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Automotive Artist Tom Hale Exclusive Video Interview (2019)

Automotive Artist Tom Hale Exclusive Video Interview (2019)

Although the words automobile imagery and fine art are not usually in the same sentence, Michigan artist Tom Hale has worked as a full-time artist since the mid-1980s bringing those terms together. ... Continue reading

Nikola Fuel Cell Class 8 Truck on the Road This Summer Will fuel cell technology be the end game?

Nikola Fuel Cell Class 8 Truck on the Road This Summer Will fuel cell technology be the end game?

Nikola Corporation, despite its rocky origin, is delivering battery-powered Class 8 trucks to customers now - not really soon. ... Continue reading

Enjoy The Drive: Arizona Road Trip Review In A 2023 Toyota RAV4 - By Steve Purdy

Enjoy The Drive: Arizona Road Trip Review In A 2023 Toyota RAV4 - By Steve Purdy

Based on review consensus, the 2023 Toyota RAV4 continues the tradition, with a cargo-friendly interior, an attractive base price, and sensible road manners. The SUV is a pleasant ride, with a roomy and easy-to-live-with interior and plenty of utility. It can handle well and brake efficiently, and comes with numerous d ... Continue reading

USED TRUCK RELEVANT: 2015 Ford F-150 Lariat 4x4 Steve Purdy Snowy Icy Review +VIDEO

USED TRUCK RELEVANT: 2015 Ford F-150 Lariat 4x4 Steve Purdy Snowy Icy Review +VIDEO

2015 Ford F-150 Lariat 4x4 Steve Purdy Snowy Icy Review ... Continue reading

A Million Pages Of Indexed Automotive Content Without A WEB SEARCH

A Million Pages Of Indexed Automotive Content Without A WEB SEARCH

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

The Auto Channel, Discover Automotive Content Worth-Knowing - Online Since 1996

The Auto Channel, Discover Automotive Content Worth-Knowing - Online Since 1996

The Auto Channel Smart TV Ready, Published With Honesty, Humor, Irony, Personality and Disbelief. Car Reviews, Buyers Guides, Comparison Tools, Auto Maker News, Videos, Alt-fuels, Opinions, Features, For Car Guys and Gals ... Continue reading

2016 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited 75th Anniversary Edition Review By Steve Purdy

2016 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited 75th Anniversary Edition Review By Steve Purdy

2016 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited 75th Anniversary Edition Review By Steve Purdy ... Continue reading

Chattanooga and the Tow Truck Museum and Hall of Fame (Originally Published 12/31/2005)

Chattanooga and the Tow Truck Museum and Hall of Fame (Originally Published 12/31/2005)

Chattanooga is also home to the only museum in the world dedicated to the common tow truck. The Moon Pie, for the uninformed reader, is a glom of white marshmallow squashed between two cardboard-like graham crackers, all covered with a thin waxy chocolate. My pretty blonde, my accomplice, Joe, and I swung through Chatt ... Continue reading

2022 MAZDA CX-9 Signature Road Trip - Review by Thom Cannell and Steve Purdy +VIDEO

2022 MAZDA CX-9 Signature Road Trip - Review by Thom Cannell and Steve Purdy +VIDEO

By Thom Cannell and Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel Michigan Bureau Thom: “While the average 7-seat CUV is out of touch with the road, the CX-9 is on a first name basis with it.” That’s Mazda’s opening salvo in the dystopian battle for SUV dominance. And while bold, both Steve and I share the opinion it’s not misg ... Continue reading

2022 Kia Sorento PHEV Road Trip Review By Steve Purdy

2022 Kia Sorento PHEV Road Trip Review By Steve Purdy

In this case (an early fall jaunt) the winner is Newport, Rhode Island, best known for early 20th century mansions along the Atlantic shore where tourists from around the world come to bask in the opulence of the Gilded Age. ... Continue reading

Autonomous Driving May Kill The Automobile Industry And American's Freedom (Originally Published 11/26/2015)

Autonomous Driving May Kill The Automobile Industry And American's Freedom (Originally Published 11/26/2015)

Big Brother Like "Birth to Grave" Autonomous Driving Mandates May Kill The Automobile Industry And Take Our Freedom Of Mobility ... Continue reading

The Detroit Concours d’Elegance - Purdy's Take

The Detroit Concours d’Elegance - Purdy's Take

The Detroit Concours d’Elegance, Formerly, the Concours d’Elegance of America at St. John’s Formerly, the Meadow Brook Concours d’Elegance By Steve Purdy Senior Editor The Auto Channel DIA Façade] Detroit, September 2022 - What a ride it’s been for the Concours d’Elegance presented in Southeast Michigan fo ... Continue reading

The North American International Auto Show - Or is it? Purdy and Cannell Duck-In On Detroit Show

The North American International Auto Show - Or is it? Purdy and Cannell Duck-In On Detroit Show

Show boss, Rod Alberts of the Detroit Auto Dealers Association, slept in the temporary offices at Huntington Place (formerly Cobo Center) the night before media preview day because the new, very new, version of the “Detroit Auto Show,” still known also as the North American International Auto Show, was about to get ... Continue reading

2022 Lexus UX 250h in Scottsdale - Review by Steve Purdy +VIDEO

2022 Lexus UX 250h in Scottsdale - Review by Steve Purdy +VIDEO

The auctions, the desert, and a nice little UTE ... Continue reading

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