The world’s number one awesome automaker from the land of the rising sun has decided to use brawns over brains for its Toyota Genuine Motor Oil Media Launch. The new, relaunched oil, is touted to ease engine friction, lubricates engine internals, clean deposits, inhibits corrosion, improves sealing and cools the engine by carrying heat away [...]

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[Jalopnik] It appears that Toyota of Malaysia doesn’t understand the Internet, as they’ve gone ahead and posted an image and specs of the new face-lift of the 2009 Toyota Hilux ahead of the official unveiling. It would also appear that unlike the United States, Asia is a viable market for simple, lightweight, utilitarian trucks.
While it [...]

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Saudi Arabia, along with other Arabic states, has taken issue with an Israeli television ad for Nissan’s Tiida. While Saudi Arabia has not threatened any boycott of Israel itself, it has demanded Nissan apologize for a commercial where an Arab sheikh goes bongers on a small Nissan Tiida. The Tiida then pops open its gas [...]

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It’s a sign of our times when even the Japanese car makers are desperate to get rid of big trucks. There are reports that Nissan, one of only three car companies that recorded a sales increase in July (albeit only 1.4%), is reportedly offering dealers bonus cash rebates of up to $5,000 on top of [...]

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With gas prices nearing $4 a gallon, it might not shock you that some dealers think truck buyers are retarted. Desperate to get trucks off their lots, some Nissan stealerships are pulling a quick one with their seemingly impressive “buy a truck, get a car free” promotion. Sounds good, right? Yeah. Is it? Nope.
The problem [...]

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Mark your calendars! The 41st Tokyo Motor Show will be open from October 23 - November 8. Just make sure it’s next year’s calendar though because the bicentennial show is 459 days away. It might seem like a very long time, but the Japanese Automobile Manufacturer’s Association which manages the massive show has already started [...]

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The LA Auto Show might be 111 days away, but Nissan has decided it’s never too early to market their Cube where Nissan’s favorite Gen- Y target audience wastes time - on the internet.
Judging the Cube’s site, I get the feeling Nissan thinks young car buyers care less about the car itself than bold slogans [...]

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I’m not sure if this is NSFW or not, but Subaru just got a bit sexier with its latest commercial. The sixty second television ad takes the traditional idea of “hot chicks washing a car and rubbing their bodies” and adds sumo wrestlers to the mix - minus the hot [...]

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