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Nutson's Weekly Auto News Digest - December 28 - January 3, 2016; Drive Home, Gorilla Glass, Truck of Year, Genesis Breaks

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Digest - December 28 - January 3, 2016; Drive Home, Gorilla Glass, Truck of Year, Genesis Breaks

* Three vintage cars are on the road this week driving a 2,900-mile route from Tacoma, WA to Detroit to help open the North American International Auto Show. The project, called “A Drive Home" is the brainchild of David Madeira, CEO of The LeMay, America’s Car Museum and Rod Alberts, executive director of the ... Continue reading

A DRIVE HOME Chapter Five: LeMay Museum, Tacoma To Detroit Auto Show - On The Road With Steve Purdy

A DRIVE HOME Chapter Five: LeMay Museum, Tacoma To Detroit Auto Show - On The Road With Steve Purdy

A DRIVE HOME – A road trip in the dead of winter, three old cars from LeMay Museum, Tacoma To 2016 Detroit Auto Show Chapter Five- Grand Junction, CO to Golden, CO By Steve Purdy Senior EditorThe Auto Channel Michigan Bureau Photos By Bob Giles To recap: Three vintage cars – a ’57 Chevy Nomad, a ’61 ... Continue reading

Auto Enthusiast? Repair Questions?, Car Problems? Opinion? - Best Of Auto Lab, Saturday January 2, 2016

Auto Enthusiast? Repair Questions?, Car Problems? Opinion? - Best Of Auto Lab, Saturday January 2, 2016

Auto Enthusiast? Repair Questions?, Car Problems? - Best Of Auto Lab January 2, 2016 ... Continue reading

Chapter Four - A DRIVE HOME: LeMay Museum, Tacoma To Detroit Auto Show- - On The Road With Steve Purdy

Chapter Four - A DRIVE HOME: LeMay Museum, Tacoma To Detroit Auto Show- - On The Road With Steve Purdy

A DRIVE HOME – Chapter Four Salt Lake City to Grand Junction A DRIVE HOME – Chapter Three Three old cars go from Tacoma to Detroit in the dead of winter By Steve Purdy Senior EditorThe Auto Channel Michigan Bureau Photos By Bob Giles To recap: Three vintage cars – a ’57 Chevy Nomad, a ’61 Chrys ... Continue reading

UPDATE - A DRIVE HOME: LeMay Museum, Tacoma To Detroit Auto Show- Chapter Three - On The Road With Steve Purdy

UPDATE - A DRIVE HOME: LeMay Museum, Tacoma To Detroit Auto Show- Chapter Three - On The Road With Steve Purdy

A DRIVE HOME – Chapter Three Three old cars go from Tacoma to Detroit in the dead of winter By Steve Purdy Senior EditorThe Auto Channel Michigan Bureau Photos By Bob Giles To recap: Three vintage cars – a ’57 Chevy Nomad, a ’61 Chrysler 300G and a ’66 Mustang left their safe haven in the LeMay ... Continue reading

UPDATE - A DRIVE HOME : LeMay Museum, Tacoma To Detroit Auto Show- Chapter Two On The Road With Steve Purdy

UPDATE - A DRIVE HOME : LeMay Museum, Tacoma To Detroit Auto Show- Chapter Two On The Road With Steve Purdy

UPDATE - A DRIVE HOME : LeMay Museum, Tacoma To Detroit Auto Show- Chapter 2 By Steve Purdy ... Continue reading

Heels On Wheels: 2016 Honda Fit Review +VIDEO

Heels On Wheels: 2016 Honda Fit Review +VIDEO

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2016 HONDA FIT REVIEW ... Continue reading

A DRIVE HOME : LeMay Museum, Tacoma To Detroit Auto Show +VIDEO - Chapter One By Steve Purdy

A DRIVE HOME : LeMay Museum, Tacoma To Detroit Auto Show +VIDEO - Chapter One By Steve Purdy

A DRIVE HOME Three old cars go from Tacoma to Detroit in the dead of winter By Steve Purdy Senior Editor, The Auto Channel Michigan Bureau LWe first learned of this project last summer while doing a story on America’s Car Museum in Tacoma, Washington. The concept was so unexpected we hesitated just an instant thin ... Continue reading

Letter From Europe, McLaren's 200 MPH Rocket, Infiniti Q50, Scion iM

Letter From Europe, McLaren's 200 MPH Rocket, Infiniti Q50, Scion iM

Letter From Europe, We Drive McLaren’s 200 MPH Rocket, Infiniti, Scion iM ... Continue reading

NHTDA RECALLS: December 28, 2015; Subaru, Acura, Ford, Mercedes-Benz, Chevrolet, Ferrari, Mack

NHTDA RECALLS: December 28, 2015; Subaru, Acura, Ford, Mercedes-Benz, Chevrolet, Ferrari, Mack

Your vehicle may be involved in a safety recall and may create a safety risk for you or your passengers. Safety defects must be repaired by a dealer at no cost to you. However, if left unrepaired, a potential safety defect in your vehicle could lead to injury or even death. Read this entire email to find out more and l ... Continue reading

2016 Honda Pilot AWD Elite Review by John Heilig +VIDEO

2016 Honda Pilot AWD Elite Review by John Heilig +VIDEO

2016 Honda Pilot AWD Elite Review by John Heilig ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Digest - December 21-27, 2015; Foogle?, Titan, Recalls, FIA Sans Nissan, Diesel PU

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Digest - December 21-27, 2015; Foogle?, Titan, Recalls, FIA Sans Nissan, Diesel PU

* Rumors abounded this week about a partnership between Ford and Google to develop Autonomous Vehicles. The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas may be the venue for the announcement since Ford CEO Mark Fields is scheduled to be keynote speaker at CES. The show has increasingly become focused on automobile electronic ... Continue reading

2016 Toyota Corolla LE Plus Review by John Heilig +VIDEO

2016 Toyota Corolla LE Plus Review by John Heilig +VIDEO

2016 Toyota Corolla LE Plus Review By John Heilig ... Continue reading

Car Question? Answers Live From NY - It's Auto Lab, December 26, 2015

Car Question? Answers Live From NY - It's Auto Lab, December 26, 2015

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

20 Car Models Not Selling Well in North America Going Buh-Bye in 2016

20 Car Models Not Selling Well in North America Going Buh-Bye in 2016

Detroit December 23, 2015; Mark Phelan, writing for the Detroit Free Press pointed out a score of models on the list. Some are vanishing bu others may be replaced by entirely new vehicles carrying alternative badges. Some are going out of production because they would require too much work to meet the latest U.S. safet ... Continue reading

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