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Hyundai's 2016 Plug-In Hybrid. Fast, Frugal, and Sexy.

Hyundai's 2016 Plug-In Hybrid. Fast, Frugal, and Sexy.

Lede Photo CannellHYPHEV16-9173 With the drop in gas prices you’d think the bottom had fallen out of the hybrid market. Not so, particularly in hybrid heaven, California. There, plug-in hybrids (PHEVs)remain popular due to their frugality and their admittance to the sometimes-faster HOV (high occupancy) freeway ... Continue reading

United Airlines to Start Historic Nonstop Service to Havana

United Airlines to Start Historic Nonstop Service to Havana

CHICAGO, July 7, 2016 -- This fall, United Airlines customers will have a historic opportunity to board one of the first commercial flights to Havana, Cuba in more than a half century. On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) tentatively awarded the airline nonstop flights to the Cuban capital from its ... Continue reading

2017 ROUSH Mustangs Now Available

2017 ROUSH Mustangs Now Available

New 2017 ROUSH Mustangs from ROUSH Performance Blend Striking Good Looks with an Iconic Pedigree 2017 ROUSH RS, Stage 1, Stage 2 Mustangs now available for order from ROUSH Performance dealers PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP, MICH. (July 7, 2016) — The entire lineup of 2017 model year ROUSH Mustangs is now available for order ... Continue reading

Dodge Viper 25th Anniversary Limited-edition Models Sold Out +VIDEO

Dodge Viper 25th Anniversary Limited-edition Models Sold Out +VIDEO

In Response to Customer Requests New Snakeskin ACR Added to Special-edition Viper Lineup 1:28 Edition ACR (American Club Racer) – all 28 units sold out within 40 minutes VoooDoo II Edition ACR – all 31 units sold out within two hours Snakeskin Edition GTC – all 25 units sold out within two ordering ... Continue reading

2016 Infiniti Q70L AWD Review By John Heilig

2016 Infiniti Q70L AWD Review By John Heilig

2016 Infiniti Q70L AWD Review By John Heilig ... Continue reading

2016 Ford Focus SE Review By John Heilig

2016 Ford Focus SE Review By John Heilig

2016 Ford Focus SE Review By John Heilig ... Continue reading

Motor Vehicle Crash Deaths In U.S. Could Drop By Half

Motor Vehicle Crash Deaths In U.S. Could Drop By Half

ATLANTA, July 6, 2016; About 90 people die each day from motor vehicle crashes in the United States, resulting in the highest death rate among 19 high-income comparison countries. Our nation has made progress in road safety, reducing crash deaths by 31 percent from 2000 to 2013. But other high-income countries reduced ... Continue reading

Chicago Adds 50 Wheelchair-Accessible MV-1s to Licienced Taxi Fleet

Chicago Adds 50 Wheelchair-Accessible MV-1s to Licienced Taxi Fleet

CHICAGO, July 6, 2016The city of Chicago will add approximately 50 MV-1 wheelchair-accessible taxis to its fleet over the next several weeks to boost public transportation options for the more than 600,000 Chicago-area residents with disabilities. Mobility Ventures LLC, designer and manufacturer of MV-1, the only purpo ... Continue reading

Hyundai Hope On Wheels Awards $900,000 For Pediatric Cancer Research

Hyundai Hope On Wheels Awards $900,000 For Pediatric Cancer Research

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., July 6, 2016 -- Hyundai Hope On Wheels® (HHOW) and Hyundai dealers will award 18 hospitals with a $50,000 Hyundai Impact Grant for pediatric cancer research to help end childhood cancer. The Impact Grant supports the programmatic needs of pediatric oncology. The grant may also be used to suppo ... Continue reading

Car Hacking - The Brave New World Of Digital Driving

Car Hacking - The Brave New World Of Digital Driving

By Martha HindesSenior Editor Michigan Bureau The Auto Channel You just checked your computer and your anti-virus protection is good to go. Same for your tablet and smartphone. No one is going to mess up your day by hacking into your personal information. You made sure of that. You go out to your car, chuck your briefc ... Continue reading

June 2016 US Auto Sales Recap

June 2016 US Auto Sales Recap

Washington DC July 5, 2016, The AIADA reported that international auto sales slowed in June, a trend forecast by many analysts who see the industry reaching a plateau following a steady climb in recent years following the recession in 2008 and 2009. Despite the month’s smaller gains, international brands still finish ... Continue reading

Problems With Automotive Autonomous Reliance

Problems With Automotive Autonomous Reliance

Problems With Automotive Autonomous Reliance ... Continue reading

2015/2016 Lexus LS 460 Review By Larry Nutson

2015/2016 Lexus LS 460 Review By Larry Nutson

2015/2016 Lexus LS 460 Review By Larry Nutson ... Continue reading

CAA-Quebec Urges Canadian Authorities To Focus On VW TDI Owners

CAA-Quebec Urges Canadian Authorities To Focus On VW TDI Owners

QUEBEC CITY, July 4, 2016- Responding to the out-of-court settlement that Volkswagen is set to sign with federal authorities in the U.S. in the aftermath of the so-called dirty diesel scandal, CAA-Quebec believes it is time Canadian authorities took concrete actions on behalf of the approximately 100,000 consumers on t ... Continue reading

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