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Heels On Wheels: 2015 Ford F-150 Review +VIDEO

Heels On Wheels: 2015 Ford F-150 Review +VIDEO

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2015 FORD F-150 REVIEW ... Continue reading

Auto Enthusiast? Repair Questions?, Car Problems? Opinion? - Auto Lab LIVE, Saturday January 9, 2016

Auto Enthusiast? Repair Questions?, Car Problems? Opinion? - Auto Lab LIVE, Saturday January 9, 2016

Car Question? Call Toll Free 888-692-7234 Auto Lab is a 25 year old interactive automotive-focused New York area radio call-in show hosted by Professor Harold Wolchok. Each week a cadre of experienced hands-on automotive experts are in-studio with advice for the New York area's 12 million people, providing listeners wi ... Continue reading

From The 1996 Archives - Fifty Year Romance By Bob Hagin

From The 1996 Archives - Fifty Year Romance By Bob Hagin

The year 1946 was a memorable one in the automotive world in many ways. World War II had ended the year before and '46 marked the first post-war running of the Indy 500. All of the auto makers were swinging into the production of civilian cars to fill a four-year void and there were even a couple of new makes (albeit s ... Continue reading

2016 CES - Google Beats Detroit By Not Showing Up

2016 CES - Google Beats Detroit By Not Showing Up

Blog From Edward Niedermeyer LAS VEGAS (Bloomberg) -- As the unsexy, low-margin business of manufacturing and selling cars becomes increasingly swept up in Silicon Valley's vision of disruptive self-driving cars and on-demand mobility, the Consumer Electronics Show has become the place to demonstrate that your car comp ... Continue reading

Buyers Want Big, Car Makers Want Big, Government Wants Small - So The Disconnect Grows

Buyers Want Big, Car Makers Want Big, Government Wants Small - So The Disconnect Grows

Washington DC January 7, 2016; The AIADA newsletter reported on the disconnect on electric vehicles. From the battery-powered Chevrolet Bolt crossover to the hydrogen fuel cell-powered Honda Clarity to a hybrid Chrysler minivan, automakers are expected to show a parade of electric vehicles at the 2016 Detroit auto show ... Continue reading

Auto Sales USA: 2015 Best Year Since 2000

Auto Sales USA: 2015 Best Year Since 2000

The auto industry ended 2015 with a bang, marking its best sales year since 2000. Buoyed by holiday discounts and mild weather, automakers including Honda, up 12.2 percent for the month; Kia, up 19 percent; Nissan, up 17.9 percent; and Toyota, up 12.4 percent all led international brand sales. Hobbled by its ongoing di ... Continue reading

2016 CES - VW Shows Electric Minivan (Microbus) - Will It Charge-Up Soccer Moms?

2016 CES - VW Shows Electric Minivan (Microbus) - Will It Charge-Up Soccer Moms?

Las Vegas, January 2016 —Building on the momentum from the brand’s first appearance in 2015, Volkswagen is opening a new gateway to the future at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The time machine in this case is a zero-emissions, avant-garde van dubbed BUDD-e. This is the first vehicle b ... Continue reading

Toyota @ 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Press Conference - Bob Carter

Toyota @ 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Press Conference - Bob Carter

2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Las Vegas, Nev. Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016 Bob Carter, Toyota Motor Sales Senior Vice President, Automotive Operations Good afternoon everyone. Thank you all for joining us. In just a few minutes it will be my pleasure to introduce Dr. ... Continue reading

United States Files Complaint Against Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations

United States Files Complaint Against Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations

WASHINGTON January 4, 2016; The U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, today filed a civil complaint in federal court in Detroit, Michigan against Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Volkswagen Group of America Chattanooga Operations, LLC, Porsche AG, a ... Continue reading

2016 CES - Clarion Builds Installs 2016 Technology On 1991 Acura NSX

2016 CES - Clarion Builds Installs 2016 Technology On 1991 Acura NSX

CYPRESS, Calif. and LAS VEGAS, Jan. 4, 2016 -- Clarion Corporation of America announced today the completion of the transformation of its legendary year-one Acura NSX 'Clarion Builds' project car. In six short months, Clarion and its Clarion Builds program partners collaborated on transforming a worn out, high-mileage ... Continue reading

Mary Barra Named Chairman of GM Board of Directors

Mary Barra Named Chairman of GM Board of Directors

DETROIT January 4, 2016; The General Motors Board of Directors today announced it has unanimously elected Mary Barra as its next Chairman, effective immediately. She succeeds Theodore (Tim) Solso, who will continue serving as the Board’s Lead Independent Director. Barra has served as GM CEO since Jan. 15, 2014. â ... Continue reading

2016 CES - Faraday Future Proposes Car Of The Future Made in Las Vegas +VIDEO

2016 CES - Faraday Future Proposes Car Of The Future Made in Las Vegas +VIDEO

Faraday Future Philosophy At Faraday Future, we believe that today’s cars do not meet today’s needs. Technological innovations, energy constraints, urban crowding and demanding lifestyles have each contributed to a fundamental shift in our relationships with our cars. By placing equal emphasis on automotive a ... Continue reading

2015 U.S. Gas Prices Are Second-Cheapest in a Decade

2015 U.S. Gas Prices Are Second-Cheapest in a Decade

2015 ended with the cost of gasoline averaging around 94 cents per gallon less than in 2014. ​WASHINGTON, D.C. January 4, 2016; NACS Daily reported that 2015 brought some of the cheapest gasoline prices in years. The national average price of gas last year was $2.40 per gallon—the second cheapest annual aver ... Continue reading

NHTSA RECALLS January 4, 2016; RAM, Honda, Audi, Chevrolet, Ford

NHTSA RECALLS January 4, 2016; RAM, Honda, Audi, Chevrolet, Ford

NHTSA RECALLS January 4, 2016; RAM, Honda, Audi, Chevrolet, Ford ... Continue reading

2016 Toyota Tacoma (A More Civilized Off-roader) First-Look Review By Steve Purdy +VIDEO

2016 Toyota Tacoma (A More Civilized Off-roader) First-Look Review By Steve Purdy +VIDEO

2016 TOYOTA TACOMA A More Civilized Off-roader By Steve Purdy The Auto Channel Michigan Bureau The Toyota folks brought wave after wave of journalists, bloggers and influencers, along with groups of dealer reps, to the forested hills not far from Tacoma, Washington to experience the new Tacoma pickup. This mid-size tru ... Continue reading

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