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Review: 2003 Maserati Spyder

Review: 2003 Maserati Spyder

By John Heilig SPECIFICATIONS MODEL: Maserati Spyder (Coupe) ENGINE: 4.2-liter V8 HORSEPOWER/TORQUE: 390 bhp @ 7000 rpm/330 lb-ft @ 4500 rpm TRANSMISSION: Six-speed manual with Cambiocorsa option WHEELBASE: 96.1 in. (104.7 in.) LENGTH x WIDTH x HEIGHT: 169.4 x 71.7 x 51.4 in. (178.1 x 71.7 x 51.4 in.) STICKER PRICE: $9 ... Continue reading

New Car Review:2003 Saturn L300 Sedan - The BIG One

New Car Review:2003 Saturn L300 Sedan - The BIG One

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS It was only three years ago that Saturn's L-Series was introduced, but continuous improvement is a driving force at Saturn. According to Saturn, there have been over 380 upgrades, refinements, and new features added to the L-Series since its debut in 2000. And so, the L-Series has ... Continue reading

2003 New Car Review - VW Passat W8

2003 New Car Review - VW Passat W8

2003 Volkswagen Passat W8 Base price: $37,900 Price as tested: $38,475 EPA mileage: 18 city/26 highway By Des Toups Is it a luxury car if none of the neighbors can tell it's a luxury car? That's the $40,000 question posed by the Volkswagen Passat W8, which wears the same clothes as the $22,000 Passat 1.8T but sports tw ... Continue reading

2001 Mini Long Term Review - "A Year In Europe With My Mini"

2001 Mini Long Term Review - "A Year In Europe With My Mini"

The author, Gregory Harris is an American who lives in Modena, Italy and has had a full year to drive his MINI around Europe, finding its ins and outs. As a loyal TACH’er(one who loves cars and appreciates The Auto Channel), Gregory has graciously made his opinions and thoughts available for other TACH’ers, ... Continue reading

Review: 2003 GMC Yukon Denali AWD

Review: 2003 GMC Yukon Denali AWD

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS Need a luxury car that can hold seven or eight people, tow 8,200 lbs, and has all-weather, all-wheel drive capability? That sounds like a tough order to fill. Think you're out of luck? Think again. Think GMC Denali. The Denali is the premium version of the GMC Yukon, which is alrea ... Continue reading

GM Gets Daring--Big Time :Forbes.com

GM Gets Daring--Big Time :Forbes.com

Guest Editorial By Jerry Flint 10.07.02 General Motors has finally realized that its conservatism of the past few decades is not the way to sell cars or gain market share. The way to get rid of a dowdy image is with exciting cars and trucks, and that's what the General has planned. For over a year I've been talking abo ... Continue reading

New Car Review: 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe LT 2WD

New Car Review: 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe LT 2WD

SYNDICATED AUTOMOTIVE NEWS SERVICES DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS The few full-sized sedans available today no larger than some of the ``compacts'' of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Yet people are larger, and Americans like space. So, as cars have gotten smaller, trucks have entered more lives. Large sport-uti ... Continue reading

Car Stocks Up In Spite of Mixed September Sales Reports

Car Stocks Up In Spite of Mixed September Sales Reports

NEW YORK, Oct. 1, 2002-CBS.MW; Shares of the Big Three surged along with the broader market Tuesday after the world's two biggest automakers, Ford Motor and General Motors reported a decline in September U.S. sales while No. 3 Chrysler Group notched a gain. Chrysler Group said September U.S. sales rose 18 percent on Tu ... Continue reading

New Car Review: Mini Cooper and Mini Cooper S (2002)

New Car Review: Mini Cooper and Mini Cooper S (2002)

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS The specifications sound familiar, today: transverse engine driving the front wheels, and a unit-construction chassis with four- wheel independent suspension, with the wheels pushed out toward the corners of the car for maximum space efficiency. But when the Austin Seven and Morris ... Continue reading

Paris Auto Show looms-BMW ready to roll on Z4 convertible

Paris Auto Show looms-BMW ready to roll on Z4 convertible

Courtesy Of August Cole, CBS.MarketWatch.com Sept. 21, 2002 CHICAGO (CBS.MW) -- To be in Paris in September. And it's not for a tranquil fall afternoon reading LeMonde in the lazy sun. It's for the show: the Paris Auto Show is about to kick off. It's going to be busy, with the auto press working more than the 37.5 hour ... Continue reading

New Car Review: 2003 Hyundai Tiburon GT V6

New Car Review: 2003 Hyundai Tiburon GT V6

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS If you haven't paid much attention to Hyundai recently, you're in for a surprise. The Korean manufacturer, once known for making cars people bought on low price alone, has gone considerably upscale in its offerings - but not at the expense of price. Today's Hyundais can go head-to- ... Continue reading

Ad spending perking up?

Ad spending perking up?

Commentary by William Spain, CBS.MarketWatch.com Sept. 11, 2002 CHICAGO (CBS.MW) -- Remarkable how little difference a year can make. The ad squeeze was very much on as we came into last fall and intervening events -- terrorist attacks, market meltdowns and corporate scandals -- do not seem to have made it significantl ... Continue reading

The Day Before THE DAY

The Day Before THE DAY

Editorial Opinion from Marc J. Rauch, Co-publisher, The Auto Channel Exactly one year today, September 10, 2001, I was driving south on I-5 from Sacramento to Los Angeles, en route to a speaking engagement at a television industry conference. I was in one of those spots where it’s typical to lose good reception o ... Continue reading

"Good for GM, Good for U.S" : But Can 0% Deals Last?

"Good for GM, Good for U.S" : But Can 0% Deals Last?

Guest Commentary from Michael Ellis of Reuters DETROIT, Sept 9 - "What's good for General Motors is good for the country." That well-known misquote of former General Motors Corp. President Charles Wilson from 1953 nevertheless sums up the impact of the automaker's zero percent financing incentives which helped sustain ... Continue reading

Why Car Sales Keep Climbing

Why Car Sales Keep Climbing

Guest Editorial From Jerry Flint Forbes.com September 5, 2002: In August, the U.S. auto and light truck sales rate shot up 13% from last year. General Motors was ahead 18% and every carmaker but Volkswagen and Isuzu showed unit sales gains from the year-ago month. The industry's total sales for eight months are ahead o ... Continue reading

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