Posted in Celebrities, Nissan, Sports cars on Jan 21st, 2010
Andrew Bynum, 22-year-old center for the Los Angeles Lakers, is featured in this month’s Super Street magazine, according to Jalopnik. More accurately, his 2009 Nissan GT-R, with $20,000 in body modifications, is featured. The GT-R is a welcome change from the Escalades, Lamborghinis and S-Classes that we typically associate with athletes.
Andrew Bynum’s [...]
Posted in Honda, Hyundai, Incentives, Mazda, Nissan, Suzuki, Toyota on Dec 3rd, 2009
December car buyers will see low car loan interest rates and more leasing incentives, as dealerships try to clear out remaining 2009 models. There are a lot of good incentives on 2010 models as well.
Honda – Honda is offering auto loans with interest rates as low as 0.9% in December during its Happy Honda Days [...]
Posted in Honda, Hyundai, Incentives, Mazda, Nissan, Suzuki, Toyota on Nov 4th, 2009
In November, buyers can take advantage of an increase in leasing incentives from the foreign automakers. Most of the lease specials are on the new 2010 models. Manufacturers are also offering big savings on 2009 models, as they try to clear them off dealers’ lots.
Honda – Honda is offering only one auto loan incentive in [...]
Posted in Compact cars, Maintenance, Nissan, Recalls on Oct 27th, 2009
Just days after revealing their new Rogue Krom to the world, Nissan has issued a recall on 163,659 Rogues from 2008 and 2009. The Rogues being recalled could lose steering control thanks to a screw that was apparently not tightened properly at the factory.
A screw in the steering gear housing could work itself lose [...]
Posted in Budget-friendly, Nissan on Oct 26th, 2009
Taking a page out of Scion’s book, Nissan has decided to make the Krom package currently available on the Cube into a trim level on more of its models, starting with the Rogue. The Rogue Krom, like the Cube Krom and Scion’s Release Series, is an aggressive appearance package that turns the plain-Jane Rogue [...]
Posted in Automotive, Nissan, Recalls on Sep 23rd, 2009
According to Autoblog, some 2009 and 2010 Nissan Altimas and Nissan Maximas have been sold with faulty suspension parts that can potentially cause an accident. Apparently, the upper front strut isolators that were installed on 26,398 Altima and Maxima models can crack and allow the strut to shift. This could affect the [...]
Posted in Automotive, Nissan on Sep 20th, 2009
It was widely reported that the giant killer Nissan GTR had some issues with regards to the durability of its transmission and Nissan’s willingness to honor warranty claims when the car’s electronics had been put in a specific configuration. That configuration happened to be the only way an owner could achieve the performance numbers [...]
Posted in Nissan, Software in Cars, Sports cars, Technology, Warranties on Feb 1st, 2009
Nissan’s GT-R is one hell of a car. Barely half a year has gone by since its release and already it is bordering on legendary status. This thing is fast, and at around $80,000, it’s relatively affordable given the speed and performance it achieves. Too bad it lunches transmissions…
What, it has a fragile gearbox?! After [...]
Posted in Nissan, Sports cars on Jan 8th, 2009
Rumors had been flying around ever since a few subtly disguised Nissan GT-R’s had been spotted lapping the Nurburgring. Not that seeing a car like the GT-R lapping the ‘Ring is uncommon. The thing is that these weren’t stock GT-R’s, and they were being tested by Nissan officials. Only one idea could come to the [...]
Posted in Future Cars, Nissan, Sports cars on Dec 16th, 2008
As if the regular GT-R wasn’t enough car already, Nissan has announced that like previous GT-R’s of year gone by, there will also be a Spec V version of this model GT-R. Spec V Nissan’s translate to the pinnacle of that model designation with an emphasis on sport. So the Spec V GT-R is the [...]
