The Yugo - The Rise and Fall of The Worst Car in the World - Book Review And Link To Yougo Library
Jun 6, 2021
THE YUGO THE RISE AND FALL OF THE WORST CAR IN THE WORLD By Jason Vuic Published by Hill and Wang, New York A Book Review By Steve Purdy Detroit BureauThe Auto Channel I met Jason Vuic during an author’s book fair at the Detroit Public Library’s National Automotive History Collection a couple weeks ago. A ... Continue reading
Kelley Blue Book Helps Car Shoppers Navigate Electric Car Tax Credits
Apr 22, 2021
Electric cars undoubtedly are the wave of the future, and growth in the segment is on quite an upward trajectory. According to data from Cox Automotive, electrified vehicles accounted for 7.8% of the total Q1 2021 sales, up from 4.8% in the same period last year. ... Continue reading
Used Car Review - 2018 Subaru Crosstrek By Steve Purdy
Dec 5, 2020
Redesigned for 2018, Crosstrek is loosely based on the Impreza compact sedan but it is quite a different vehicle. It gets a tiny bit bigger than the outgoing model, the result of styling that follows modern trends for small crossovers. It is most certainly not flashy, eschewing excess sculpting, jewelry and aggressive ... Continue reading
2020 Toyota Avalon Road Trip Scottsdale To Jerome By Steve Purdy
Dec 3, 2020
The sun is just up glowing over my left shoulder as I cross I-17 on Carefree Highway just north of Phoenix and pass the last traffic signal. It took nearly an hour to break away from the oppressive suburban environment of Scottsdale and out into the open spaces of the Sonoran Desert. ... Continue reading
Complete Movie: Who Killed GM's EV1 Electric Car? +VIDEO
Dec 1, 2020
A Provocative Question With Half an Answer By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau I felt like a privileged fellow a few weeks ago at a suburban Detroit cinema when I was invited to attend the preview of a new car movie starring Phyllis Diller, Mel Gibson, Tom Hanks and Martin Sheen. Not an adventure, not a co ... Continue reading
2020 Hyundai Sonata to the Great Smoky Mountains
Nov 7, 2020
2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Review by Thom Cannell and Steve Purdy
Sep 14, 2020
Car Review, Hyundai Review, The new 2020 Sonata Hybrid updates styling and design with yet more swoopyness and tweaks engineering details substantially while enhancing content needed to keep pace with competitors. From what we heard today it sounds like the competition should be worried. ... Continue reading
2020 Automotive Heritage Foundation Awards +VIDEO
Jul 27, 2020
TACH Automotive News Library Indexed By Single Topics (1993-2023)
May 23, 2020
Single Topic Automotive Content Index ... Continue reading
New “MotorCities At Home” Virtual Zoom Programs Debuts with a Look at Cool Hood Ornaments +VIDEO
May 18, 2020
Since we're all still staying at home to prevent the spread of COVID-19, MotorCities is presenting a new series of virtual programs featuring members of our Speakers Bureau discussing interesting automotive history topics. Each program is FREE and presented as a live Zoom conference. ... Continue reading
2020 Automotive Heritage Awards Call For Entries
Apr 19, 2020
Greetings Supporters of the Automotive Heritage Awards: We’re about six weeks out from the entry deadline for the 2020 Automotive Heritage Awards, so it’s just the right time to broadcast as widely as we can the call for entries. We’ll be reminding our potential entrants and asking relevant organizations and asso ... Continue reading
Mar 17, 2020
For the better part of the first week in March traffic is carefully controlled into the fancy circle drive in front of the Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island hotel, not far north of Jacksonville, Florida. Special cars, colorful hotel guests, VIPs, celebrities and the Concours cognoscenti have the run of the place. ... Continue reading
2020 Chicago Auto Show - Vehicles On Display - Purdy and Cannell Report
Feb 9, 2020
2020 CHICAGO AUTO SHOW HIGHLIGHTS By Steve Purdy and Thom Cannell Photos by Thom Cannell The Auto Channel Team It’s Auto Show Season!! With the North American International (Detroit) Auto Show moving to June, Chicago, with classic braggadocio, consider theirs the first of the season. PHOTO CannellChi20-1066.jpg Organ ... Continue reading
Dec 25, 2019
GIBBS AMPHIBIAN QUADSKI By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Michigan Bureau It’s not easy being the innovator. A company called Gibbs Sports Amphibians has been working for 15 years to bring to market several high-speed amphibious vehicles, including a car called Aquada, based on their patented technology that all ... Continue reading
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