News27th Oct 20174 min readTop ten cars and concepts from the 2017 Tokyo Motor Show…News27th Oct 20174 min readTop ten cars and concepts from the 2017 Tokyo Motor Show…
News27th Oct 20172 min readWhat sound will a Nissan EV make?…Mike CostelloElectric cars may well be capable of driving in relative silence — save tyre noise — but that doesn’t mean regulators are going to let them. As a result, car-makers moving into the EV space must give them artificial ‘notes’ to warn pedestrians — potentially busy on their smartphones. That’s why Nissan, one of the world’s biggest EV producers, made a point of discussing a sound at today’s Tokyo motor show, before revealing the IMx concept car we were really there to see. …
News27th Oct 20172 min readNissan plans self-driving road cars from 2022…Mike CostelloNissan plans to offer "fully autonomous" cars in 2022, and will take responsibility for any incidents that occur on the road with them from this time onwards, as Volvo and a few other brands have committed to do. The company discussed its plans for vehicle autonomy with media at its headquarter city of Yokohama this week, sharing findings from testing conducted in Tokyo, London and Silicon Valley dating back as early as 2013. …
News27th Oct 20172 min read2018 Hyundai Sonata pricing and specs…News27th Oct 20172 min read2018 Hyundai Sonata pricing and specs…
News27th Oct 20173 min read2018 Jaguar XF Sportbrake pricing and specs…James WongAustralian pricing and specifications for the 2018 Jaguar XF Sportbrake range have been announced this week, ahead of the new wagon's launch Down Under in November. Starting from $90,400 plus on-road costs for the entry-level 20d R-Sport, the XF Sportbrake line-up starts some $15,000 more than the most affordable XF sedan, though there's no base Prestige trim grade for the Jaguar wagon. …
News26th Oct 20172 min readNissan Titan full-size pickup might go global…Mike CostelloNissan’s global boss of commercial vehicles, Ashwani Gupta, says the company is looking at producing the Titan full-size pickup truck for markets outside of North America, including right-hand drive (RHD) countries such as Australia. …
