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Considering Buying A Toyota? The Auto Channel Toyota Reviews 2019-1994

Considering Buying A Toyota? The Auto Channel Toyota Reviews 2019-1994

Professional reviews by veteran auto journalists...read then compare. ... Continue reading

Free Classified - FSBO - 2017 Nissan Murano · SL (2017.5) Sport Utility 4D

Free Classified - FSBO - 2017 Nissan Murano · SL (2017.5) Sport Utility 4D

$28,000 Seattle, Washington; Moving overseas with Military. Must sell by April 15. ... Continue reading

Buh-Bye Ford Taurus Sedan Last One Rolls Off Line at Chicago Assembly Plant

Buh-Bye Ford Taurus Sedan Last One Rolls Off Line at Chicago Assembly Plant

Marking the end of U.S. production of the historic and pioneering nameplate Legacy of Taurus innovation lives on as Ford invests $1 billion and adds 500 jobs at its Chicago Assembly Plant and Chicago Stamping Plant to expand capacity for the production of all-new Ford Explorer, Police Interceptor Utility and Lincoln Av ... Continue reading

2018 BMW 640i GT xDrive Review By John Heilig

2018 BMW 640i GT xDrive Review By John Heilig

Handling is excellent for a large car, aided by the M Sport Dynamic Handling Package that adds integral active steering, adaptive drive, active roll stabilization and dynamic danger control. There are times when you can be lumbering along peacefully and suddenly the road bends. The car realizes this faster than you do ... Continue reading

New Car Review: 2018 LEXUS NX 300h - Los Tres Amigos Road Trip Review By Steve Purdy - It's E15 Approved

New Car Review: 2018 LEXUS NX 300h - Los Tres Amigos Road Trip Review By Steve Purdy - It's E15 Approved

2018 LEXUS NX 300h In the Sonoran Desert with Los Tres Amigos By Steve Purdy The Auto Channel Michigan Bureau Though I often brag about how much I like winter - the shoveling of snow and the beauty of the season - it is nice to get away for a bit. We’ve come to admire the aesthetics and culture of the desert southwes ... Continue reading

J.D. Power 2018 U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS)

J.D. Power 2018 U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS)

Vehicle Dependability Significantly Improves for Most Automakers On a day when people traditionally demonstrate their love for another person, consumers’ affection for their three-year-old vehicles is equally apparent in the J.D. Power 2018 U.S. Vehicle Dependability StudySM (VDS), released today. ... Continue reading

Honda Finishes 2018 as the Retail #1 Passenger Car Brand for the First Time

Honda Finishes 2018 as the Retail #1 Passenger Car Brand for the First Time

Passenger cars drive Honda’s leadership and appeal with young and first-time buyers and a growing multicultural customer base With retail passenger car sales totaling 667,762 units in 2018, Honda was the retail best-selling passenger car brand in America in 2018 – a first in the brand’s 49-year history – accord ... Continue reading

New Car Review: 2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS, Review by Rob Eckaus - It's E15 Approved +VIDEO

New Car Review: 2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS, Review by Rob Eckaus - It's E15 Approved +VIDEO

Porsche wowed the automotive world when the 911 based GTS RS was announced. Speculation about how they were going to top the prior generation 997 chassis GTS RS 620 horsepower was rampant. ... Continue reading

2018 BMW 530e iPerformance Plug-In Hybrid Review By Senior Editor John Heilig

2018 BMW 530e iPerformance Plug-In Hybrid Review By Senior Editor John Heilig

Under gas power, this is pure BMW. Performance is quiet, almost leading you to believe that it’s on electric drive all the time. Almost no road noise intrudes into the cabin. This is what you expect from a 5 ... Continue reading

2018 Buick Regal TourX Essence AWD Review By John Heilig

2018 Buick Regal TourX Essence AWD Review By John Heilig

I must confess to a built-in prejudice in favor of the Buick Regal TourX (we own a Buick and I like wagons), but the TourX is a superb package. Maybe you need wagon experience, but this is so much better than our old Ford Country Squire. ... Continue reading

2018 Kia Niro PHEV EX Premium by David Colman +VIDEO

2018 Kia Niro PHEV EX Premium by David Colman +VIDEO

A delightfully well equipped, good handling economy miser By David Colman Special Correspondent to The Auto Channel It's easy to confuse the Niro with what it isn't. Is it a crossover? Not really, since Niro is a stand-alone design, and not based on a car platform. It's only immediate relative is the Hyundai Ioniq, sin ... Continue reading

Hyundai Motor America Reports 2018 December and Total Year Sales Hyundai Brand And Genesis

Hyundai Motor America Reports 2018 December and Total Year Sales Hyundai Brand And Genesis

Record-Setting December Sales Total Total December Sales Up 3 Percent; Retail Sales Up 4 Percent Best SUV Sales Month Ever with More than 35,000 Units Sold Highest Monthly Kona Sales Total Ever 2018 Hyundai-Branded Vehicles Sales Increase Over 2017 FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Jan. 3, 2019 – Hyundai Motor America reporte ... Continue reading

2018 Toyota Avalon Hybrid Review by Steve Purdy +VIDEO

2018 Toyota Avalon Hybrid Review by Steve Purdy +VIDEO

The Avalon’s design, in my view, could contend for “most improved” honors over its original in terms of just about every measure of styling, functionality, mechanical sophistication and user friendliness. ... Continue reading

2018 Toyota Camry, Camry With a New Attitude Review By Larry Nutson

2018 Toyota Camry, Camry With a New Attitude Review By Larry Nutson

For 2018 the Camry had been completely redesigned. We’re now up to the eighth generation Camry that rides on an all-new platform, Toyota’s New Global Architecture. It’s longer, lower and wider. The chassis is 30-percent more rigid and there’s new suspension geometry. Light-weighting is a big part of new vehicle ... Continue reading

2018 Honda Accord 2.0T TRG Review By John Heilig

2018 Honda Accord 2.0T TRG Review By John Heilig

The mid-size segment is one of the most competitive in America, with a slew of vehicles from a slew of manufacturers, all seeking a piece of the pie. Most of these sedans are pretty good, and a few are better than good. The Honda Accord is one of the latter. ... Continue reading

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