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2009 Volkswagen CC Sport Review

2009 Volkswagen CC Sport Review

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2009 VOLKSWAGEN CC SPORT REVIEW HEELS ON WHEELS By Katrina Ramser San Francisco Bureau The Auto Channel INTRO TO THE 2009 VOLKSWAGEN CC SPORT VEHICLE VW CC Sport seems to fill an important niche in the life of a seasoned Farfegnugen loyalist – that place being an age-appropriate coupe (but looking ... Continue reading

2009 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen TDI Review

2009 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen TDI Review

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN TDI REVIEW HEELS ON WHEELS By Katrina Ramser San Francisco Bureau The Auto Channel INTRO TO THE 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN VEHICLE It would take a mighty wagon to rethink my addiction to the Subaru – and that wagon is the Jetta SportWagen TDI. I drove a five- ... Continue reading

2009 Mazda6 Grand Touring Review

2009 Mazda6 Grand Touring Review

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2009 MAZDA6 GRAND TOURING REVIEW HEELS ON WHEELS By Katrina Ramser San Francisco Bureau The Auto Channel INTRO TO THE MAZDA6 VEHICLE The Mazda6, a cornerstone vehicle behind the manufacturer's success since it's introduction to the American market with the 2003 model, has been completely reborn for 200 ... Continue reading

2009 BMW X3 xDRIVE 30i REVIEW

2009 BMW X3 xDRIVE 30i REVIEW

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2009 BMW X3 xDRIVE 30i REVIEW HEELS ON WHEELS By Katrina Ramser San Francisco Bureau The Auto Channel INTRO TO THE BMW X3 VEHICLE Strong heritage speaks louder than price. Such must be the mantra for BMW drivers, and the luxurious compact SUV or SAV (Sport Activity Vehicle) X3 represents another compet ... Continue reading

2009 GMC Yukon Denali Hybrid 4WD Review

2009 GMC Yukon Denali Hybrid 4WD Review

GMC YUKON DENALI HYBRID 4WD - BLACK LAKE GOLF A Travel Story From a Shunpiker’s Journal By Steve Purdy and Joe Chagnon TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau [4154] We had to be sure we were driving a UAW-built vehicle for this project. In fact, the gate guard checked our VIN to be sure it was a US built GM truck. Weâ ... Continue reading

Suzuki Kizashi Unveiled in Grosse Point

Suzuki Kizashi Unveiled in Grosse Point

Lakeshore Road is known as home to many of the rich industrialist who started some of the worlds automotive giants. Chapins, Hudsons, Dodge, Fisher brothers and of course the Ford family. A motor company from Japan unveiled at the famous Lakeshore road their newest vehicle. Suzuki motors of Japan introduced at the Russ ... Continue reading

2009 Volkswagen Tiguan Review

2009 Volkswagen Tiguan Review

ONE WEEK WITH A 2009 VW TIGUAN By Thom Cannell Detroit Bureau The Auto Channel SEE ALSO: Volkswagen Buyers Guide WE FLEW INTO FORT MYERS, FLORIDA PREPARED TO FIX UP OUR 1980'S-ERA FAMILY CONDO AND GRAB A FEW DAY'S SUN. AS OUR BEAST OF BURDEN I THOUGHT THE DIMINUTIVE VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN CROSSOVER UTILITY VEHICLE A GREAT C ... Continue reading

Cash for Clunkers Consumer Guide - Qualifying Vehicles and How It Works

Cash for Clunkers Consumer Guide - Qualifying Vehicles and How It Works

Cash for Clunkers, Qualifying Cars, Qualifying Trucks, Cash for Clunkers Q and A, Cash for Clunkers Vehicle search tools,Cash for Clunkers - new cars From U.S. Congress Committee on Energy and Commerce The House of Representatives will soon consider Rep. Sutton’s CARS (Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save) Act ... Continue reading

Detroit's Woodward Deam Cruise Still Going Strong!

Detroit's Woodward Deam Cruise Still Going Strong!

WOODWARD DREAM CRUISE The Place to be Today By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau The place to be this middle Saturday in August, as always, is anywhere along Woodward Avenue (Michigan Highway 1) from Ferndale to Pontiac. That’s from the edge of Detroit north about 15 miles through close-in burbs, upsca ... Continue reading

2010 Honda Insight 5-Door EX Hybrid

2010 Honda Insight 5-Door EX Hybrid

2010 HONDA INSIGHT 5-DOOR EX A Nice Hybrid for the Green Crowd By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau It was a busy week here in Michigan, as is always the case in early August. We cover the most prestigious collector auto show east of the left coast, the Meadow Brook Concours d’Elegance, then head immed ... Continue reading

Hey Bunky Use Your Clunky And Buy a New Car For Under $150 Per Month

Hey Bunky Use Your Clunky And Buy a New Car For Under $150 Per Month

New Cars For $100-$150 Per Month - See What Can (NOW) Buy, cash for clunkers, cheap cars, C.A.R.S. ... Continue reading

Rahm-bo? When it Comes to Real Change the President's Chief-of-Staff Should Be Called Rahm-faux

Rahm-bo? When it Comes to Real Change the President's Chief-of-Staff Should Be Called Rahm-faux

What happened to Rahm Emanuel's enthusiasm for CNG? By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL In July 2008, when President Obama’s Chief-of-Staff was a mere Congressman from Illinois and the fourth ranking House of Representatives Democrat, Rahm Emanuel sponsored Federal legislation that ... Continue reading

2009 Nissan Cube 1.8 SL Review

2009 Nissan Cube 1.8 SL Review

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2009 Nissan Cube 1.8 SL Want to be the center of attention as you drive, but don't want to spend exotic car megabucks? Get a Nissan Cube. I've been driving one for the past week, and a most entertaining week it has been. Any seat inside a Cube is a people-watcher's paradise - watch ... Continue reading

Natural Gas: A Bridge Fuel for the 21st Century

Natural Gas: A Bridge Fuel for the 21st Century

Center for American Progress By John Podesta, Timothy E. Wirth August 10, 2009 Download the full memo (pdf) Download a map of shale natural gas plays in the lower 48 states (pdf) Natural gas is the cleanest fossil fuel—it produces less than half as much carbon pollution as coal. Recent technology advancements make ... Continue reading

2009 Volkswagen Routan SE Review

2009 Volkswagen Routan SE Review

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2009 Volkswagen Routan SE What had started in the 1950s with the venerable Type 2 Microbus and continued with the Vanagon and EuroVan came to an end, in the US at least, in the early `00s. By that time the VW van had morphed from a relatively inexpensive workhorse to a pricey if we ... Continue reading

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