At last year’s NTEA Work Truck Show, we took you on a video tour of Nissan’s NV2500 commercial . This year, the company brought the production version. It’s the first in a lineup of full-size body-on-frame light commercial vehicles that Nissan is expected to build and sell for the North American market.
Here’s a first-hand video tour of the from this year’s NTEA Work Truck Show in St. Louis.
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It seems the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is looking for more power to regulate the automotive industry. The head of the agency said to a U.S. House panel yesterday that NHTSA needs to regulate “in a way that allows the auto industry to build and sell safe products that the consumer wants to drive.”
Many lawmakers lambasted the agency for not moving fast enough and posited that brake override systems could also become a mandatory safety feature, and fines could be increased. In 2006, NHTSA proposed mandatory additions of black boxes or EDRs – electronic data recorders – to all cars. That rule will go into effect in 2012. Toyota and other automakers have asked for a one-year extension on that deadline.
(Detroit News)
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Wagons are the new new crossover. Wagons are no longer lame, stodgy modes of torture a la National Lampoon’s Family Vacation. Wagons are…well, useful
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“Disappointed Acura Owner” from Washington, D.C., has a few kind words for the 2010 Acura TL, but found it lacking overall. Read the full review to find out why the TL let this owner down, and why he thinks he’ll be trading it in for something else in the near future
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Bentley’s making news today for going all-flex-fuel with its Continental range, and now it looks like the even-lower-volume Maybach has decided to freshen things up with a purely visual front-end redesign. Leaked images out today show the new face
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Carmakers love to build as many models as possible from a single platform as this helps them spread initial investment costs, as well as risk, that can often run up into the billions of dollars. This is especially true for smaller carmakers with limited budgets and low production volumes. Case in point is Porsche, which is now eying a convertible..
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Ford just unveiled its replacement for the aging Crown Victoria Police Interceptor, which has been a law enforcement staple for decades. Taking the Crown Vic’s place in your rearview mirror will be what we know as the 2010 Ford Taurus — a particularly awesome version of the Taurus in police spec, if you ask us. Police departments across the country won’t be piloting just any Taurus off dealership lots.
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The Mazda5 inhabits a strange place on the minivan landscape: It’s really a microvan. Far smaller than a standard minivan, it occupies a niche, but is anyone interested in that niche
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Photos by Glenn Paulina, KGP Photography That didn't take long. Earlier this morning we showed you a preview sketch of the awesome Mopar Ram Power Wagon that's headed to Easter Jeep Safari later this month in Moab, Utah.
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Leaked: Ferrari California Manual Transmission Performance Specs
Posted on 12. Mar, 2010 by admin.
The “chick’s Ferrari” as it’s derisively/adoringly called by various camps, will soon get a manual gearbox to supplement the dual-clutch unit that’s currently the only option. A document leaked recently reveals that the car’s performance specs will take a bit of a hit when swapping cogs yourself. A hit of about two-tenths of a second to 62 mph..
