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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 highly anticipated2018 VW Up! GTI is now available to order in the UK, all set to take the hot hatch market by storm. Granted, it is a supermini and not a hatchback. But the Up! GTI is so good at what it does, and at£13,750 it is so well-priced, it renders all those expensive, over-powered hot hatches out there silly. I mean, if space is not really an issue for you,2018 VW Up! GTI is a much better proposition than its own big brother, Golf GTI. And we know full well that the Golf is the king of all hot hatches. With the Up! GTI it is not about how much power you have. It’s the whole package. Yes, it only has a 999cc turbo engine with 115 PS and 200 Nm of torque. But on the upside it ...

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...

The official U.S. pricing for the all-new2018 Hyundai Kona crossover has been aounced, and as you would expect the value-for-money element is strong. This quirky little sport utility starts at just$19,500 for the base model, rising up to$28,700 for the fully-loaded model. In America the 2018 Hyundai Kona is available with two engines and transmission choices. There is a2.0-liter 4-cylinder with 147 horsepower and 132 lb.-ft. of torque paired with a six-speedautomatic transmission, and a1.6-liter 4-cylinder turbo (Limited and Ultimate trims only) with aseven-speed EcoShift dual-clutch transmission offering175 horsepower and 195 lb.-ft. of torque. Both engines can be had with all-wheel-dri...

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...

90 grand is a lot of money for what’s, in its essence, a BMW 5 Series saloon. But then this is no ordinary saloon car. The new2018 Alpina B5 Bi-Turbo is, in the tuner’s own words, the most affordable200 mph production car in the UK. Now that is some good justification! We have to point out the£89,000 is for the2018 Alpina B5 Bi-Turbo sedan. The Estate version kicks off at£91,000. But as you may have already guessed, it is the fastest wagon out there. Powering both of these German monsters is a 608 horsepower Alpina-tuned BMW V8. This engine is altogether sweeter and more civilized than the one you get in BMW’s own M5. It is also capable ofgenerating 670 Nm (494 lbft) of torque, swelling ...

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...

Finally, the new, mode-day Alpine is ready to hit the roads, going on sale in five days. We’ve waited a long time for this thing, but all the evidence suggest 2018 Alpine A110 is well worth the wait. I’m afraid, however, the privilege of enjoying one is a bit costly, as the sports car starts at€58,500. The good news is though, that is the base price for the limited edition2018 Alpine A110 Premiere Edition. Regular models will be less expensive. But the launch model is the really irresistible one, if just for the fact that they are making only 1,955 units of it. That is a tribute to the yearAlpine was founded. TheA110 Première Edition come as standard with lightweight 18-inch O...

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...

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...

The good old Beetle receives a number of updates for the new year, hoping it can regain some of it past glory with more features and a reasonable-ish price tag. The2018 Volkswagen Beetle costs in America from$20,220, excluding an$850 dest...

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,...