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The most cliched phrase so far during this financial crisis has been "what happens on Wall Street affects Main Street," and nowhere is this truer than for that large car dealership located on Main Street, which will have to adapt to the new market in ways that will seriously impact car buyers. While not all of the changes are positive for consumers, the tough position dealerships find themselves in will make an already buyer-friendly market more so in the coming months. Below is our look at seven ways car buyers will be impacted. More »
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The restyled 2009 Nissan Maxima S is arriving in showrooms bearing a marketing-friendly "under $30k" MSRP of $29,950, including destination. That's up from $28,790 for the base 2008 Maxima, money well spent if the 2009 Maxima's sporting intentions prove genuine. If the S is too basic for you, upgrade to a 2009 Maxima SV for $32,650. More »
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AutoWeek has fully outed the 2007 Acura Type S, with the go-ahead from Acura, we presume, way ahead of its originally scheduled reveal date of September 1. Last week, if you'll recall, the Boston Globe accidentally broke the publication embargo, effectively opening the online floodgates for news of the Type S's return. As we mentioned earlier, the Type-S — the badge is back after a three-year absence — gets a new 3.5-liter V6 that produces 286 hp and 256 lb.-ft of torque, a firmer suspension and interior and exterior tweaks. That's a jump from the base model's 3.2-liter mill that generates 258 hp. The Type S also gets a new five-speed automatic transmission with a choice of paddle shifters or six-speed close-ratio manual. More pics after the jump. More »
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Looks like Volkswagen's leanings toward badging its new models for the world's nomatic tribesmen are over (sorry Chiefs of the Penan). Rather than pay an identity agency to come up with a name for its upcoming Golf-based SUV, the company asked readers of Germany's AutoBild to come up with a name. The winner? It's Tiguan, a mashup of tiger and leguan (German for iguana). We'd imagine that could be the most conflicted vehicle name since the Ford Ferrethorse GT of the 1950s. [Thanks to Stephan for the tip.] More »
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Yesterday, Jaguar introduced its newest all-aluminum hi-po sedan, the XJR Portfolio — fittingly, at the British Motor Show in London. The Portfolio is the production version of the Concept Eight the company showed off in New York in 2004. It'll be available this fall in regular and long-wheelbase versions, both powered by a supercharged 4.2-liter producing a barely-respectable (these days) 400 hp. Still, with a stated zero-to-60 time of 5.0 seconds, the concentration on weight savings makes a more potent mill less necessary than in some steel-heavy luxobarges. That's exactly that kind of apologist's line that proves how much we want Jaguar to survive, if just for the club-room interiors and that aura of olde British respectability. We'll see, mates. More »
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Had Volkswagen not fixed a nagging wind noise issue on its new Eos convertible, drivers may have spent their top-down time wondering if they were going mad. Pre-production models were plagued by a kind of whispering sound (faster, faster) that's reportedly been fixed by Webasto, maker of the car''s retractable hardtop — making way for the car's release this May. Now, the only voice the little princesses behind the wheel will hear is that of their personal shopper at Neiman Marcus, coming in loud and clear on the Bluetooth phone. More »
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Like "Smokey and the Bandit" was to Kirkegaard's Narrative, the new Daihatsu Gino follows the plotline of the new Mini, however loosely. Just as Bo Darville passed through several stages of maturity before finally settling down with Frog (sorry, Carrie), the Gino has the Mini's approximate shape, copious chrome and bug-eyed headlamps. But where S&B diverged from ol' S ren's study, which explored differing spheres of existence, by including lots of car chases, the Gino may defy the Mini's influence by coming in a five-door version. More »
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AutoWeek is reporting that the boxy fave of celebs, mercenaries and wannabees alike, the Gelaendewagen, or G-Class, will get a facelift in 2006. We reported last month that Mercedes would not discontinue the long-running G despite launch of the GL, a less-potent, large suburban SUV to be built alongside the M-Class in Alabama, due to strong demand. The G, which is built by Austria's Magna Steyr, will get a new range of engines — likely including the new, AMG-derived 6.3-liter V8 — More »
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