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.
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It’s no GT-R, but Nissan reports that its X-Trail fuel-cell vehicle has done a few circles around the Nurburgring  with a best lap time of 11:58.  In comparison, the Nissan GT-R went around in 7:29. It’s not bad considering the thing’s not really meant to be raced around a track. Nissan is the first automaker [...]

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If you haven’t already figured it out, what you see above is not made in Germany. Or is it? Nope… definitely not. Its the product of German inspiration, Japan sheet metal and Pakistani ingenuity. Yeah you read that right, I said ingenuity.
In a country where Volkswagens are not officially sold and importing one privately can [...]

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Remember the Chevrolet Cavalier? Well, the Cavalier was sold in Japan as the Toyota Cavalier for a few years before dismal sales killed it in 2000. Yeah yeah I know, the GM/Toyota legacy still lives on (Pontiac Vibe / Toyota Matrix), but did you know you can buy a Toyota emblem from a GM dealership? [...]

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With Nissan’s GT-R coming to North American shores any time now, it’s no surprise that lesser beings want to mimic the much hyped GT-R. What’s surprising though is that Infiniti G35 owners are the ones adding GT-R styling cues. Yes, that’s right: Infinitis that want to look like Nissans. Go figure.
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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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Sony Computer Entertainment out of Europe and Nissan have brought the two brands together to open a real-life racing academy in Dubai. The best and brightest drivers will eventually get behind the seat of a Nissan 350Z for a 24 hour endurance race sometime in January 2009. Finalists will also get, as part of their [...]

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This week one of my favorite tv shows, The Office, aired an episode where Dwight Schrute buys a car from Andy. That car happened to be a Nissan X-Terra actually owned by a staff member on the set. Now though, it’s on sale at e-Bay Motors looking for a nice bargain for the actual owner. [...]

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