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Visitors to this year’s Chicago Auto Show got their first glimpse at the new 2018 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid models. The latest version of the green Sonata offers a hard to beat blend of performance and efficiency, enough to cement the car’s position in the market as one of the top players. Powering the 2018 Hyundai Sonata is a2.0-liter Nu GDI four-cylinder engine coupled with a six-speed automatic transmission that houses a powerful 38 kW electric motor. The combined output of this system is a very respectable193 horsepower, corresponding to an average fuel consumption of39 mpg in the city, 45 mpg on the highway and 42 mpg combined. What’s more, this system offers 27 miles...

More and more car makers are delving into the field of offering parts and accessories usually thought to be the realm of aftermarket specialists. This takes the bread right out of the tuners’ mouth, but for the consumers it is better since they get a factory-authorized upgrade. That is not the case with the2018 Nissan Titan pickup truck, which gets a factory-fitted suspension lift kit. The kit available for the Titan is developed by ICON Vehicle Dynamics, a well-known tuner and restomoder. The system they have devised for the 2018 Nissan Titan gives the truck an additional 3 inch of ground clearance. Now, a lift kit on a pickup truck serves more purposes than giving the vehicle a badass ...

The days in which SUVs were symbols of high fuel consumption and air pollution are long gone thanks to cars such as2018 Acura MDX Sport Hybrid. These offer the same practicality and performance of a regular SUV, but with a frugal-ish engine. Of course, this much goodness is going to cost you. 2018 Acura MDX Sport Hybrid is priced from$52,100 MSRP to which you will have to add a$995 destination and handling fee. Still, considering the badge and how much kit you receive in retu for your cash, that sounds like good value. The biggest highlight of this model is thethree-motor Sport Hybrid Super Handling-All Wheel Drivesystem which is basically the same powertrain they use in the NSX supercar...

Brain scientists tell us that this magnificently complex organ initiates any given action before we have even decided to do it. What that implies with regards to free will notwithstanding, car makers are trying to take advantage of this feature of the brain to make autonomous driving better.Nissan Brain-to-Vehicle is the first of these systems that “promises to speed up reaction times for drivers.” What that means is, the cars of the future will have an artificial intelligence powerful enough to read your brain signals which are essentially electric waves. It then interprets those signals and adjusts the car’s behavior with the ultimate aim of making you more comfortable and driving more...

With the release of the all-new2018 Nissan LEAF UK Spec only a month away, the company confirmed the official pricing of the iovative electric car. The thoroughly improved new LEAF can be had in the UK for as little as£21,990, while the range-topping version with all the bells and whistle runs for£33,655. Mind you, these prices include the£4,500 Govement Grant for electric vehicles. So you’d better hope nothing happens to that as officials come and go. At any rate, the2018 Nissan LEAF UK Spec offers new and much improved styling, a host of new technology features, and crucially higher battery capacity for better range. It now has a range of235 miles (NEDC) which is 50 percent better than...

Whenever you tu on the news these days, all you hear is war and chaos and silly tweets by politicians. It makes you think the world is on the verge of collapse, and it very well may be. But that is only a matter of conce for us regulars, you see. The top one percent mind it not one bit, as seen by the spike in the number of hypercars they bought this year. Bugatti alone has delivered 70 Chirons, meeting their production plans as though they are making family sedans! As theultimate production super sports car, Bugatti Chiron is a must-have accessory for the billionaires the world over. We are prepare to bet next year’s salary not one of them ever uses the full potential of the 1,500 ...

Yep, that’s what they’re calling it. The latestWheelsAndMore Nissan GT-R is dubbed Crankzilla. The aging Samurai has been treated by the Germans to a number of refinements that make it better at what it is supposed to do, which is tickle your senses and astonish you with its awesome performance. Looks-wise,WheelsAndMore Nissan GT-R steers clear of showy body kit, but makes up for it in orange wheels and graphics. The rims WaM has picked for the Crankzilla are a set of 3-piece F.I.W.E models measuring9.5×21 inches on the front and 11.0×21 inches out back, wrapped with Continental tires in sizes255/35/21 and 295/30/21 respectively. The wheels’ contribution to the car’s style is furthe...

Good news for those looking to replace their petrol or diesel hatchback with an EV. You good-natured citizens may want to hold on a little longer as the all-new2018 Nissan LEAF entered production today and will soon hit the market. And it’s a head and shouldersabove the competition in pretty much every aspect. If we gloss over the glaring faults that plague all electric cars right now, the2018 Nissan LEAF is a remarkable product. Not only does it address the biggest issue with its predecessor, which was the looks, if now has better performance, higher range, and a host of advanced new technologies to justify the price tag. This car is virtually autonomous-ready thanks to feature...

With no much build up Nissan revealed at the Los Angeles Auto Show last night the all-new2018 Nissan Kicks. this compact crossover will hit the U.S. marketin June next year with a starting price of well under $19,000. That, and what the Kicks has to offer, already puts it at the top of the crossover game. Unlike most of the other choices in this class,2018 Nissan Kicks does not look like it’s been made out of reject parts from a hatchback project. The car has its own personality, and it looks quite cool and funky as well. Nissan has given this baby SUV design features usually reserved for much bigger cars – features such asV-Motion grille, boomerang headlights and taillights, a...

Along with the new Sorento, Kia unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show a new version of the hybrid crossover, Niro. Boasting enhanced looks and improved performance as well efficiency, the2018 Kia Niro Plug-in Hybrid is a strong contender in the green car market, one that makes a lot of sense in more ways than one. For starters, there is the 26-mile all-electric range of the this car that sets it apart from most of the similar offerings in the market. Even something like the new BMW i8 Roadster has an electric range of just 18 miles. 2018 Kia Niro Plug-in Hybridalso has adriving range rated at up to an estimated 560 miles, thanks to fuel economy ratings of 48 mpg city, 44 mpg high...

You may be aware that Nissan has an ongoing partnership with the Star Wars franchise. Now at the 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show they take this relationship to a whole new level, unveiling a fleet of six Star Wars-themed vehicles. Nissan Star Wars Vehicles are dressed as characters from theupcoming installment, The Last Jedi. Now,Nissan Star Wars Vehicles are not just silly wraps done by a third-rate tuner in Venice Beach. I know, they do look silly, but that’s the whole Star Wars thing. Each of these cars was designed by artists from Lucasfilm. They came up with thedesigns, guiding colors, textures and graphics, and they decided which car,Rogue, Rogue Sport, Altima and Maxima, shou...

Handsome, well-built, and value-packed. These words describe the2018 Nissan Murano rather well. The unpretentious SUV is one of the sportiest and most fun to drive large-ish SUVs in the market today. It also has a wide range of models with ...

Putting their fuel cell plans aside for a while, Honda is going to focus on stepping up their hybrid game in America. And so on December 1 they will launch the new2018 Honda Clarity Plug-in Hybrid, a decidedly green-looking sedan that start...

With less than two weeks to go until this year’s Edition of Los Angeles Auto Show, now an event on par with Detroit’s NAIAS, car makers have started teasing us with the new model they’ll be unveiling there.2017 L.A. Auto Show will see the d...

One of the best special edition series Nissan ever launched in the U.S. has been the Midnight series. The cool and menacing treatment this package gives to certain models has become very popular, especially as it’s very reasonably priced. He...

Remember how back when it was new the Nissan GT-R was supposed to be the “affordable” alteative to high-speed sports car? Well, that dream was never quite realized. But now they are having another crack at it with the2018 Nissan GT-R Pure...

It’s true, when Subaru fans get to write to their remembrance of the things past they will mark today as the day the WRX STI died in the UK. Well, it’s not completely deceased yet. But with only 150Subaru WRX STI Final Edition models to go,...

When Nissan introduced the semi-autonomousProPILOT system on the new 2018 LEAF they thought they’d accomplished a great feat. But then they realized the pace at which the autonomous technology is moving forward was way faster than they had anticipa...

The 50th aiversary of Lamborghini’s arrival in Japan was an important enough occasion to see the presence of the company’s CEO,Stefano Domenicali. The big man joined the processions atLamborghini Day Tokyo parade which brought together a huge nu...

Ford’s lineup for this year’s SEMA tuning show in Las Vegas includes a number of heavily tricked-out Focus models. One of the hottest of that bunch is this 2017Ford Focus ST by Blood Type Racing, which besides all the usual mods inside and out comes with a built-in drone. You know the thing is dope when it has its own drone. The drone onFord Focus ST by Blood Type Racing takes off from a he...