News By Topic: Marc Rauch

Automobili Lamborghini at 2018 Beijing Auto Show

Apr 27, 2018

Automobili Lamborghini presents the complete model line-up for the first time in China at 2018 Beijing Auto Show. ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Group Of America Gives Hundreds of Kids Across the Country a Career Test Drive

Apr 27, 2018

Volkswagen Group of America today announced that locations across the U.S. celebrated the annual “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day,” inviting employees’ children to visit VWGoA offices for a glimpse into what their parents do each and every day. This marks the 5th year VWGoA has participated in the day. ... Continue reading

LIVE Mercedes-Benz Press Conferences From Beijing Auto Show +VIDEO

Apr 25, 2018

Mercedes-Benz is presenting two new variants of successful vehicles at Auto China in Beijing. For the first time it will be possible to see the new A-Class Sedan and a new C-Class model. ... Continue reading

Celebrating 70 Years Of The Aston Martin DB Bloodline

Apr 25, 2018

Aston Martin is today celebrating 70 years of its world-famous DB bloodline, as the luxury British marque unveiled its latest DB family of sportscars for the first time at the 2018 Beijing Motor Show – the V12 and V8-powered DB11 coupe and DB11 Volante. The famous letters stand for David Brown, referring to the legen ... Continue reading

Knowledge of Ethanol Benefits Growing in Australia +VIDEO

Apr 21, 2018

Ethanol-gasoline blends save consumers money By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL About a year and a half ago, I had the great please to visit Australia to speak at the National Biofuels Association Conference in Brisbane. ... Continue reading

New Studies Again Show Ethanol Reduces Toxic Emissions and Improves Air Quality +VIDEO

Apr 19, 2018

Ethanol blends reduce toxic tailpipe emissions by up to 50%, significantly improving air quality and protecting public health according to two new studies. The separate studies were conducted by the North Carolina State University (NCSU) and the University of California Riverside (UCR). The Urban Air Initiative (UAI) c ... Continue reading

Academy Award-Nominated Actress Margot Robbie Headlines Nissan Formula E Launch Tour Event

Apr 17, 2018

Nissan completed its Formula E launch tour in Los Angeles yesterday with an event led by Margot Robbie, the company’s electric vehicle and sustainability ambassador, heralding an exciting era for Nissan as it enters the ABB FIA Formula E Championship. First revealed at the Geneva Motor Show to high acclaim, followed ... Continue reading

More Power To The Pick-Up: Volkswagen Launches New Top Spec Amarok

Apr 17, 2018

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is putting words into action as the Amarok concept vehicle shown at the IAA in Frankfurt last year becomes available to order* as the new, top engine specification production model. A particular highlight is the V6 TDI engine with 258 PS, plus a 14 PS overboost and up to 580 Newton metres ... Continue reading

The Challenge of Legacy by Edwin Black

Apr 16, 2018

This is a transcript of Edwin Black’s April 11, 2018 keynote address in the Michigan Capitol Rotunda for that state’s official Holocaust Commemoration. Today, I come not just to mourn nor to scorn but rather to warn our world, that is, the world of today whose memories are still whistling and bristling with the tor ... Continue reading

Genesis Launches G70 Luxury Performance Sedan in Russian Market

Apr 14, 2018

Automotive luxury brand Genesis introduced the 2019 G70 sedan, the third model in a growing lineup, at a ceremony held in The Museum of Moscow. Over 500 guests and influencers joined Genesis for a music festival as part of the Russian market launch of G70. ... Continue reading

American Petroleum Institute Goes Bonkers - Issues Fatuous Lies Against E15 Ethanol Blends

Apr 13, 2018

Today, a fathead from the American Petroleum Institute made a series of preposterous claims against E-15 that prove neither he nor anyone currently employed by API know anything about motor fuels or internal combustion engines. The particular fathead I'm referring to is API Downstream Group Director Frank Macchiarola. ... Continue reading

Taking On EPA, CAL Air Resources Board, Obama, and Big Oil

Apr 13, 2018

Open Letter To Sierra Club By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL ... Continue reading

Why Does AAA and Big Oil Feel They Must Lie to America?

Apr 13, 2018

Doesn't Lying About One Thing Taint the Veracity Everything Else They Say? By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL AUTO CENTRAL - May 23, 2013: This morning, AAA issued a press release concerning travel on this forth coming Memorial Day Weekend. The release carries some of the usual informat ... Continue reading

Open Letter To Ken Cohen ExxonMobil +VIDEO

Apr 13, 2018

By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL This past February, Jay Leno wrote an article for AutoWeek Magazine excoriating ethanol fuels. This article caused a bit of an uproar within the pro-alt fuel community (including us at The Auto Channel). This uproar was met by several anti-ethanol enti ... Continue reading

The Case Against Ethanol Opponents: They Are Simply Incorrect +VIDEO

Apr 13, 2018

By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL I can't say for sure, since I haven't done a count and compared it to a calendar, but it seems to me that the American oil industry has been ramping up its attacks on ethanol and trying to gain ground by adding in more <i>high-powered</i> lapdogs to pr ... Continue reading