*The new 2016 Nissan Maxima is on sale today, here's my first impression *
*The new 2016 Nissan Maxima is on sale today, here's my first impression *
2016 Nissan Maxima Quick Drive – 4-Door Sports Car? | Sam’s Thoughts
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2016 Nissan Maxima Quick Drive – 4-Door Sports Car?
This week, the eighth-generation of Nissan’s so-called “4-Door Sports Car,” the Maxima goes on sale at dealerships across North America. Having originally debuted as a 1981 model, the Maxima is Nissan’s longest running continuous nameplate, the Z having gone away for several years in the 1990s. I got a chance to take a quick spin in the all-new sedan recently and came away fairly impressed, but does it really deserve the sports car nomenclature? Read on to find out.
The new Shelby GT350 will generate 526 horsepower and 429 lb-ft of torque
That's the most powerful normally aspirated production engine that +Ford Motor Company has ever built and it sounds amazing thanks to the flat-plane crankshaft.
The 2015 Ford Shelby GT350 V8 – When Flatter is Better | Sam’s Thoughts
The 2015 Ford Shelby GT350 V8 – When Flatter is Better
A few weeks ago we got an in-depth look the platform changes that the SVT/Ford Performance engineering crew made in the process of transforming the 2015 Mustang GT into the new Shelby GT350. However, a great chassis can only you get you so far. Every great sports car also needs a great powerplant and here the engineers appear to have come through again. Unlike the last couple of generations of SVT Mustangs, this time around the team have come up with something completely different, the 5.2-liter Voodoo V8.
Last week NHTSA issued a report warning that pedal misapplication may lead to 16,000 accidents a year
While the agency's recommendations include the usual; aim for the middle, avoid distractions and wear the right shoes, I think the answer may lie elsewhere.
http://www.nhtsa.gov/About+NHTSA/Press+Releases/2015/nhtsa-pedal-error-safety-advisory
Given that manual transmissions are rapidly vanishing, perhaps we should follow BMW's lead with the i3 and build on it. Maybe we should just eliminate the brake pedal.
The battery electric vehicle (BEV) will likely remain a small fraction of the overall automotive market for many years to come, according to Navigant Research’s Electric Vehicle Geographic Forecast…
Ford SYNC3 Launching This Summer on Fiesta and Escape
The SYNC 3 home screen features three zones, Navigation, Audio and Phone, as well as a quick access function tray along the bottom making for a more straight-forward user experience.
In 2007, Ford changed the way we connect our mobile devices to our cars with the introduction of SYNC on the Escape. In 2011, Ford almost overnight destroyed the goodwill toward SYNC with the introduction of the hugely troubled MyFord Touch which was known internally as SYNC V2. While Ford made MFT much better over the last couple of years with software updates, it also began work on a complete reboot. The result of those efforts debuts this summer as SYNC 3 and the Fiesta and Escape will be the first vehicles to get this all-new connectivity and infotainment system.
That bit of orange in the middle of the photo is a cardinal sitting in the nest, tending to the eggs
I didn't want to get any closer and scare her away.
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