of the World Car Awards have been announced. The Porsche Boxster/Cayman is the winner of the Wor ... Continue reading

2014 Buick LaCrosse, Regal and Regal GS Take the Stage in the Shadows of the Highline.

2014 Buick LaCrosse, Regal and Regal GS Take the Stage in the Shadows of the Highline.

By Larry Nutson Senior Editor, New York Bureau The Auto Channel (DSC-2082) On the eve of the 2013 New York Auto Show media preview days taking place at the Jacob Javits Convention Center, auto writers gathered in old New York’s Meatpacking District for an early look at the redesign of two Buick sedans. When redesi ... Continue reading

2014 Cadillac CTS World Premier in New York City

2014 Cadillac CTS World Premier in New York City

By Larry Nutson Senior Editor, New York Bureau The Auto Channel (DSC_2092) New York City’s Lincoln Center Rose Theatre is designed acoustically to be the premier jazz performance hall in the world. Gorgeous both sonically and visually, Rose Theater utilizes ambitious elements to help tailor the sound quality of th ... Continue reading

Automotive Legend and American Icon Carroll Shelby Inducted into SCCA Hall of Fame

Automotive Legend and American Icon Carroll Shelby Inducted into SCCA Hall of Fame

LAS VEGAS--Carroll Shelby, founder of the Carroll Shelby Foundation, Carroll Shelby Licensing Inc., and Shelby American, Inc., wholly owned subsidiaries of Carroll Shelby International Inc., (Pink Sheets:CSBI), has been inducted into the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony took place ... Continue reading

Chrysler Unveils Five Special Editions At Detroit Athletic Club

Chrysler Unveils Five Special Editions At Detroit Athletic Club

By Steve Purdy The Auto Channel Michigan Bureau Detroit March 21, 2013; President and CEO of the Chrysler brand, Saad Chehab, a Detroit native, presented some fabulous cars to the assembled Automotive Press Association in downtown Detroit today. Talking about the resurgent company’s impressive sales gains of the p ... Continue reading

Nutson's Nuggets - Automotive News March 18-24, 2013 Just In-Case You Were Snoozing

Nutson's Nuggets - Automotive News March 18-24, 2013 Just In-Case You Were Snoozing

information we've seen this week it sounds like there will be plenty of announcements to peak the interest of enthusiasts. Chrysler will show the newest Imported from Detroit-themed special edition car, a Chrysler 200 in Carhartt livery. Carhartt is the work clothing manufacturer based in Detroit that has become trendy ... Continue reading

2013 Chevrolet Suburban 4WD ½ Ton LTZ Review By Michael Bernstein

2013 Chevrolet Suburban 4WD ½ Ton LTZ Review By Michael Bernstein

MORE INFO Chevrolet Specs, Prices, Reviews and Comparisons - Chevrolet Buyers Guide (1997-Present) Find Your Perfect New Car Match MARVEL AT CHEVY’S VERSION OF THE HULK By Michael Bernstein Michigan Bureau The Auto Channel Is bigger really better, does size truly matter, regardless of the clichés the long and t ... Continue reading

2013 Hyundai Veloster Turbo Review By Carey Russ

2013 Hyundai Veloster Turbo Review By Carey Russ

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2013 Hyundai Veloster Turbo Affordable sports and sporty coupes seem to come into and go out of fashion cyclicly. The late 80s were a time of plenty; by the mid-90s most were extinct. Fashion, the economy, demographics… but that's a subject for some other day. Today's ... Continue reading

2013 Lexus RX 450h Rocky Mountain Review By Dan Poler

2013 Lexus RX 450h Rocky Mountain Review By Dan Poler

By Dan Poler Rocky Mountasin Bureau The Auto Channel When we think hybrid, we think Toyota. As a pioneer in the space, no automaker has gone farther to enable a wide range of vehicles with this technology, providing fuel-saving options for consumers. This week we take a look at one of Toyota’s top end models in th ... Continue reading

First 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Convertible Auctioned April 5 to Benefit Karmanos Cancer Institute

First 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Convertible Auctioned April 5 to Benefit Karmanos Cancer Institute

The first 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Convertible offered for sale will be auctioned by Barrett-Jackson April 5 in Palm Beach, Fla., to support cancer research and treatment. Chevrolet is donating the highly coveted sports car as part of General Motors' support for the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and its ... Continue reading

2013 Toyota Avalon XLE Touring Road Trip Review By Steve Purdy

2013 Toyota Avalon XLE Touring Road Trip Review By Steve Purdy

2013 TOYOTA AVALON XLE TOURING A road trip to Hilton Head Island By Steve Purdy Lead Photo By Jim Zachow TheAutoChannel.com Michigan Bureau We would like to help the good folks at Toyota dispel the notion that their full-size Avalon appeals primarily to a geriatric demographic. The perception lingers that buyers for th ... Continue reading

Hey Mac What's Up? - Audi Makes Run for Luxury Car Lead

Hey Mac What's Up? - Audi Makes Run for Luxury Car Lead

By Mac Gordon Editor-at-large The Auto Channel The battle for luxury car sales supremacy has reached a point of no return. The main contenders-Audi and BMW-have overtaken Mercedes-Benz in an unprecedented contest taking on global proportions in the struggle for affluent “trendy” buyers not only in the U.S. bu ... Continue reading

Nutson's Nuggets - Automotive News March 11-17, 2013 Just Incase You Were Snoozing

Nutson's Nuggets - Automotive News March 11-17, 2013 Just Incase You Were Snoozing

* The U.S. Treasury sold at least 17.2 million shares of stock in General Motors Co. in February as it vows to exit its stake in the Detroit automaker by March 2014. In a report to Congress early this week, Treasury said it had raised $489.9 million from the sale of shares in GM last month. * Exposing the elephant in t ... Continue reading

Hey Mac What's Up? - Customer and Dealer Loyalty be damned! A sob for Saab

Hey Mac What's Up? - Customer and Dealer Loyalty be damned! A sob for Saab

By Mac Gordon Editor-at-large The Auto Channel Detroit March 16, 2013; Of the 17,760 U.S. dealerships, the Detroit-3 automakers counted 10,011 as of January 1.Only 2 domestic-brand dealers for every 3 foreign-brand stores are a far cry from the halcyon days before the 'shakeout' years preceding the Chrysler and GM bank ... Continue reading

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2013 KIA SOUL REVIEW

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2013 KIA SOUL REVIEW

MORE INFO Kia Specs, Prices, Reviews and Comparisons - Kia Buyers Guide (1997-Present) Is The 2013 Kia Soul Your Perfect New Car Match? HEELS ON WHEELS By Katrina Ramser San Francisco Bureau The Auto Channel INTRO TO THE SOUL VEHICLE When the Kia Soul arrived on the market three years ago, it struck a chord with compac ... Continue reading

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