When All American Drivers Use Domestic Fuel, MPG Hysteria Will Go Away
Nov 19, 2022
I am not a scientist or an engineer or a lawyer or an economist my daily immersion and curiosity in everything automotive has given my opinions and observations street-cred. Over these past years The Auto Channel has been to every major auto show, both in the U.S and around the world. We have published over a million a ... Continue reading
ETHANOL Helps America Become a Nation of Alcoholics - Alcohol and Driving DO Mix
Oct 27, 2022
Last week Marc Rauch my friend, business partner and co-founder of The Auto Channel traveled down to LA from his home in Northern California to interview and visit with Ed Begley Jr. an actor who is VERY involved with the future of our world and David Blume author of a book titled Alcohol can be Gas. A ... Continue reading
Oct 10, 2022
After this past weeks onslaught of self-serving ulterior motivated Silicon Valley originated and paid for propaganda about the autonomous car at CES (Consumer Electronics Show), and the rolling stone momentum pushed along by the digital claque, including sycophants in the press (c/net,Hey Car Industry Open Your Eyes, T ... Continue reading
Don't Be A Yutz*, Go Dealer Direct And Eliminate 3rd Party Lead Gen Tout-Fees
Sep 14, 2022
Although using a third-party lead-gen service like Consumer Reports, TruCar, Edmunds, KBB, Auto-by-Tel, Cars.com, AutoTrader, Edmunds and all of the others is easy, don't for a second believe that they are really free... ... Continue reading
Aug 23, 2022
Satisfaction with the auto industry is moving in reverse. Overall customer satisfaction with automobiles slides 1.3% to a score of 77 (out of 100), according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI®) Automobile Study 2021-2022. ... Continue reading
2004 Volkswagen Phaeton V8 Review
Jul 22, 2022
Driving a new VW Phaeton brought me the kind of attention that only a trophy wife can generate from a bunch of car guys who have seen it all. During my week with the Phaeton the car served me well. As I drove the back roads of Kentucky on my favorite test drive routes…up and around…in and out of the hollers ... Continue reading
Single Topic "Relevant To Your Interest" Automotive Content Without A WEB SEARCH
Jun 5, 2022
The Auto Channel The Automotive Data Research Hub functions as a massive silo, eliminating a need for an enterprise level web wide search engine. Delivering relevant information without an advertising based search tool, because it only had to search within our single subject Focused Content Channel. This interactive on ... Continue reading
(2016) GM And Honda To Partner In Full Production Fuel-Cell Manufacturing Plant
Apr 5, 2022
By KEN SAKAKIBARA/ Staff Writer Tokyo January 16, 2016; Ken Sakaktbara writing for Ashai Shimbun reported that Honda Motor Co. and General Motors Co., their sights set on mass-production of the "ultimate eco-car" in the 2020s, will set up a factory to jointly manufacture fuel cells. The move is expected to be a game-ch ... Continue reading
Mar 29, 2022
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 1996; The Ford Motor Company is offering an "Unlimited" number of Taurus FFV (flexible fuel vehicle) sedans for the 1997 model year at a discounted sticker price of $345 less than the conventional gasoline-powered Taurus. Ford is offering the Taurus FFVs, capable of running on methanol (or ethanol) ... Continue reading
Mar 14, 2022
Washington DC August 15, 2005; The AIADA newsletter reported that the price of retail gas has gone up more than 20 cents in the last three weeks ending last Friday, up to a new high of $2.53 per gallon, reports The Associated Press. Adjusted for inflation, however, prices have yet to climb to the record levels reached ... Continue reading
Mar 2, 2022
Big Cars with Choice, Not Small Cars Without Choice Is What's Good for America. How can the elimination of the old fashioned self-serving three letter abbreviation ... Continue reading
Emergency Roadside Repairs – The Way It’s Supposed To Be (Originally Published Dec 2003)
Jan 21, 2022
By Bob Gordon Co-Publisher The Auto Channel Well it was bound to happen sooner or later…kinnda like Russian roulette I imagine. On a return trip to home base in Louisville from Detroit, where I was trying to drum up some advertising for The Auto Channel, my faithful 1992 Volvo 940T with 177,324 mile under her rub ... Continue reading
Nissan Ethanol Fuel Cell Announced in 2016
Jan 5, 2022
Nissan announces development of the world's first SOFC-powered vehicle system that runs on bio-ethanol electric power YOKOHAMA, Japan June 14, 2016; Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. announced today that it is currently researching and developing a Solid Oxide Fuel-Cell (SOFC)-powered system that runs on bio-ethanol electric powe ... Continue reading
2021-22 Tesla Model Y earns highest IIHS accolade
Dec 21, 2021
December 21, 2021 The 2021-22 Tesla Model Y, a midsize luxury SUV, qualifies for a Top Safety Pick+ award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. To qualify for either of the Institute’s two awards, vehicles must earn good ratings in six IIHS crashworthiness evaluations, including the driver-side small overl ... Continue reading
On The Auto Channel's 25th Thanksgiving, Flashback Redux, Redux, Redux
Nov 25, 2021
November 24, 2005; Well another Thanksgiving has arrived...and thanks to the loyal TACH audience, our fantastic advertisers, and our hearty band of TACH men and women who make the site possible, we are still here!! Because we are a frugal and pragmatic bunch the reuse of a story albeit updated does not shake our journa ... Continue reading
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