American New Car Buyers Downsizing (Because There Is No Choice Of Fuel - TACH Says)
Mar 8, 2011
Washington DC July 13, 2010; The AIADA newsletter reported that as Americans emerge from recession, they are buying smaller, more fuel-efficient, and less ostentatious cars. A major shift has taken place since the end of 2007, right before the spike in fuel prices early in 2008. "We've got people trading Lexuses for Ca ... Continue reading
2011 Kia Sorento EX AWD - Review
Mar 4, 2011
THE AUTO PAGE By JOHN HEILIG SPECIFICATIONS Model: 2011 Kia Sorento EX AWD Engine: 3.5-liter V6 Horsepower/Torque: 276 hp @ 6,300 rpm/249 lb.-ft. @ 5,000 rpm Transmission: 6-speed automatic with manual mode Wheelbase: 106.3 in. Length/Width/Height: 183.9 x 74.2 x 67.3 in. Tires: P235/60R18 Cargo volume: 9.1/37.0/72.5 c ... Continue reading
2011 Ford Edge Sport AWD REVIEW - VIDEO ENHANCED
Mar 3, 2011
By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau We picked up our Edge Sport on a sunny winter day just after a substantial snowstorm. I should have photographed it in the parking lot before we headed home because the melting snow and salt covered this big, good-looking, 5-passenger crossover before we had gotten back ... Continue reading
2011 Mazda CX-7 i Touring FWD Review
Feb 23, 2011
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2011 Mazda CX-7i Touring FWD As manufacturer of the most popular sports car ever, the MX-5 Miata, and the only successful Wankel rotary-piston powered sports cars in the RX-7 and RX-8 series, Mazda likes to claim that there's at least a little sports car in all of its vehicles. App ... Continue reading
New BMW i-models Are Easily Recognizable
Feb 22, 2011
By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor The Auto Channel MUNICH, February 21, 2011. Contrary to what we previously expected, based on statements in the context of Project I, the new BMW i is not a division, but a sub-brand of BMW. It is not a sister of M GmbH, that is a separate subsidiary of the BMW Group AG. The M ver ... Continue reading
Feb 21, 2011
KNOWLEDGE BASE Mazda Buyers Guide THE AUTO PAGE By John Heilig Model: 2011 Mazdaspeed3 Sport Engine: 2.3-liter turbocharged and intercooled I4 Horsepower/Torque: 263 hp @ 5,500 rpm/280 lb.-ft. @ 3,000 rpm Transmission: 6-speed manual Wheelbase: 103.9 in. Length x Width x Height: 177.6 x 69.7 x 57.5 in. Tires: P225/40R1 ... Continue reading
Feb 21, 2011
THE MODERN MINIVAN FOR TODAYâS MODERN FAMILY by Marty Bernstein, Senior Editor-At-Large Donât let the term minivan scare you off. This is not the minivan of old. The one you probably remember as a synonym for suburban, mommy-mover, bad drivers, road and space hog, ungainly, view blocking and ugly. Sure you do ... Continue reading
2011 Chrysler 200 Convertible Review
Feb 21, 2011
IN THE TV AWARD SEASON THIS NEW DROPTOP WINS MY TOP AWARD by Marty Bernstein, Senior Editor at Large In honor of recent Hollywood award events (Golden Globes, Grammy and this weekâs Academy Award program) that honor a select few for their talents with trophies, I have selected the new 2011 Chrysler 200 convertible ... Continue reading
What's the Plan if Oil Supply is Interrupted? We Don't Have One!
Feb 21, 2011
AUTO CENTRAL - February 21, 2011: Predicting the outcome of all the unrest in the Middle East is impossible. Will the upheavals result in real democracies or greater tyrannys? No one really knows. The only reason we in America or Europe care is the oil issues. Shockingly, as investigative author Edwin Black pointed out ... Continue reading
Honda Civic GX Tops Greenest Car List ... Unfortunately it's Virtually Unavailable to Buy
Feb 21, 2011
Ironic Results name the Chevy Volt 12th on list while making an unavailable car #1 By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL Just how screwed up are our national aspirations to become energy independent? You need look no further than the results of the latest report issued by the American Coun ... Continue reading
Truck Review: 2011 Chevy Silverado 2500
Feb 20, 2011
CHEVYâS BIG TRUCK IS A VERY BIG DEAL By Marty BernsteinSenior Editor at Large Nothing gets road respect and the job done like a good looking, powerful big truck and the new Chevy Silverado 2500 4 WD Crew Cab model tops âem all. If you need to haul a big boat, trailer or lots of job materials with room for fiv ... Continue reading
U of M Study Finds Automakers Manipulate CAFE Fuel Economy Not Fixing America's Gasoline Problem
Feb 20, 2011
ANN ARBOR, Mich. February 16, 2011; With the recent announcement that the U.S. government will propose new fuel economy standards this fall, a University of Michigan study shows that automakers fine-tune vehicle fuel economy to qualify for more favorable treatment. For more than 30 years, auto companies have done just ... Continue reading
We're Complacent as Hell and We're Gonna Continue to Take It Forever!
Feb 19, 2011
The House of Representatives votes to block E15 and other changes to the Gasoline status quo By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL Hey, howâs the financial depression been treating you, buddy? Itâs pretty good, huh, all that unemployment, stagnation, increasing national debt. Gla ... Continue reading
Oil Producers Admit to Sabotaging Alt Fuel Efforts
Feb 19, 2011
By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Producer There was supposed to be $25 billion for the American car makers to tool up for future fuel/vehicle production. It's what the auto companies asked for, it's what Congress approved. Then, as if they suddenly realized that if they took that money that they would actually ... Continue reading
2011 Kia Sportage EX FWD - Review
Feb 17, 2011
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS The Sportage has been an important part of the Kia lineup since 1995, but the Sportage of today -- and the Kia of today, for that matter -- is very different from then. The third-generation, 2011 Sportage is very much a contemporary crossover, a stylish and spacious compact machine ... Continue reading
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