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Hudson's 100th Birthday

Hudson's 100th Birthday

HUDSON’S 100TH BIRTHDAY Gone But Not Forgotten By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com [1456] Bill Chapin and I have something in common. We’re both hosting our family reunions this weekend. His, though, is way more auspicious than mine. Bill is the grandson of Roy Chapin, who co founded the Hudson Car Company in 1 ... Continue reading

2009 Nissan Versa Review

2009 Nissan Versa Review

NISSAN VERSA Entry Level Excellence By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau This week’s tester is the cheapest – no, let’s say least expensive – car yet to grace my driveway, and my computer screen. The base price on this Nissan Versa 1.6 sedan is $10,900. You can get the same car for $9,99 ... Continue reading

2009 Nissan Rogue SL AWD Review

2009 Nissan Rogue SL AWD Review

We often wonder where model names come from and what they have to do with the vehicle to which they are attached. Exotic place names, wild and vicious animals, even totally nonsense, meaningless syllables and alpha-numeric monikers are used for cars and trucks. So . . . what does this small, 5-passenger, cute-ute from ... Continue reading

2009 Audi Q5 3.2 quattro Review

2009 Audi Q5 3.2 quattro Review

AUDI Q5 3.2 QUATTRO A German of Substance By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Perhaps the most popular automotive genre of all is the small crossover – an SUV-type vehicle developed from a small sedan platform. Here’s one of the best – and most expensive – the new-for-2009 Audi Q5, deve ... Continue reading

2010 Kia Soul Sport Review

2010 Kia Soul Sport Review

2010 KIA SOUL SPORT Let’s Have Some Fun By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Either you love them or you hate them – these ‘urban crossovers.’ We’re talking about the Scion xB, Honda Element and that ilk. This week’s tester is Kia’s new Soul, just getting to dealers now. A ... Continue reading

2009 Volkswagen Routan SE Minivan Review

2009 Volkswagen Routan SE Minivan Review

2009 VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN SE By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Volkswagen announced a few years ago a particularly ambitious plan to become one of the major players in the US market, that is, to sell 800,000 units by 2018. At that time VW was more of a niche marketer with mostly great performing small sedan ... Continue reading

EYES ON DESIGN 2009 THIS WEEKEND

EYES ON DESIGN 2009 THIS WEEKEND

EYES ON DESIGN 2009 A Father’s Day Tradition By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau A Father’s Day tradition for me over the past 20 years has been the fascinating EyesOn Design car show on the beautiful, expansive lawns of the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, Jefferson Avenue near 9-Mile Road in Gross ... Continue reading

2009 Volkswagen CC Luxury Review

2009 Volkswagen CC Luxury Review

2009 VOLKSWAGON CC LUXURY Sleekest VW Yet By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Just a couple of months ago I reviewed the VW CC 4Motion VR6. You may have seen it here on TheAutoChannel.com. Well, this week we have the VW CC in its turbo 4-cylinder iteration. If you’ve read any of my reviews of other ho ... Continue reading

Nearly Ex-GM'er Bob Lutz Tells It Like He Sees It At Detroit's APA

Nearly Ex-GM'er Bob Lutz Tells It Like He Sees It At Detroit's APA

BOB LUTZ: AN AUTO INDUSTRY UPDATE FROM THE ALPHA CAR GUY By Steve Purdy Photo by Bob Benko TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Members of the automotive press in Detroit are not used to paying for their own lunch. But today was the exception. Bob Lutz, GM’s universally respected product guru, a guy famous for saying ... Continue reading

2009 Mazda MX-5 Review

2009 Mazda MX-5 Review

2009 MAZDA MX-5 MIATA GRAND TOURING A Real Sports Car By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau I’ve been a fan of the 1960s British and Italian sports cars since late in my misspent youth - MGs, Alfa Romeos, Austin Healeys, Triumphs, and their ilk. Their charm was in simplicity, agility, and a sort of inti ... Continue reading

2009 Infiniti G37S Coupe Review and Roadtrip

2009 Infiniti G37S Coupe Review and Roadtrip

INFINITI G37S COUPE Road Therapy and Automotive Indulgence From a Shunpiker’s Journal By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau I’ve been planning this road trip for quite some time. Every spring the Midwest Auto Media Association (MAMA - a group I joined a few years ago while covering the Chicago Auto ... Continue reading

2009 Mazda6 Grand Touring Review

2009 Mazda6 Grand Touring Review

2009 MAZDA6 GRAND TOURING By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Mazda has had its ups and downs in the mid size sedan market. They began hot with the first 626 in the 1980s. The upstart brand had a certain European ambiance in both styling and performance that outpaced both the American and Japanese competit ... Continue reading

2009 SAE International Congress

2009 SAE International Congress

2009 SAE WORLD CONGRESS IN DETROIT One Measure of the Automobile Industry By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau There was a time, not many years ago, that the SAE show, held every spring in the Motor City, was a huge, lively, splashy event. Not anymore. Now it’s almost painfully subdued. No more big, ex ... Continue reading

2009 Infiniti M 35 Review

2009 Infiniti M 35 Review

2009 Infiniti M 35 Review By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau The Infiniti M35 slots into the market as a mid-size, luxury, rear-wheel drive, performance sedan, though it looks and feels close to full-size. The closest comparisons would be the BMW 5-Series or Lexus GS350. Cadillac CTS is close to the same ... Continue reading

2009 Dodge Caliber SE Review

2009 Dodge Caliber SE Review

2009 DODGE CALIBER SE Notable for What It’s Not By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau On our first drive to town in the Caliber SE my pretty blonde said, “What’s up with this. I didn’t know they still made cars with roll-up windows.” I can’t remember the last time I drove a car ... Continue reading

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