News By Topic: Steve Purdy

C.A.R. Management Briefing Seminars - Thursday

Aug 10, 2007

CAR MANAGEMENT BRIEFING SEMINARS 2007 Thursday’s Insights in Traverse City By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Traverse City, MI – August 9, 2007 – Dr. Cole and his team really know how to throw a conference - dining, dancing, networking, schmoozing, and enough meeting and conferring to make ... Continue reading

C.A.R. Management Briefing Seminars - Wednesday

Aug 9, 2007

CAR MANAGEMENT BRIEFING SEMINARS 2007 Wednesday’s Insights in Traverse City By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Traverse City, MI – August 9, 2007 – Featured speaker at the Wednesday morning session, Ford’s new big boss Alan Mulally, charmed the audience with an extemporaneous talk abou ... Continue reading

C.A.R. Management Briefing Seminars - Tuesday

Aug 8, 2007

Tuesday’s Insights in Traverse City By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Traverse City, MI – August 8, 2007 - Is Big Brother coming to take the fun out of driving? It was beginning to sound that way at the presentation on “Talking Cars and the Digital Highway.” A cadre of technical exper ... Continue reading

2007 Dodge Caliber SXT Sport Review

Aug 8, 2007

DODGE CALIBER SXT SPORT 2007 Design B+, Execution C- By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau The old Dodge Neon really needed replacing. It was beginning to look like something from an earlier decade. Oh, I guess that’s what it was. I remember being impressed with it originally at the preview at the Detro ... Continue reading

2007 Dodge Charger SRT 8 Review

Jul 30, 2007

DODGE CHARGER SRT 8 TO MUSIC CITY A Classically American Muscle Car to a Classically American City From a Shunpiker’s Journal By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau [1710] Nashville is one of those places rated near the top of most quality of life surveys. With low unemployment, modest cost of living, ov ... Continue reading

2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser Review - In Carbon County Wyoming

Jul 29, 2007

TOYOTA FJ CRUISER IN CARBON COUNTY A Wyoming Adventure By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau [0029] “They claim that a boxcar in Rawlins, A Denver and Rio Grande, Was picked up off the tracks and blowed to the east And beat the whole train to Cheyenne.” [Cowboy poet Baxter Black describing the wind ... Continue reading

New Amphibian Vehicles Make Debut

Jul 15, 2007

Aquada,MR. GIBBS’ NEW AMPHIBIANS Vehicles, Not Frogs By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau [1273] Aquada, Just think about it. We’re assured that global warming will result in glaciers melting and sea levels rising at a devastating rate. So what could be more forward-thinking than developing high-s ... Continue reading

2007 Kia Spectra EX Review

Jul 6, 2007

KIA SPECTRA EX 2007 A Korean Corolla? By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau [1588] The compact sedan segment of the automobile market has not been where the action is since the 60s when the new little cars were all the rage. Until then the compacts were few - very few – with the best and the coolest, no ... Continue reading

2007 Volvo S80 Review

Jul 6, 2007

Scandinavian Elegance By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau [1540] Volvo’s flagship sedan, the S80 was recently redesigned, updated and freshened. We had a sneak peek last fall in Las Vegas. Well, it wasn’t all that sneaky since they had invited dozens of journalists out for a look and a drive in t ... Continue reading

2007 MINI Cooper Review - VIDEO ENHANCED

Jun 25, 2007

2007 MINI COOPER What a Hoot! By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Alec Issigonis was a genius. In 1959 this talented British engineer introduced his innovative design to the world – a tiny car with a little four-cylinder engine mounted crossways in the front, driving the little (probably 10-inch) fron ... Continue reading

2007 Toyota Sienna XLE AWD Review

Jun 16, 2007

A Real Family Car in a Real Family Place – The Smoky Mountains By Steve Purdy TheAutoChallel.com Detroit Bureau [1151] [1118] This week’s road trip is to the Great Smoky Mountains, an easy 9-hour drive from our Southern Michigan home. We’ll be staying at Sunterra’s Bent Creek Resort, along Highway 3 ... Continue reading

2007 BMW 3 Series Coupe Convertible Review

Jun 16, 2007

BMW 3 SERIES CONVERTIBLE COUPE AT THE BMW-PGA CHARITY PRO-AM South Carolina is for Convertibles and Golf From a Shunpiker’s Journal By Steve Purdy and Joe Chagnon TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau [1008] Western North Carolina is a beautiful part of the country, nestled along the lower reaches of the Appalachians ... Continue reading

2007 Eyes on Design Auto Show Fathers Day Weekend

Jun 12, 2007

The 2007 EYES ON DESIGN SHOW Best Father’s Day Car Show in Town By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau “Aerodynamics and Streamlining – By Design” is the theme for the 20th Eyes On Design car show, a Father’s Day tradition for this reporter. The family functions always have to go on w ... Continue reading

2007 Chrysler Pacifica Review

May 11, 2007

CHRYSLER PACIFICA IN SEDONA Hiking in the Red Rocks From a Shunpiker’s Journal By Steve Purdy The AutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau [Photo # 0730] We’re just back from Sedona - Arizona’s second most popular tourist destination, next only to the Grand Canyon. We’ve been there a half dozen times over the ... Continue reading

2007 Ford Edge Crossover Utility Vehicle Review

Apr 20, 2007

FORD EDGE Nice But Not Edgy By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau We had the opportunity to drive the new Ford Edge in and around San Francisco last year before it was introduced to the public. Most of the assembled media, a usually critical bunch, were favorably impressed. I know I was. I was particularly f ... Continue reading