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2010 Lexus GS 450h Hybrid Review

2010 Lexus GS 450h Hybrid Review

SEE ALSO: Lexus Buyers Guide LEXUS GS450h Performance Luxury Hybrid By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Lexus says the GS450h fits into a genre they call “performance luxury hybrid.” It may be the only one out there, although Mercedes and Infinity are rumored to have comparable models in the pipe ... Continue reading

2010 Chevrolet Equinox V6 AWD Review

2010 Chevrolet Equinox V6 AWD Review

CHEVROLET EQUINOX V6 AWD 2LT One of GM’s Comeback Products By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau This new all-wheel drive Equinox appeared in my driveway during a cold February week - the week of the Chicago Auto Show. Though some of my Detroit area colleagues fly to the windy city to cover the show, I ... Continue reading

2010 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS Review

2010 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS Review

MITSUBISHI LANCER GTS A Surprisingly Slick Little Machine By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau I’ve been reviewing cars for quite a few years now and I usually know what to expect when one arrives in my driveway. This little orange Mitsubishi Lancer GTS, though, got my attention right away as unexpecte ... Continue reading

2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS Review

2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS Review

2010 CAMARO SS A Retro Cool Raucous Brute By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau We had to wait our turn for serious seat time in the new Camaro SS. The wait was worth it though. My turn came recently during a week of dismal winter weather here in Michigan, limiting my fun with this mighty muscle car. I got a ... Continue reading

2011 Hyundai Sonata Review

2011 Hyundai Sonata Review

HYUNDAI SONATA FOR 2010 A Stepped Up Challenge to the Mid-Size Gang By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau The confident folks at Hyundai just introduced the fresh, sixth-generation of the Sonata bread-and-butter, front-wheel drive, mid-size sedan. I wouldn’t call this one white bread, though. It’s ... Continue reading

2010 Cadillac CTS V6 Premium Review

2010 Cadillac CTS V6 Premium Review

CADILLAC CTS V6 PREMIUM 2010 By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Chief This weeks car review is something special – the Lansing-built, rear-wheel drive Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon. Our test car is the loaded Premium model with a starting price of about $51,000. It includes the larger, 3.6-liter, 304-hors ... Continue reading

2010 Chicago Auto Show TACH Wrap-up

2010 Chicago Auto Show TACH Wrap-up

Chicago Auto Show 2010 By Thom Cannell and Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel Detroit Bureau How was it this year, the first year of emergence before the predicted resurgence of the automobile industry? It was a like a Presbyterian service, not an AME service or Baptist revival. In other words, restrained, more so than even De ... Continue reading

2010 Buick LaCrosse Review

2010 Buick LaCrosse Review

2010 BUICK LACROSSE CXS Not For the Old at Heart By Steve Purdy Detroit Bureau Chief TheAutoChannel.com My pretty blonde and I arrived a few minutes early at a retirement investment seminar this week in our new 2010 Buick LaCrosse test car. (I don’t expect to ever retire from this job, though, so don’t hold y ... Continue reading

2010 Detroit Auto Show Final Walk Around The Exhibit Floor

2010 Detroit Auto Show Final Walk Around The Exhibit Floor

2010 NORTH AMERICAN (DETROIT) INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW - “WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES” By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Photos By The Author The theme of the Detroit auto show, according to chairman, Detroit auto dealer Douglas R. Fox, is “What a difference a year makes.” I must ag ... Continue reading

Tata Nano in Detroit

Tata Nano in Detroit

WHAT’S THE TATA NANO DOING IN DETROIT? The World’s Cheapest Car on Display By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Photos By Margaret Hehr When the invitation came to come see the Tata Nano I couldn’t refuse. After all, the Nano is one of the most talked about cars in the automotive universe. Yo ... Continue reading

MOUNTAINS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST - On the Road Again with Rick and Kim

MOUNTAINS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST - On the Road Again with Rick and Kim

Another Road Trip With Rick and Kim From a Shunpiker's Journal By Steve Purdy. We've gotten in the habit of traveling at least once a year with our friends (and my pretty blonde's brother and sister-in-law) Rick and Kim. This fall's trip is a week at a time-share condo at the base of Mt. Hood, near Portland, Oregon. We ... Continue reading

2009 MAZDA6 i GRAND TOURING IN DC - REVIEW

2009 MAZDA6 i GRAND TOURING IN DC - REVIEW

Touring the Nation's Capital in an American Car By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com [Mazda6 Front] We wanted a car with some American credentials for this road trip to the nation’s capitol. But what exactly constitutes an American car is a bit in dispute. A Chevy Aveo, for example, may be entirely Korean and a Camry ... Continue reading

2010 North American Car Of The Year Nominees

2010 North American Car Of The Year Nominees

NORTH AMERICAN CAR AND TRUCK OF THE YEAR NOMINEES By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Good news for GM and Ford came out of a press conference at the Automotive Press Association in Detroit yesterday as four of the six finalist were from the Detroit manufacturers. An exceptionally large group of journalist ... Continue reading

Can the US Produce Vehicles to Compete in the World Market and Satisfy Home Markets?

Can the US Produce Vehicles to Compete in the World Market and Satisfy Home Markets?

The Dichotomy of Political Courage VS Personal Choice By Thom Cannell and Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau This week the think tank and business intelligence company CSM brought it’s annual predictions to the Automotive Press Association in Detroit. There was nothing as earthshaking as last year’ ... Continue reading

2010 Kia Forte SX Review

2010 Kia Forte SX Review

SEE ALSO: Kia Specs, Prices, Comparisons and Reviews 2010 KIA FORTE SX By Steve Purdy The Auto Channel.com Detroit Bureau Kia has come a long way in just a few years. With each new generation of vehicle, and each market segment they enter, they continue surprised me at how competitive, update and competent they become. ... Continue reading

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