2004 Volkswagen Phaeton V8 Review
Jul 22, 2022
Driving a new VW Phaeton brought me the kind of attention that only a trophy wife can generate from a bunch of car guys who have seen it all. During my week with the Phaeton the car served me well. As I drove the back roads of Kentucky on my favorite test drive routes…up and around…in and out of the hollers ... Continue reading
(2016) GM And Honda To Partner In Full Production Fuel-Cell Manufacturing Plant
Apr 5, 2022
By KEN SAKAKIBARA/ Staff Writer Tokyo January 16, 2016; Ken Sakaktbara writing for Ashai Shimbun reported that Honda Motor Co. and General Motors Co., their sights set on mass-production of the "ultimate eco-car" in the 2020s, will set up a factory to jointly manufacture fuel cells. The move is expected to be a game-ch ... Continue reading
Mar 29, 2022
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 1996; The Ford Motor Company is offering an "Unlimited" number of Taurus FFV (flexible fuel vehicle) sedans for the 1997 model year at a discounted sticker price of $345 less than the conventional gasoline-powered Taurus. Ford is offering the Taurus FFVs, capable of running on methanol (or ethanol) ... Continue reading
Mar 14, 2022
Washington DC August 15, 2005; The AIADA newsletter reported that the price of retail gas has gone up more than 20 cents in the last three weeks ending last Friday, up to a new high of $2.53 per gallon, reports The Associated Press. Adjusted for inflation, however, prices have yet to climb to the record levels reached ... Continue reading
Mar 2, 2022
Big Cars with Choice, Not Small Cars Without Choice Is What's Good for America. How can the elimination of the old fashioned self-serving three letter abbreviation ... Continue reading
Emergency Roadside Repairs – The Way It’s Supposed To Be (Originally Published Dec 2003)
Jan 21, 2022
By Bob Gordon Co-Publisher The Auto Channel Well it was bound to happen sooner or later…kinnda like Russian roulette I imagine. On a return trip to home base in Louisville from Detroit, where I was trying to drum up some advertising for The Auto Channel, my faithful 1992 Volvo 940T with 177,324 mile under her rub ... Continue reading
Nissan Ethanol Fuel Cell Announced in 2016
Jan 5, 2022
Nissan announces development of the world's first SOFC-powered vehicle system that runs on bio-ethanol electric power YOKOHAMA, Japan June 14, 2016; Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. announced today that it is currently researching and developing a Solid Oxide Fuel-Cell (SOFC)-powered system that runs on bio-ethanol electric powe ... Continue reading
2021-22 Tesla Model Y earns highest IIHS accolade
Dec 21, 2021
December 21, 2021 The 2021-22 Tesla Model Y, a midsize luxury SUV, qualifies for a Top Safety Pick+ award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. To qualify for either of the Institute’s two awards, vehicles must earn good ratings in six IIHS crashworthiness evaluations, including the driver-side small overl ... Continue reading
On The Auto Channel's 25th Thanksgiving, Flashback Redux, Redux, Redux
Nov 25, 2021
November 24, 2005; Well another Thanksgiving has arrived...and thanks to the loyal TACH audience, our fantastic advertisers, and our hearty band of TACH men and women who make the site possible, we are still here!! Because we are a frugal and pragmatic bunch the reuse of a story albeit updated does not shake our journa ... Continue reading
Oct 31, 2021
THE POLITICS OF PLUGGING-IN By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Detroit MI October 22, 2010; I recently had an enlightening chat with veteran Congressman, John Dingle, a democrat from Ann Arbor, who has been a staunch supporter of the auto industry for his entire long career. Of course, representing a dist ... Continue reading
Half Of Automotive Advertising To Shift To Digital - 20 Years Later
Oct 22, 2021
This year, for the first time, more than half of those dollars will be spent on digital media. The local newspaper’s auto advertising bonanza is long gone. ... Continue reading
The Future: Showcase of Hydrogen Hybrid Vehicles
Oct 17, 2021
ANAHEIM, Calif., Oct. 5, 2005 -- Even as hydrogen fuel cell vehicles gather increasing attention, it's a less exotic - and these days a surprisingly more mainstream - auto technology that's set to showcase the near-term viability of hydrogen fuel. What are these "everyday" vehicles? They're hydrogen hybrids, which comb ... Continue reading
Carz4Girlz - Because GirlZ Are Car CraZy Too!
Aug 25, 2021
Hi, I am Ilyse, my Dad is one of the founders of The Auto Channel so I have grown up around cars and car talk my whole life. Not only is my dad a car nut but so are my brothers and sisters, in fact my oldest sister not only likes cars but she owns and rides a motorcycle's a good thing that she live across the country b ... Continue reading
Expectant Toyota Team Members See New Arrival 2013 Avalon
Aug 4, 2021
By Bob Gordon President and Co-publisher The Auto Channel Georgetown Kentucky, October 31, 2012; Last week I was invited by Toyota to attend what I thought would be the press reveal of the brand new 2013 Toyota Avalon, just another worthwhile (hey that’s what we do) but ho-hum auto manufacturer press event. It w ... Continue reading
The Yugo - The Rise and Fall of The Worst Car in the World - Book Review And Link To Yougo Library
Jun 6, 2021
THE YUGO THE RISE AND FALL OF THE WORST CAR IN THE WORLD By Jason Vuic Published by Hill and Wang, New York A Book Review By Steve Purdy Detroit BureauThe Auto Channel I met Jason Vuic during an author’s book fair at the Detroit Public Library’s National Automotive History Collection a couple weeks ago. A ... Continue reading
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