C.A.R. Management Briefing Seminars - Thursday
Aug 10, 2007
CAR MANAGEMENT BRIEFING SEMINARS 2007 Thursdayâs Insights in Traverse City By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Traverse City, MI â August 9, 2007 â 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 Wednesdayâs Insights in Traverse City By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Traverse City, MI â August 9, 2007 â Featured speaker at the Wednesday morning session, Fordâs 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
Tuesdayâs Insights in Traverse City By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Traverse City, MI â 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 âTalking Cars and the Digital Highway.â 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 thatâs 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 Shunpikerâs 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] âThey 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.â [Cowboy poet Baxter Black describing the wind ... Continue reading
New Amphibian Vehicles Make Debut
Jul 15, 2007
Aquada,MR. GIBBSâ NEW AMPHIBIANS Vehicles, Not Frogs By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau [1273] Aquada, Just think about it. Weâre 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
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 â with the best and the coolest, no ... Continue reading
Jul 6, 2007
Scandinavian Elegance By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau [1540] Volvoâs flagship sedan, the S80 was recently redesigned, updated and freshened. We had a sneak peek last fall in Las Vegas. Well, it wasnât 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 â 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 â The Smoky Mountains By Steve Purdy TheAutoChallel.com Detroit Bureau [1151] [1118] This weekâs road trip is to the Great Smoky Mountains, an easy 9-hour drive from our Southern Michigan home. Weâll be staying at Sunterraâs 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 Shunpikerâs 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 Fatherâs Day Car Show in Town By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau âAerodynamics and Streamlining â By Designâ is the theme for the 20th Eyes On Design car show, a Fatherâs Day tradition for this reporter. The family functions always have to go on w ... Continue reading
May 11, 2007
CHRYSLER PACIFICA IN SEDONA Hiking in the Red Rocks From a Shunpikerâs Journal By Steve Purdy The AutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau [Photo # 0730] Weâre just back from Sedona - Arizonaâs second most popular tourist destination, next only to the Grand Canyon. Weâve 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
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