Aug 27, 2012
2013 Acura RDX Review By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Michigan Bureau This month (July 2012) both Honda and Acura were among the top five performers in the category of percentage increase in sales over the previous year. Amazing? Yes. The auto industry in the U.S. is recovering nicely but these two Asian brands are h ... Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: 2012 C.A.R. Management Briefing Seminars Day 4
Aug 12, 2012
CENTER FOR AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH MANAGEMENT BRIEFING SEMINARS 2012 DAY 4 â Itâs a Wrap By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Michigan Bureau We wrap up the week today with a few more speeches and some punditry. Iâm thinking about what a fresh young reporter might think of the automobile business if she were as ... Continue reading
2013 Lexus GS 350 Review By Steve Purdy
Aug 10, 2012
2013 LEXUS GS 350 By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Michigan Bureau I attended the launch of the new GS350 last November in Las Vegas where one of the opportunities to experience the car involved hot laps on a short road racing course with both a BMW 5-Series and a Mercedes E-Class for comparison. In terms of handling, ... Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: 2012 C.A.R. Management Briefing Seminars Day 2 - Fuel Efficiency
Aug 8, 2012
CENTER FOR AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH MANAGEMENT BRIEFING SEMINARS 2012 DAY 2 By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Michigan Bureau Our MBS Day Two morning panel explored, in great depth, trends in powertrain development. We heard from the R&D guys from the Detroit Three and a really smart guy from the contract-engineering firm F ... Continue reading
2012 Hyundai Azera Review By Steve Purdy
Aug 8, 2012
2012 HYUNDAI AZERA By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Michigan Bureau The big news in my driveway this week is the all-new, full-size, front-wheel drive Hyundai Azera sedan. Bigger than Sonata, smaller than Equus and priced barely more than 30 grand, the Azera is poised to make a big splash in its segment of the market. ... Continue reading
2013 Nissan Pathfinder Following the Trend
Aug 8, 2012
2013 Nissan Pathfinder last week and a briefing by the folks responsible for the modelâs development and marketing. It now joins Explorer, Durango and other former SUVs becoming transformed into a CUV. The difference, of course, is that the former are truck-based, body-on-frame vehicles and the latter generally ca ... Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: 2012 C.A.R. Management Briefing Seminars Day 1
Aug 7, 2012
CENTER FOR AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH MANAGEMENT BRIEFING SEMINARS 2012 DAY 1 By Steve Purdy The Auto Channel Michigan Bureau Here we are again at the beautiful Grand Traverse Resort in northern Michigan overlooking East Grand Traverse Bay. We are immersed in one of the most important automobile industry conferences in the wo ... Continue reading
2012 Hyundai Veloster Ecoshift DCT Review By Steve Purdy
Aug 5, 2012
2012 HYUNDAI VELOSTER ECOSHIFT DCT By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Michigan Bureau The Hyundai Veloster could hardly have come to my driveway at a better time. A busy week took me into the city (Detroit and environs about an hour away) three times and 4 hours north to Michiganâs Gold Coast to cover the start of ... Continue reading
Eighth Concours d'Elegance of Southwest Michigan This Weekend
Aug 2, 2012
By Steve Purdy Michigan Bureau The cliff-side park overlooking Lake Michigan in downtown St. Joe, Michigan will be the scene this Saturday (August 4th) of an invitational classic and collector car show - the eighth annual Concours d'Elegance of Southwest Michigan (formerly knows as the Krasl Art Center Concours d'Elega ... Continue reading
The 34th Annual Concours d'Elegance of America July 27-29, 2012
Jul 25, 2012
Dedicated to the Genius of the Automobile: The 34th Annual Concours d'Elegance of America Returns to St. Johnâs in Plymouth on July 27-29, 2012 Plymouth Michigan July 24, 2012; After a hugely successful inaugural year at the beautiful St. Johnâs Inn in Plymouth, Michigan, the renowned Concours dâElegance ... Continue reading
2013 Mazda CX-5 Review by Steve Purdy +VIDEO
Jun 27, 2012
By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Michigan Bureau Our test car this week - the Mazda CX-5 - is one of the hot new contenders in the popular compact CUV market, one of the fastest growing segments in the U.S. We wrote about it at launch a few months ago, but now we have the chance to live with it for a week. Mazda offic ... Continue reading
2012 JD Power Initial Quality Study Close-up Look
Jun 22, 2012
</p><p>By Steve Purdy <br>TheAutoChannel.com <br>Michigan Bureau </p><P>Detroit MI June 19, 2012; The U.S. auto industry posted the best improvement in performance since 2009 in this yearâs important Initial Quality Survey conducted by J.D. Power and Associates. In the IQSâ 26 year history the average new car ... Continue reading
2013 Lexus ES 350/300H Preview By Steve Purdy +VIDEO
Jun 15, 2012
2013 LEXUS ES 350/300H First Impressions By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Michigan Bureau It took me by surprise to find out weâre into the sixth generation of the genteel Lexus ES. First introduced in 1989 to support Toyotaâs then-new luxury brand, ES has been the entry point for the Lexus. Think of it as a ... Continue reading
EyesOn Design 2012 - A Classic Father's Day Tradition
Jun 14, 2012
By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Michigan Bureau Photos by Bob Benko and Steve Purdy Are you looking for something more to do on Fatherâs Day? Do you love old cars, boats and motorcycles? Are you anywhere near Detroit? This is the show for you! Well, maybe Iâm being a bit presumptuous. This is certainly the ... Continue reading
2012 Subaru Forester 2.5 XT Review By Steve Purdy
Jun 8, 2012
2012 SUBARU FORESTER 2.5XT TOURING By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Michigan Bureau I felt that the 2012 Subaru Impreza I reviewed last week was a bit tepid in performance, design and execution. But this weekâs Forrester 2.5XT Touring, top-of-the-line, five-passenger, midsize CUV, was much better in many ways. Al ... Continue reading
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