We’ve been writing about InsideLine’s 2009 Nissan road-trip here and there and quite frankly we’re pretty jealous of the Edmunds guys on this one. I mean it isn’t everyday Nissan engineer walks up to you and goes “hey why don’t you guys take the GT-R on a road trip from LA and drop it over [...]
Mitsubishi has fitted the new Outlander with the option of its high-speed semi-automatic gearshift system found in the Lancer Evo X. Early next year, the Twin Clutch SST will find its way into the Mitsubishi Outlander with steering wheel-mounted paddleshifts. Mitsubishi will expand the use of the system offering it in a 2.2 liter diesel [...]
Nissan showed its new Intima Concept at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show saying that the care will be “˜targeted towards consumers with a sophisticated, discerning eye for beauty – who enjoy spending time in refined elegance and comfort, whether traveling alone or with a partner.” The guys over at AutoBlog Chinese have now dug up [...]
Porsche’s majority control over Volkswagen, Audi’s daddy, is really starting to piss us off. First of all, Porsche is going to use Volkswagen to get out of paying strict U.S. fuel-economy fines, and now they are going to hold Audi from expanding their lineup. According to Automotive News, Audi will not be building the baby [...]
Industry insiders are saying that Jaguar’s and Land Rover’s future could be bright under Tata’s ownership. Ratan Tata told Automotive News Europe that he will not transfer production of the two British brands from the United Kingdom to low-cost countries. “Our plan would be to retain the image, the touch and the feel of Jaguar [...]
So before you kill us for posting this and InsideLine for making this, you should know a few things about the Audi S5. The 2008 Audi S5, tested at $53,000, comes with all-wheel-drive and a 4.2 liter V8 producing 354-hp. 0-60 in the test comes in at 4.7 seconds (4.9 seconds without rollout) while the [...]
Finally, we’ll have something the Europeans don’t have and may actually want – and it’s from Hyundai. According to Hyundai’s spokesman Oles Gadacz, Hyundai will not sell its new flagship luxury sedan, the Genesis, in Europe. Hyundai says learning from the failure of Toyota’s Lexus to sell cars in large quantities in Europe is one [...]
Toyota is asking 3,000 dealerships to become greener and to unify themselves with the greeness of Toyota products. Starting as early as next year, Toyota will ask all its dealers to conduct an audit of their premises and follow a plan to improve environmental performance of their showrooms. Audits are expected to be completed by 2012. [...]
Audi is finally set to unveil the Q5 SUV at the 2008 Beijing Auto Show on April 18th. Why Beijing? Well, Audi see’s the China as a key growth market and could possibly build the compact off-roader in China as well as Germany due to strong demand for SUVs among Chinese buyers. China even overtook [...]
Usually, owners of the Toyota Camry, Honda Accord or even the Nissan Maxima won’t even look at domestic brands when shopping for a mid-sized sedan. Well that’s all changing and the redesigned Chevrolet Malibu is attracting more cross-shopping with Japanese models. According to J.D. Power and Associates, both Nissan and Toyota were among the 10 most [...]
