December 2011

Hyundai Veloster Design Award Winner?

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I found this one on Motor Trend: The funky-looking Hyundai Veloster has an unusual name to help sear it into consumers’ memories. It’s also left quite an impression on the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, winning a Good Design Award. Just to be clear, this is the Hyundai Veloster we’re talking about. Different? [...]

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2012 Mazda 3 SKYACTIV Review – TTAC

TTAC takes the shiny new fuel-sipping SKYACTIV 2012 Mazda3 for a very tough spin, and comes away with this: It’s nice to have a company like Mazda around, and I’m happy to report that their SKYACTIV technologies seem to indicate that they’ll be able to compete on both fronts: not only as the enthusiast choice, [...]

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Kia Ray EV

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Kia is joining the electric car game, at least in Korea. Kia will build 2500 of the all-electric Ray EV for the Korean government. As of now, there aren’t any plans to sell the Ray EV to the public. My guess would be that this is a test run to get their feet wet. Using [...]

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2013 Nissan Pathfinder Teaser

Body on frame (truck based) SUV’s are nearly dead. Most of the BOF holdouts are just plain old. They’re products of a different market, a different world. They’re waiting to be reimagined as a unibody. That’s certainly the case with the Nissan Pathfinder. Fortunately the wait is almost over. The 2013 Pathfinder will be a [...]

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Nissan recalling 34k 2010-2011 Sentras

Some of these Sentras, from model years 2010 and 2011 have a defect which could cause the engine to stall. Not good news if you’re barreling down the highway at 70 miles per hour. According to the NHTSA, the zinc coating on the positive terminal stud bolt is thicker than its supposed to be. This [...]

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2013 Mazda CX-5 Review – Autoblog

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Autoblog takes the brand new, SKYACTIV-powered 2013 CX-5 for a spin, and this is what they have to say: But the CX-5 is a crossover that begs to be driven with passion. We spent hours caning it along the curved roads of the Angeles National Forest, and in these instances, the Miata theory of excellent [...]

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2011 Nissan Rogue Recall

Nissan has issued a recall for a small number (7365) of it’s popular crossover – the Rogue. The only model year affected is 2009. The concern is a flaw in the power steering system, which could cause the power steering to fail. If you’ve been driving for awhile, this may not be the end of [...]

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