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USED TRUCK RELEVANT: 2015 Ford F-150 Lariat 4x4 Steve Purdy Snowy Icy Review +VIDEO

USED TRUCK RELEVANT: 2015 Ford F-150 Lariat 4x4 Steve Purdy Snowy Icy Review +VIDEO

2015 Ford F-150 Lariat 4x4 Steve Purdy Snowy Icy Review ... Continue reading

The Auto Channel, Automotive Content On The Side Of Common Sense - Online Since 1996

The Auto Channel, Automotive Content On The Side Of Common Sense - Online Since 1996

The Auto Channel Smart TV Ready, Published With Honesty, Humor, Irony, Personality and Disbelief. Car Reviews, Buyers Guides, Comparison Tools, Auto Maker News, Videos, Alt-fuels, Opinions, Features, For Car Guys and Gals ... Continue reading

Henny's Fond Memories of Carroll and Cleo Shelby +Video

Henny's Fond Memories of Carroll and Cleo Shelby +Video

By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor The Auto Channel THE HAGUE, May 14, 2012. The news that auto legend Carroll Shelby passed away last Thursday, did not come as a big shock. It did make me feel very sad indeed, but when I last spoke to mr. Shelby at the Los Angeles auto show, I realized he was very frail. The 88 ye ... Continue reading

When All American Drivers Use Domestic Fuel, MPG Hysteria Will Go Away

When All American Drivers Use Domestic Fuel, MPG Hysteria Will Go Away

I am not a scientist or an engineer or a lawyer or an economist my daily immersion and curiosity in everything automotive has given my opinions and observations street-cred. Over these past years The Auto Channel has been to every major auto show, both in the U.S and around the world. We have published over a million a ... Continue reading

Happy New Year 2016 +VIDEO

Happy New Year 2016 +VIDEO

Fellow TACH'er; Hard to believe that this is my 19th new year greeting to you. I would like to thank to everyone who helped make 2013 such a great year for the TACH Family. Our writers, technical staff, artists, vendors and of course our advertising partners. Although the Panda and Penguin tried their best to eliminate ... Continue reading

2006 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited 4x4 Review

2006 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited 4x4 Review

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2006 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited 4x4 I was hoping for rain last week. Gully-washing, mud-sliding, heavy rain. After all, I had a long-wheelbase Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, and what's a little mud or a minor washout to a Wrangler? A minor annoyance, and possibly even fun, right? It rained, ... Continue reading

Chattanooga and the Tow Truck Museum and Hall of Fame (Originally Published 12/31/2005)

Chattanooga and the Tow Truck Museum and Hall of Fame (Originally Published 12/31/2005)

Chattanooga is also home to the only museum in the world dedicated to the common tow truck. The Moon Pie, for the uninformed reader, is a glom of white marshmallow squashed between two cardboard-like graham crackers, all covered with a thin waxy chocolate. My pretty blonde, my accomplice, Joe, and I swung through Chatt ... Continue reading

2004 Honda S2000 The Auto Channel New Car Review

2004 Honda S2000 The Auto Channel New Car Review

A quick glance at a 2004 S2000 won't show much difference, although there are minor styling changes. What has changed is under the skin, in both the driveline and chassis departments. Engine displacement has been increased from 2.0 to 2.2 liters. ... Continue reading

ETHANOL Helps America Become a Nation of Alcoholics - Alcohol and Driving DO Mix

ETHANOL Helps America Become a Nation of Alcoholics - Alcohol and Driving DO Mix

Last week Marc Rauch my friend, business partner and co-founder of The Auto Channel traveled down to LA from his home in Northern California to interview and visit with Ed Begley Jr. an actor who is VERY involved with the future of our world and David Blume author of a book titled Alcohol can be Gas. A ... Continue reading

Replace World's Car Makers? Silicon Valley, China, Electric Utilities and Investment Bankers On Their Way To Disrupt The Auto Industry and The Historic Need For Traditional Car Companies

Replace World's Car Makers? Silicon Valley, China, Electric Utilities and Investment Bankers On Their Way To Disrupt The Auto Industry and The Historic Need For Traditional Car Companies

Replace Car Companies After this past weeks onslaught of self-serving ulterior motivated Silicon Valley originated and paid for propaganda about the autonomous car at CES (Consumer Electronics Show), and the rolling stone momentum pushed along by the digital claque, including sycophants in the press (c/net,Hey Car Indu ... Continue reading

Don't Be A Yutz*, Go Dealer Direct And Eliminate 3rd Party Lead Gen Tout-Fees

Don't Be A Yutz*, Go Dealer Direct And Eliminate 3rd Party Lead Gen Tout-Fees

Although using a third-party lead-gen service like Consumer Reports, TruCar, Edmunds, KBB, Auto-by-Tel, Cars.com, AutoTrader, Edmunds and all of the others is easy, don't for a second believe that they are really free... ... Continue reading

Lexus Is the "Class" of Luxury, Yet Strong Moves From Acura and Infiniti Make It a Race, ACSI Data Show

Lexus Is the "Class" of Luxury, Yet Strong Moves From Acura and Infiniti Make It a Race, ACSI Data Show

Satisfaction with the auto industry is moving in reverse. Overall customer satisfaction with automobiles slides 1.3% to a score of 77 (out of 100), according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI®) Automobile Study 2021-2022. ... Continue reading

2004 Volkswagen Phaeton V8 Review

2004 Volkswagen Phaeton V8 Review

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

(2016) GM And Honda To Partner In Full Production Fuel-Cell Manufacturing Plant

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

FLASHBACK! - Methanol And Ethanol Powered 1997 Ford Taurus Costs Less To Buy And To Run Than Taurus Gasoline Models

FLASHBACK! - Methanol And Ethanol Powered 1997 Ford Taurus Costs Less To Buy And To Run Than Taurus Gasoline Models

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

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