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Nissan to Unleash High-Powered Nismo in Australia
The ʾ17 Nissan GT-R Nismo features a version of the VR38DETT engine making 591 hp and 481 lb-ft. of torque, and uses the same pair of high-flow, large-diameter turbochargers as the GT-R Nismo GT3 race car.
By Alan Harman • Oct. 12, 2016 -
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’17 Infiniti Q60: Good Looks, Great Personality
Nissan’s luxury brand is appealing to sports coupe buyers who appreciate beauty but look deeper than just that.
By Steve Finlay • Oct. 11, 2016 -
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GMC Debuts Latest All-Terrain Truck, Duramax Diesel
GMC unveils the Sierra HD All Terrain X, a Duramax turbodiesel-powered addition to the brand’s off-road trim lineup. The new Duramax in the Sierra and Silverado HDs produces 445 hp and 910 lb.-ft. of torque.
By Bob Gritzinger • Oct. 10, 2016 -
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Video Goes Behind-the-Scenes for Chevy Colorado FCV Assembly
The imposing Colorado ZH2 stands more than 6.5 ft. tall and rides on 37-in. tires and modified suspension to tackle whatever terrain the Army might throw at it during field testing next year.
By James M. Amend • Oct. 7, 2016 -
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Mercedes-Benz Set to Join Formula E Racing Grid
Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix, the automaker’s U.K.-based motorsport offshoot, looks set to take up the option on one of two entry slots to be made available during the fifth Formula E season, which would boost the grid to 24 cars.
By Greg Kable • Oct. 7, 2016 -
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Toyota Puts Fun in Functionality With New Prius
Toyota claims the new Prius engine is the world’s first to achieve an amazing 40% maximum thermal efficiency, the measure of how much energy from the fuel actually reaches the drive wheels.
By Gary Witzenburg • Oct. 6, 2016 -
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BMW 750xi: Ultimate User Experience
The BMW excels on all fronts, from the first impression to the last. It starts with an optional iPhone-like key fob, a technological marvel that functions as a gateway to the 750xi.
By James M. Amend • Oct. 5, 2016 -
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Mazda to Add Engine Production at Russian Plant
The 50,000-unit-capacity plant in Vladivostok mainly will produce Mazda’s SkyActiv-G engines for export. Neither Mazda nor the government say whether output of Mazda6 and Mazda CX-5 models now built there will increase as part of the new investment.
By Eugene Gerden • Oct. 5, 2016 -
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Gorilla Glass and Airstream’s Love for Aluminum
A panel session focused on materials at the WardsAuto User Experience Conference includes an Ohio State researcher testing fabrics embedded with sensors capable of reading a person’s vital signs and adjusting seatbelt tension automatically.
Oct. 4, 2016 -
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Augmented Reality Next HUD Frontier
Projecting icons generated by advanced safety systems on the windshield is seen as a way to create safer driving.
Oct. 4, 2016 -
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User Experience Revolution Ahead, Experts Say
Displays, for example, will get larger and resolutions will become richer, while driver information will move from the dashboard and instrument panel to a sophisticated head-up display.
By James M. Amend • Oct. 4, 2016 -
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Mapping the Future of Navigation
Three panelists offer divergent points of view on how we’ll navigate in the future, but all agree that map data and how we use it will play a key role in our vehicles for years to come.
By Bob Gritzinger • Oct. 4, 2016 -
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VW Alltrack’s Amazing Feat: Making the Station Wagon Cool, Rugged
To some people the moniker “station wagon” is synonymous with loser cruiser, vintage 1955.
By Steve Finlay • Oct. 3, 2016 -
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Fuel-Cell Vehicles Don’t Add Up, Analyst Says
The cost of the technology, the energy required to produce the fuel and the resulting well-to-wheel emissions make FCVs less than green, concludes a Hong Kong-based investment firm.
By Roger Schreffler • Oct. 3, 2016 -
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Toyota Brings Stop-Start to U.S. on Highlander, Expands D-4S
An up-to-1 mpg (0.4 km/L) improvement in city driving can be realized by leaving on Toyota’s stop-start.
Oct. 3, 2016 -
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Executive Denies VW Acted Illegally in Dieselgate
Imelda Wander-Lamé, Volkswagen’s director of group aftersales, apologizes “for this inconvenience and loss of trust that we caused to our customers,” but refuses to admit to a consumer group any illegality by VW in installing so-called defeat devices.
By Sara Lewis • Sept. 30, 2016 -
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Mobility Services Key Destination for Opel Ampera-e
Opel marketing chief Tina Müller says EVs will see rapid growth. “In 10 years, I’m sure we will laugh about the old times and internal-combustion engines,” she says.
By James M. Amend • Sept. 29, 2016 -
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Mercedes-AMG Hypercar Confirmed
The new car is expected to challenge the Ferrari LaFerrari, McLaren P1 and Porsche 918 Spyder at the very top of the road car spectrum.
By Greg Kable • Sept. 28, 2016 -
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Green Colors Millennials’ Views on Car Ownership
Of 2,500 Millennials surveyed, 77% currently own cars and nearly two-of-three say they likely will buy a hybrid car in the next 10 years and more than half say they would buy an EV in that time span.
By Alan Harman • Sept. 27, 2016 -
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Impact of Autonomous Vehicles on Auto Industry
The technology race is on, with automakers so far leading the disruptors in the number of patents filed.
By Justinas Liuima • Sept. 23, 2016 -
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Toyota Cuts Mirai Lease Price to Help Build Awareness
The monthly payment and down payment to lease Toyota’s first fuel-cell vehicle for retail customers falls for ’17.
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Korean Prosecutors Question VW Exec Over Dieselgate
Prosecutors questioned Detlef Stendel, the emissions-certification manager at Volkswagen’s German headquarters since 2004, about whether the automaker instructed executives in Korea to install emissions-cheating software in VW diesel engines.
By Vince Courtenay • Sept. 23, 2016 -
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Smart Unveils Electric Drive Lineup
Set to make their public debut at next week’s Paris auto show, the first of Smart’s Electric Drive trio, the Fortwo, is planned to go on sale in North America before the end of the year.
By Greg Kable • Sept. 22, 2016 -
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Ferrari Lifts Wraps on New V-8-Powered GTC4 Lusso T
The addition of the new engine to the GTC4 Lusso marks the first time the venerable Italian automaker has offered a choice of two different engines in the same model at one time.
By Greg Kable • Sept. 22, 2016 -
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2016 Wards 10 Best UX: Surprise and Delight
Editor's note: This story is part of the WardsAuto digital archive, which may include content that was first published in print, or in different web layouts.TRANSCRIPTAutomotive companies for years have pinned customer loyalty on the notion of brand identity, or those predominately visual cues, s...
By James M. Amend • Sept. 22, 2016
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