Entries from February 2008

Acura recalls 273,000 TLs due to fire fears

February 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Honda Motor Co. issued two separate recalls for its Acura TL sedan today to address potential fires under the hood and fix problems with the windshield wiper motor. Honda said it was recalling 273,000 2004-2008 TLs because prolonged high temperatures underneath the engine hood could cause the power steering hose to deteriorate, causing the hose [...]

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Tags: Acura · Car News

Farmers prefer Toyota Tundra to other American Pickups

February 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Yee haw! A huge congratulations to the relatively new Toyota Tundra. Farm Industry News, a leading product and technology magazine for “high-income, Midwestern farmers” (their words, not ours), has just been named the Toyota Tundra their “Truck of the Year”. Wether you know of the magazine or not, the award is still significant for Toyota. [...]

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Tags: Toyota

Mazda2 Extreme: Rally-Prepped Hatch Makes Debut

February 28th, 2008 · No Comments

The Mazda2 Extreme is a rally-inspired study that definately catches attention. Based on the five door Mazda2, the Extreme is the rally equipped 1.5-liter engined car study that is still under development. Mazda hopes to increase the car’s real world performance by at least 20 percent by the time it’s done.
The standard car’s five-speed [...]

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Tags: Mazda · Racing · Technology & Gadgets

Lexus RX: New Premium ICE Package

February 28th, 2008 · No Comments

A new double-DVD and multimedia system is now available on the UK market Lexus RX 350 and 450h models. The new premium ICE (In Car Entertainment) package comprises two slim tablet units mounted on the back of the front seats. Each features an eight-inch WVGA screen with an integrated side loading DVD player and USB [...]

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Tags: Lexus · Technology & Gadgets

This time they’re speculating a GT-R SUV

February 28th, 2008 · No Comments

These kids better stop making all these renders. While the Infiniti GT-R might make sense, the idea there’s a GT-R SUV in the works is just retarted. First of all, it looks butt ugly. It also makes me want to puke. If this beast EVER makes it to production it’ll be competing with the equally [...]

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Tags: Nissan · Rumor Mill · Skyline GTR

Lexus IS Coupe spotted? Convertible?

February 28th, 2008 · No Comments

There’s not much to say about it, but what seems to be a Lexus IS coupe has been spotted. It might even be a Lexus IS convertible - a mini SC of sorts to compete with the Mercedes CLK and BMW 3 series.I personally believe it looks like an oddly shaped hard top convertible top. [...]

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Tags: Lexus · Spy Photos

In Japan? Nissan’s GT500 GT-R on display

February 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Nissan’s annual Motorsports Exhibition day shows off all things motorsport and usually sees a number of historic race cars pulled out of the carmaker’s official collection. This year’s theme is all about the new R35 GT-R and to celebrate the race car’s comeback into the GT500 class of Japan’s SUPER GT series a full range [...]

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Tags: Nissan · Racing · Skyline GTR

Toyota getting lazy, might make FT-HS concept next Supra

February 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Remember the FT-HS concept Toyota was showing off but had no idea what to do with? Well, it could be the next Supra. WTF? The FT-HS is supposed to be a high performance hybrid! Toyota’s Australian project manager mentioned at the Australian debut of the concept that we should “think of it as a [...]

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Tags: Rumor Mill · Toyota