International Wheel Awards to be Given This Week
Apr 20, 2007
THE BEST IN AUTOMOTIVE JOURNALISM By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau You might think the two major Detroit newspapers would have some of the best auto writers in the country â and you would be right. The Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press usually dominate the International Wheel Awards in the ne ... Continue reading
2007 Toyota Camry XLE V6 Review
Apr 12, 2007
TOYOTA CAMRY XLE V6 Leader in a Tight Race By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau This new Toyota Camry is a nice car all around. The sixth generation of this front-wheel-drive, white-bread sedan, best-seller for most of the past decade at around 400,000 units/year, is keeping Toyota ahead of the curve when i ... Continue reading
2007 Jaguar XKR Review - A Road Trip
Apr 9, 2007
JAGUAR XKR ROAD TRIP A Loaper Loop of Michigan From a Shunpikerâs Journal By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau [IMG 0387] âSi Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumspiceâ âIf you seek a beautiful peninsula, look around you.â Thatâs Michiganâs official state motto. Of course, ge ... Continue reading
2007 Mercedes-Benz E320 Bluetec Review
Mar 31, 2007
MERCEDES E320 BLUETEC DIESEL Torquey, Efficient, Teutonic Luxury By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau A 700-mile cruising range? Wow. I like that. That means fewer stops at the fuel pump, but itâll be mighty costly to fill âer up. This week regular unleaded gasoline is $2.45, here in mid Michigan ... Continue reading
2007 Mercedes-Benz ML63 Review
Mar 26, 2007
MERCEDES ML63 AMG HIGH PERFORMANCE SUV Filling a Niche We Knew Not Existed By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Did we need an SUV that will go zero-to-60-mph in less than 5-seconds, handle like a sports car and pamper occupants with the finest in Teutonic luxury? Of course we did. We just didnât know ... Continue reading
2007 Mitsubishi Galant Ralliant Review
Mar 6, 2007
MITSUBISHI GALANT RALLIART A Stealthy Hot Shot By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Mitsubishiâs new Galant looks rather plain at first blush. This mid-size four-door sedan is just about the same size as Camry, Altima and dozens of other family sedans. But thereâs something intriguing about this f ... Continue reading
Feb 26, 2007
SUZUKI XL7 LIMITED 3 ROW AWD More Than Just a GM Cousin By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Iâm still getting used to Suzuki being in the mainstream of vehicle production. No longer is it just a company that has evolved from making motorcycles to just producing small, low-content econo-cars. With this ... Continue reading
Feb 23, 2007
ANNUAL AUTORAMA SHOW COMING TO DETROIT March Hot Rod and Custom Car Show is for Gear Heads By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Did you think that Mater and Lightning McQueen from the Pixar movie Cars were just cartoon characters with no flesh and blood . . . I mean sheet metal and oil? Well, you may be int ... Continue reading
Feb 23, 2007
AUDI Q7 OFF TO CHICAGO No Slippinâ, No Slidinâ, Just Confident Glidenâ By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Itâs often a disappointment to have a competent all-wheel-driver for a test car on a week when there are no adverse conditions with which to have some fun or time to find off-road ... Continue reading
2007 Ford F-350 Super Duty Turbo Diesel Dually Review
Feb 20, 2007
A Beast of Burden By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau When this one popped up on the test vehicle schedule I gasped. Just from the name I thought this must be one whale of a truck. I was right. This is the pickup for the contactor with a heavy trailer, retirees with a fifth-wheel camper, the sportsman with ... Continue reading
Feb 6, 2007
SUZUKI SX4 AWD for 2007 A Bargain Crossover SUV By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau I remember vividly banging through the narrow blacktop roads in the hills of St. John, USVI in a rented Suzuki Samurai rescuing a lost yellow cat we found on a deserted beach. (Iâll share that travel story with you one ... Continue reading
2008 Ford F-250, F-350, F-450 Pick-up Truck Reviews
Feb 6, 2007
SUPER DUTY FORD TRUCKS FOR 2008 Updating the Icons â F-250, F350, F450 By Steve Purdy and Martha Hindes TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Texas is for trucks. One in four Texans drives a truck of some kind and one out of every six trucks Ford sells are sold to Texans. Ford, GM and Toyota all make trucks in Texas. ... Continue reading
2007 Volkswagen Touareg V6 Review
Jan 17, 2007
VOLKSWAGNEN TOUAREG V6 By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau What exactly is a âTouareg?â Literally translated as âfree folkâ Touareg is the name of a nomadic North African tribe known historically to be feisty and aggressive. Itâs also a remarkably competent full-size sport-utility ... Continue reading
2007 Detroit Auto Show - Purdy's Best, Worst and Most Surprising!
Jan 15, 2007
2007 NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW HIGHLIGHTS By Steve Purdy Photos By Joe Chagnon TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau The one hundredth anniversary of the Detroit auto show - more formally known as the North American International Auto Show - was celebrated modestly during unusually mild early January weather h ... Continue reading
Fighting a Suburban Speeding Ticket
Jan 5, 2007
THERE IS SOME JUSTICE IN THE WORLD By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau The first blast of cold winter air hit me squarely in the face as I left the District Court building in Rochester, Michigan, but it couldnât spoil my mood. The judge had just dismissed a 5-over ticket Iâve been stewing about s ... Continue reading
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