2012 Toyota Camry - First Drive First Look +VIDEO
Nov 6, 2011
FIRST DRIVE 2012 TOYOTA CAMRY Can it compete with the challengers? By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau We the media gathered in Dearborn, LA, New York and Kentucky yesterday to simultaneously experience the official launch of the new, seventh-generation Toyota Camry, best selling car in the US for 13 of th ... Continue reading
2011 MINI Cooper S Countryman ALL4 Road Trip Review by Steve Purdy +VIDEO
Oct 17, 2011
2011 MINI Cooper S Countryman ALL4 Road Trip to Wisconsin By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau [Front View] One of those destinations close to home weâve not explored is the Wisconsin Dells, perhaps the most popular attraction in the state, next to the Green Bay Packers. My pretty wife and I decided to ... Continue reading
Argentina to Alaska In A Volkswagen Toureg TDI
Oct 2, 2011
VW TOUREG TDI SETS PAN-AMERICAN HIGHWAY RECORD Argentina to Alaska in less than 12 days By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau German adventurer Rainer Zietlow and his two accomplices, Juan Carlos of Spain and fellow German Marius Biela, drove their Volkswagen Touareg TDI Clean Diesel SUV from the tip of Sout ... Continue reading
Book Review: '40 FORD - EVOLUTION * DESIGN * RACING * HOT RODDING
Oct 2, 2011
â40 FORD - EVOLUTION * DESIGN * RACING * HOT RODDING By Joseph P. Cabadas In cooperation with The Henry Ford Published by Motorbooks, an imprint of MBI Publishing $35 US - www.motorbooks.com A Book Review By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau At first blush it seems odd to base an entire book on one mod ... Continue reading
2011 Dodge Caliber Review by Steve Purdy +VIDEO
Sep 16, 2011
Much improved inside - tepid overall By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau I'll never forget my first encounter with the new Dodge Caliber in late 2005. It was a regional press preview at a restaurant right next to the then-new Tiger Stadium in downtown Detroit. The concept version of the car was revealed at ... Continue reading
2011 Volkswagen Jetta S Review by Steve Purdy +VIDEO
Sep 12, 2011
By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau We get the feeling that Volkswagen is still trying to find itself in the U.S. market, first charming us all in the 1950s and 60s with the simple, cheap, functional Beetle, full of personality and quirkiness, then going mainstream with the conventional, but still fully Ge ... Continue reading
2012 Hyundai Accent First Drive And Review
Aug 29, 2011
2012 Hyundai Accent - Another Potential Hit for the Koreans By Steve Purdy* TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau We recently had an opportunity to spend some quality time with the Hyundai folks and the new 2012 Accent subcompact, front-wheel drive, sedan and hatchback. Weâll wait until weâve had a chance to spen ... Continue reading
2012 Chevrolet Cruze Review - Cruzing to New York
Aug 29, 2011
By Thom Cannell and Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau We werenât anticipating driving a Chevy Cruze to New York, but an offer to drive a new Chevrolet Cruze LT came from a major supplier, Honeywell Turbo Technologies. It was a welcome alternative to a tasty but comparatively sternly riding Mitsubishi L ... Continue reading
2011 Land Rover Discovery LR4 Review and Road Test By Steve Purdy +VIDEO
Aug 28, 2011
Land Rover Buyers Guide - Comparisons, Specs and Prices 2011 LAND ROVER LR4 HSE An SUV for the Sophisticated Safari-er By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau The name Range Rover brings to mind big, tough, noisy safari trucks rattling across the African savanna in search of wild game. Among British brands Ran ... Continue reading
Audi A3 Turbo S Review and Road Test By Steve Purdy
Aug 22, 2011
AUDI A3 TURBO S LINE By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau The cute little Audi A3 landed in my driveway at a great time â the week of the Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, a three-hour-plus drive north of here along Michiganâs Gold Coast. Regular readers will have seen the stories I p ... Continue reading
C.A.R. Management Briefing Seminars Wrap-up - Day 4
Aug 7, 2011
MANAGEMENT BRIEFING SEMINARS DAY 4 By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Sunset . . . sunrise. We finished our day yesterday with a lovely 10-course dinner embellished by more than a half-dozen different local wines at the Culinary Arts School at the Hagerty Center facing the West Bay here in Traverse City. ... Continue reading
C.A.R.- Big Shots Spill Their Beans in Travis City - Management Briefing Seminars - Day 3
Aug 4, 2011
MANAGEMENT BRIEFING SEMINARS DAY 3 By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau By mid morning today we had enough to write about for the rest of the week between Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Chrysler and chairman of Fiat, and Bob King, UAWâs dynamic new president. From the former we heard about the survival and ... Continue reading
C.A.R. - Connected in Traverse City - Management Briefing Seminars - Day 1
Aug 3, 2011
MANAGEMENT BRIEFING SEMINARS DAY 1 By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau The Center for Automotive Research, an Ann Arbor-based automotive think tank and research entity, has hosted the Management Briefing Seminars here in Traverse City along Michiganâs âGold Coastâ for as long as any of us ca ... Continue reading
Ontario, Canada - A Global Hub for Green-Tech Auto Research, Production of Fuel-Efficient Vehicles
Aug 2, 2011
The newly formed Ontario Automotive Communities Alliance builds, with 60 member towns and cities stretching from Oshawa to Windsor, produces two million vehicles, plus parts, as the number one automotive jurisdiction in North America. The new Alliance is in Michigan USA this week, at the CAR Management Seminar, to prom ... Continue reading
Concours d'Elegance of America at St. John's (Formerly Meadow Brook) and RM Auction's Michigan Sale
Jul 24, 2011
What's in a Name? By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Concours d'Elegance of America at St. John's â Friday through Sunday, July 29-31, 2011 Plymouth, MI - July 20, 2011 - Two years ago one of the finest concours dâelegance events in the country changed its name from the Meadow Brook Concours dâ ... Continue reading
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