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Rejecting Big Oil Snakes

Rejecting Big Oil Snakes

Response to Ike Kiefer By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL Just about five years ago, retired U.S. Navy Captain Todd A. "Ike" Kiefer wrote an anti-ethanol report titled "Twenty-First Century Snake Oil - Why the United States Should Reject Biofuels As Part of a Rational National Energy St ... Continue reading

2018 Hyundai Ioniq Line-Up Adds Versatile And Efficient Plug-In Hybrid Variant To Hybrid And Electric Models

2018 Hyundai Ioniq Line-Up Adds Versatile And Efficient Plug-In Hybrid Variant To Hybrid And Electric Models

Hyundai has added the 2018 Plug-in Hybrid model to its popular Ioniq line-up for the 2018 model year, along with new features for Ioniq Hybrid and Electric models. ... Continue reading

Genesis GV80 Concept and G80 Sport Win 2017 Good Design Awards

Genesis GV80 Concept and G80 Sport Win 2017 Good Design Awards

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA - December 22, 2017: Earlier this month it was announced that the Genesis GV80 Concept SUV and G80 Sport mid-luxury sedan both won 2017 GOOD DESIGN® awards. Genesis joins other transportation, electronic, consumer and lifestyle product brands in receiving the annual awards from The Chicago Athenaeu ... Continue reading

Nissan Announces Pricing on 2018 TITAN and TITAN XD

Nissan Announces Pricing on 2018 TITAN and TITAN XD

Nissan announced U.S. pricing for the complete 2018 TITAN and TITAN XD lineup, which is on sale now at Nissan dealers nationwide. Pricing3 starts at $29,780 for the TITAN S Single Cab 4x2, $31,790 for the TITAN XD S Single Cab 4x2 Gas, and $37,340 for the TITAN XD S Single Cab 4x2 Diesel. ... Continue reading

New INFINITI Concept Car Will To Debut at 2018 Detroit Auto Show

New INFINITI Concept Car Will To Debut at 2018 Detroit Auto Show

INFINITI will debut a new concept car at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January 2018. The concept previews a new generation of INFINITI vehicles and represents the first manifestation of INFINITI's new form language. ... Continue reading

The IRS Standard Rate Goes Up For 2018-CarData Reviews Trends Over the Pasts Two Decades

The IRS Standard Rate Goes Up For 2018-CarData Reviews Trends Over the Pasts Two Decades

The IRS Standard Mileage Rate and FAVR plan maximum vehicle costs, are published annually in IRS Rev Procedure 2010-51 Notice 2018-03. ... Continue reading

The Dominick Hotel Debuts in New York City at the Height of Luxury

The Dominick Hotel Debuts in New York City at the Height of Luxury

Unparalleled modern luxury continues in downtown Manhattan as The Dominick, located at 246 Spring Street, debuts today and is now accepting reservations. ... Continue reading

New Mercedes-Benz G-Class

New Mercedes-Benz G-Class

Exclusive interior: the G-Class, reinterpreted for today. As luxurious as it is authentic. ... Continue reading

Renault Symbioz: Experience Tomorrow Today – Autonomous, Electric And Connected

Renault Symbioz: Experience Tomorrow Today – Autonomous, Electric And Connected

We are on the cusp of making history. Imagine you set out on a journey to work or for leisure, strapped inside a bullet – that accelerates as fast as a sports car – quietly, allowing you to take your mind off the road ahead, while you’re surrounded by concert-quality sound and cinema-quality screens. ... Continue reading

First Customers Take Over New Audi R8 LMS GT4

First Customers Take Over New Audi R8 LMS GT4

Audi Sport customer racing has acquired the first customers for the Audi R8 LMS GT4. The racers from America, Australia, China and Europe took over the first twelve sports cars of the most recent model range in Neuburg an der Donau. ... Continue reading

Yamaha Yard Built XS650 and XSR700 by Greg Hageman +VIDEO

Yamaha Yard Built XS650 and XSR700 by Greg Hageman +VIDEO

Yamaha’s latest additions to the Yard Built garage, an XS650 and XSR700 by custom builder Greg Hageman, reflect great respect and admiration for designs of the past paired with modern performance. Based out of Bettendorf, Iowa, Hageman modestly describes himself as “just a guy working in my garage,” but his lates ... Continue reading

INFINITI 3.0-liter Twin-Turbo V6 Makes Ward’s 10 Best Engines List For Second Consecutive Year

INFINITI 3.0-liter Twin-Turbo V6 Makes Ward’s 10 Best Engines List For Second Consecutive Year

NASHVILLE, TN – December 14, 2017: The INFINITI 3.0-liter twin-turbo V6 engine was named to Ward's 10 Best Engines list for 2018 model year. The VR-series engine has the distinction of being one of just two engines on the list to receive the award for a second consecutive year. ... Continue reading

Have Holiday Plans, Will Travel: Record-Breaking 107 Million Americans to Celebrate Holidays Away From Home

Have Holiday Plans, Will Travel: Record-Breaking 107 Million Americans to Celebrate Holidays Away From Home

'Tis the season to traditionally spend with family and friends and this year Americans are traveling in record numbers. ... Continue reading

Priority Pass Unveils The World's Best Airport Lounges - and They're Not Where You'd Expect

Priority Pass Unveils The World's Best Airport Lounges - and They're Not Where You'd Expect

Lounges in Jamaica, Estonia and Malta among those recognised in annual poll based on 72,000 ratings from Members A selection of the world's best airport lounges have been revealed by independent lounge membership program, Priority Pass, in its annual Lounge of the Year Awards. This year winners include lounges in Jamai ... Continue reading

Top 5 Greatest Ever V8 Ferraris Revealed

Top 5 Greatest Ever V8 Ferraris Revealed

A poll of 4,500 Ferrari fans names the all-time top 5 greatest V8 Ferraris with the 458 Italia in first place. Thousands of prancing horse devotees have overwhelmingly declared the Ferrari 458 Italia to be the greatest ever V8 from Maranello. ... Continue reading

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