04/16/2012
Like what the ad says on TV…”they just keep going and going and going…”. Here are our local market cars that seem to have been around for ages. Manufacturers keep them on the production line to usually cater to the lower end of the market while the new model(s) eat up higher margins. (more…)
02/16/2010
from Autohome
Nissan is trotting out the brand new Nissan Patrol sporting a cleaner look, a bigger (but more efficient) petrol engine, revised interior, and 4-wheel drive system.
Introduced in Abu Dhabi as a 2011 model, it seems to have been specifically designed for the Middle Eastern market where desert safaris are still popular.
10/02/2009
Mimicking the Ford Fiesta’s role as the Dearborn company’s “global car”, Nissan has come decided to come up with its own B-segment car to its “global car”. Just released sketches shows that it may be about the size of the Fiesta, i20 and the Jazz.
Nissan hasn’t come up with a name for the car, but it will most likely replace the Nissan March. Look for engines with 1.2l and 1.5l displacements to power it, with an all electrive drive from the Leaf a possibility too.
Too bad it wont be reaching our shores soon, not with the idiotic dealer-franchise setup Nissan has in this country.
04/12/2009
Looking at used 80’s-era Ferrari prices, it still amazes me how much performance has actually become affordable. For example, a 1985 Ferrari 328 came with 270bhp. Brand new and in 2008 dollars, it was priced at $115,000. Fast forward to 2009, and we have the Mazdaspeed 3 with 263bhp and priced at around $25,000. If someone had told back in 1985 that someday a Mazda hatchback would have the almost the same horsepower as a Ferrari I wouldn’t have believed it.
A couple more Ferrari’s:
1987 Ferrari F40 471bhp ($747,000*)
1995 Ferrari F50 513bhp ($665,000*)
2008 Chevrolet Corvette 638bhp ($115,000)
1989 Ferrari 512 434bhp ($319,000*)
2008 Nissan GT-R 480bhp ($78,000)
*Adjusted to 2008 inflation.
04/11/2009
Biggest gainer for Q1 2009 (www.kia.com)
Well, its no surprise that the first quarter of 2009 was an ugly one from a sales point of view. Wards just released it Q1 vehicle sales for North America and overall was down 38% compared to Q1 of 2008. Not all was doom and gloom though, there were some individual models that actually saw a sales spike. Proof that there is still a demand of cars. The biggest surprise? The Kia Amanti saw a threefold increase in car sales. I am not sure what is really going on in the US, but when the Kia Amanti sees a sales spike something seems amiss. (more…)
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