With so much competition from Lexus and Nissan, Honda has officially gone open with the new NSX CONCEPT-GT hybrid racer. The racecar turned up at the GT500 class of the Round 5 2013 AUTOBACS SUPER GT at the Suzuka Circuit. It is due to make its first full appearance at the 2014 SUPER GT Series next year.
The all-new 2014 Nissan Tiida was officially launched today in the GCC at an event in Dubai. We hear the car has already been on sale for at least the past week in the UAE.
For those who aren’t too happy with the Accord Crosstour that is sold in the GCC market, there’s hope for them yet. Honda has rather diligently revealed the specs of the Civic Tourer that is due to debut at the much awaited Frankfurt Motor Show, coming September.
Just when we thought the Frankfurt Motor Show wouldn’t get any more cramped, Infiniti has added one more car to the list of unveilings. The company says that the Q30 Concept will make its global debut in Frankfurt next month.
Our fleet swap-over for this year is finally complete with the sale of our 2009 Renault Safrane V6 to a friend. My father had left it behind when he retired earlier this year and got shipped back to the homeland, and so the car wasn’t really getting driven much any more, once we bought more interesting machinery. Still, it’s a fine car that we’ll recommend to anybody looking for cheap transportation. We’d even go as far as to say that it’s a more “honest” car than the new Safrane that replaced it, and an even better deal now that it’s out of warranty and you could get it maintained elsewhere instead the dealer.
College projects can be fun, especially if you’re the privileged ones to join hands with Mazda to create a one off concept. And that is why we envy this Mazda Deep Orange 3 Concept Car, built by Clemson University automotive engineering students. The neat piece of design was compiled by Frederick Naaman from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
The Hilux was always invincible. So much that, it is still one of the best selling pickup trucks in the GCC and it only seems odd that Toyota is adding the name to the vehicle now.
Kia has teased us with this new picture of their upcoming vehicle that they are claiming to be a future B-segment contender; or in our words, a super-mini.
It’s got a thorough replacement in the form of the Q50 sedan, but Infiniti is banking on the G37 and has announced that it will continue in some markets, even as the former is due to go on sale soon.
So if you thought that every car manufacturer was going the ‘Ford Explorer’ way when it came to overhauling their existing midsize SUVs, you’d be wrong. There are a few manufacturers who decided to try the opposite route, taking a step backwards by choosing to transform a commercial pick-up into a four-wheel-drive wagon in a half-hearted bid to create a viable replacement for their already-cancelled midsize SUV. So what was essentially competing with the refined Toyota Prado, now tries to go after the simplistic Toyota Fortuner. That new wagon is none other than the all-new Thailand-built 2013 Chevrolet Trailblazer.