Toyota Reports North American Sales For September 2023
Oct 3, 2023
Year-to-date electrified vehicle sales including battery, fuel cell, hybrid and plug-in hybrid top 455,142 representing 27.9 percent of total volume • 26 electrified vehicle options between both Toyota and Lexus brands, the most among any automaker • 2024 Lexus RX plug-in hybrid available in showrooms; all-new 2024 ... Continue reading
Honda Reports US Sales For September 2023
Oct 3, 2023
October 3, 2023 American Honda total sales over 115,000 units, up 45.5% in September and 52.7% in Q3, despite supply constraints for some models Honda brand sales are up 44.4% to over 102,000 in September, and up 51% in 3Q (302,250) with turn rates over 70% Honda electrified sales continue to set records as CR-V and Ac ... Continue reading
Mitsubishi Reports US Sales For September 2023
Oct 3, 2023
The brand's flagship Outlander Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle led in record-setting style, with 1,887 sales in the quarter representing the best-ever sales quarter for the vehicle. ... Continue reading
2023 Toyota Crown Limited - Review by Bruce Hotchkiss + VIDEO
Oct 3, 2023
2023 Toyota Crown Limited - Review by Bruce Hotchkiss A Blast From The Past But Much Better Looking! Many years ago when I was an apprentice auto mechanic we had a customer who had a Toyota Crown station wagon. It had a big lump of an overhead cam six and a 4-speed manual transmission. ... Continue reading
Lithia & Driveway Improves Terms For Pendragon Purchase
Oct 2, 2023
Lithia & Driveway announced today that it has signed a revised agreement on improved terms with the Board of Directors of Pendragon plc ("Pendragon") to enter into a strategic partnership with Pinewood Technologies ("Pinewood Tech") and to acquire Pendragon's UK motor division and vehicle management division. ... Continue reading
Oct 2, 2023
The following may apply to one or more of your vehicles if your vehicle is listed below. Click on the NHTSA Recall ID Number below to read more about the safety issue and the reason for the recall.To find out if your specific passenger vehicle is included in the recall, use our VIN Look-up Tool. ... Continue reading
2023 Genesis G80 Electrified - Review by Bruce Hotchkiss +VIDEO
Oct 2, 2023
The best-riding EV I have ever driven ... Continue reading
2023 Toyota bZ4X FWD XLE - Review by Mark Fulmer
Oct 2, 2023
From the folks that brought us the Prius, here comes an all electric crossover with a modern styling and a name straight out of Popular Science, bZ4X. And the bZ stands for "beyond Zero" And if that's not acronym-ish enough, the bZ4X is a BEV which is not a beverage but a "battery electric vehicle." ... Continue reading
JD Power Report - Are Mass Market Buyers Being Priced Out of EVs?
Oct 1, 2023
Key Findings Premium EVs Far More Affordable than Mass Market EVs, on Relative Basis: The extra cost that premium automobile buyers are paying to own an electric vehicle (EV) vs. a comparable internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle is significantly lower than that paid by mass market buyers. ... Continue reading
First Review Toyota Tundra(1999) Still Hot
Oct 1, 2023
1999 Toyota Tundra First Review ... Continue reading
2023 Mazda CX-50 - Review By Larry Nutson
Oct 1, 2023
2023 Mazda CX-50 Capable and stylish By Larry Nutson Chicago Bureau Chief The Auto Channel (DSC_ 9344) Earlier this year, in late March, I traveled to California’s Central Coast on the invite of Mazda to drive the all-new 2023 Mazda CX-50. The CX-50, an addition to the Mazda product lineup, is a two-row, five-seat co ... Continue reading
2023 Lexus LC 500 Coupe - Review by Mark Fulmer
Oct 1, 2023
This LC Coupe from Lexus is a head-turner inside and out. It basso profundo annouces its arrival and the pointed LED head and tail lights give it a sci-fi weapon look that you expect to spit out laser beams to fry the boxy passenger shuttle SUVs. ... Continue reading
Still HOT! After All These Years - 2005 Aston DB9 - Million Dollar DB Review
Sep 30, 2023
Aston Martin has demonstrated to parent - and check writer - Ford that it has real potential in limited production sports and GT tourers. The Vanquish, and lately the Vanquish S, is the super-expensive pinnacle or ‘halo’ car for the brand, accessible to only those with $240,000+, not a problem for most Asto ... Continue reading
Still HOT! After All Of These Years - 2002 Lexus SC430 - No Risk…Lots of Rewards
Sep 30, 2023
I thought how appropriate that we were traversing some of the nicest suburbs in the Phoenix area, passing homes and shopping centers where the SC 430 would feel comfortable and could live out its life in comfort and refinement…no road course for this baby no high speed turns around a track designed for edgy screa ... Continue reading
2023 NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL DETROIT AUTO SHOW
Sep 29, 2023
She Ain’t What She Used to Be! By Steve Purdy and Thom Cannell TheAutoChannel’s Detroit Team The handwringing and consternation among fellow journalists and hangers-on were nearly palpable during the media preview day and for a few days thereafter. “She ain’t what she used to be,” was the refrain. ... Continue reading
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