I took my inaugural ride in 2013 when I rode inside a self-driving Nissan Leaf alongside Tetsuya Iijima, general manager of intelligent transportation systems engineering at Nissan. As the Leaf found its way around a test course, Iijima told me that on-board sensors would allow tomorrow’s cars to navigate without the need for pre-mapping the […]
These vehicles, from the 2001 to 2003 model years, have a manufacturing defect that greatly increases the risk of rupture, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a statement. Eight of the 10 U.S. deaths caused by Takata air bags — where the inflator breaks apart and sprays metal and plastic shards at vehicle occupants […]
Last week, in the EU referendum, he cast a ballot to quit. Christopher Shepherd helped build a Nissan Motor Co. factory in Sunderland, England, that thrives on the U.K.’s membership in the European Union. Shepherd, a 73-year-old retired construction worker, was joined by 61 percent of the electorate in Sunderland, making the gritty city in […]
Toyota Motor Corp. said it has not received any reports of injuries or fatalities related to either recall. Some 932,000 vehicles are involved in both recalls, so the total number of affected vehicles is 3.37 million. Toyota announced Wednesday it is recalling 1.43 million vehicles for defective air bags and another 2.87 million vehicles for […]
Better hope you have a hybrid or electric car. iSeeCars.com took at look at 2.2 million used cars that were one to three years old sold between January and May of 2016, and found that five out of the top ten were alternative fuel cars, whether that’s plug-in hybrids, electric cars, or hybrid models. Want to unload a […]
As part of the deal, VW will pay $2 billion over 10 years to promote clean cars such as those powered by hydrogen and electricity. To mitigate pollution created by the cheating cars, the company also will pay $2.7 billion over three years that will, in part, be used to give incentives to replace polluting […]
* “The Banger Boys” is a 1976 documentary that took a look at the British pastime of selecting clunkers from the junkyard, getting them just driveable enough for the Replica Watchestrack, and then weekend racing them. (via) * Finally, while last week’s inseguimento featured a Ferrari, this week’s – from the 1975 flick “Mark il […]
It’s big, it’s stylish, its opulent, and if you really wanted to you could absolutely crush most off-road trails in it. But who would actually do that? If you’re looking for style and off-roading prowess, vintage is your best bet. Old-school looks are always to be admired, but really, there’s something to be said about […]
It’s not dissimilar from any other industry where collectables that cost next to nothing become absolutely priceless on the resale market. (I bet you wish your grandfather held on to that Action Comics No. 1 right about now.) There really is noPatek Philippe Golden Ellipse Replica scientific way to tell which items will garner fortunes […]
Toyota plans to restart production lines in August, offering Corolla, Hilux and Fortuner models, spokesman Luiz Carlos Andrade Jr. said via e-mail. Fiat Chrysler reached an agreement with the government last week, and GM is planning to begin assembling some models locally next month, according to people with knowledge of the talks who weren’t authorizedjimwatchesalto speak […]
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