Archive for December, 2011
Nissan starts recalling the vehicles having faulty bolts
Nissan started recalling more than 14,000 autmobiles that were produced between 2011 and 2012. Automobiles having faulty bolts in their engine were recalled. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration the bolts which connect engine oil cooler and engine oil filter to engine for these automobiles might have been made below the specified strength.
The affected Nissan automobiles include 2011-12 Pathfinder, 2012 Frontier, 2012 NV, and 2011-12 Xterra. Apart from this, 2011 Infinti FX and the 2012 Infiniti M too are recalled due to the same issue.
NHTSA report says that if there is any engine oil leak, then the pressure drops and engine can seize. This isn’t good news.
Recall will be started some where around January and the Nissan dealers are going to replace connector bolts [...]
December 30th, 2011 | News
Sales of Volvo truck climb in November
Swedish manufacturer, AB Volvo, recently said that their truck sales in the month of November increased to 22 percent. This reflects strong performance for Eastern Europe and the regions of North American and the heavy duty automobiles. The total sales of the truck operations rose to 22,440 units from 18,454 units in earlier year. The total sales in the market for Volvo Group operations of truck include UD Trucks, Volvo Trucks, Renault Trucks, Mack, and Eicher according to the company.
On basis of geography, the sales in Europe rose from twelve percent of last year to about 8,552 units and the sales was boosted by 71 percent rise for Eastern Europe. Western Europe deliveries increased by two percent. This company noted that the macro-economic uncertainty right now is impacting the truck customers [...]
December 23rd, 2011 | News
Chinese military truck shows off its terrain prowess
The automotive industry in China is an emerging force and a lot of foreign automakers are setting up several joint ventures in the most populated country in the world. There are some European marques gobbled up by few Chinese conglomerates as well. The domestic brands in China can make serious automobiles having serious capabilities. The off road military truck that has been included here in this video is an excellent example of this.
It was built by Xiaolong Automotive, based in Wuhan and the name of the vehicle is XLW2090. There were a dozen automobiles built like this and there are different configurations offered based on adaptable chassis. It is an off road truck having three axle system and has four and half liter Cummins diesel engine of four cylinders with ground clearance of over [...]
December 16th, 2011 | News
Chevrolet gets nostalgic on trucks
General Motors is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a tribute to the long truck lineage of the company. This car maker started making pickups in the year 1918 with 490 Light Delivery and they haven’t stopped since then. We were a bit disappointed to see that this video glosses over the tasty looking hardware like 1956 Chevrolet Apache and 1967 Chevrolet Suburban which is really attractive. However, beggars can not be choosers. This time spends some time with Blazer and includes some really good footage of utility which bounces off from dusty trail with the top off.
This video, unfortunately, is served with some dryness of middle school health documentary. Hence you shouldn’t expect too much with regards to entertainment. The people who like this brand and the trucking geeks will [...]
December 15th, 2011 | News
Nissan to roll out spiffed up food trucks
This year, your nearest automobile showroom will be having food trucks too. CoolHaus and the Grilled Cheese Truck recently gave out some samples in sleek Nissan NV vehicles and they showcased a design fresh from vintage look of most of the LA food trucks.
Michelle Grant, the Grilled Cheese Truck CEO said that Nissan had approached them with the sponsored vehicle and they thought that the idea was pretty good. Grant further said that they are using taco standard truck right now but with more compact vehicle, they will reach out to the new spaces.
CoolHaus is using postal refurbished trucks right now. Natasha Case, CEO at CoolHaus said that it is smaller, shorter, more compact, with lower height. However, in food truck industry, such space compression is good as it makes parking easy in the smaller [...]
December 9th, 2011 | News
GM proposes an investment of $380M investment
When there is any new contract with United Auto Workers and major automaker gets hashed out there are interesting tidbits about the future products leaking out in the press. Same is the case with a deal between UAW and General Motors which is barely finalized. Reports say that GM or General Motors is currently negotiating with the local union leaders from Wentzille in Missouri plant for adding new 1,850 workers and second shift for building mid size pick up truck.
Right now, Wentzille plant is building the full size Chevrolet Express and the GMC Savana van. They are adding second line of product and one more shift and this makes all of us wonder if the manufacturer is rethinking its plans about GMC Canyon and Chevrolet Colorado in the US.
GM has displayed several iterations of next Colorado [...]
December 1st, 2011 | News