September 2009

Toyota recalls 3.8 Million vehicles

The reputation of Toyota as the perfect, unfailing automaker has taken some hits over the last few years. This latest recall, however, is massive. 3.8 million vehicles, to be exact. These vehicles are the ones affected: 2007-2010 Camry 2005-2010 Avalon 2004-2009 Prius 2005-2010 Tacoma 2007-2010 Tundra 2007-2010 ES 350 2006-2010 IS 250 and IS 350 [...]

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2010 Toyota 4Runner Officially Debuts

On one side of Toyota is the ultra-green, tree saving, hippy-beloved Prius. The Camry Hybrid and Yaris also play in this area of eco-friendly, green mobiles. The other side of Toyota gives the finger to the environment. The all-new, bigger, longer, wider 2010 4Runner is a big part of this side of Toyota. Unlike the [...]

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2010 Nissan Altima Leaked

Much better than the officially released teaser image, today we bring a full-fledged leaked photo of the refreshed 2010 Nissan Altima. The front end got a decent re-work – with the long lower intake getting split up, and the fog lights redesigned / modernized. The grille also took on a different look – think cross [...]

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2009 Altima, 2009-2010 Maxima Recall

Nissan announced a recall for a total of 26,398 vehcles. The affected vehicles include certain Altimas from the 2009 model year, as well as Maximas from both 2009 and 2010. What seems to be the issue? A possibly faulty upper front strut insulator. Potentially, this piece could crack, which could unseat the strut rod, which [...]

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2010 Nissan Altima Teaser Photo

Nissan released the first teaser photo of the refreshed 2010 Nissan Altima. Like the teaser photos they released of the redesigned 2010 Maxima, you can’t tell much of anything from this picture. What you can tell is that the boomerang style headlights that grace the 370Z and Maxima aren’t present. I’m guessing that Nissan will [...]

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2010 Honda CR-V gets more power, better gas mileage

Honda’s best-selling CR-V gets a mild update for the 2010 model year. Beyond the new grille & bumper, the big news is under the hood. Finally attempting to appease all the naysayers who think the CR-V is underpowered ( I disagree ), Honda managed to squeeze 180 HP out of the 2.4 liter engine. That’s [...]

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2011 Infiniti QX Spy Shots

Though the future of the Nissan Titan is still up in the air, it looks like the Infiniti QX definiteyl has a future. The current QX56 is a badge-engineered version of the Nissan Armada, which rides on the Titan platform. From these shots, it looks like the 2011 Infiniti QX ( No idea what engine [...]

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McLaren MP4-12C Preview

The new McLaren has a name – and it’s the MP4-12C. OK, it’s not the greatest name ever, I’ll give you that. But it’s a McLaren, so I’ll forgive the name for just now, as I drool over the images that you see here. Back when P11 was the code name, I had suggested that [...]

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