Daimler and Nissan will produce Mercedes-Benz 4-cylinder engines together in North America at Nissan’s powertrain assembly plant in Decherd, Tennessee. Production will begin in 2014, with installed capacity of 250,000 units per year once at full capacity. The Decherd facility will produce engines for Mercedes-Benz and Infiniti models.       “This is the newest milestone in our pragmatic collaboration ...

This is what we call a super cool sleeper ride, not some fancy Nissan Cefiro with RB26 twin turbo or dodgy Proton Wira converted to VR4 turbo engine.      Accordingly to the video from fullBOOST.com.au, this third-generation mid-1970s Toyota Corolla KE30 was built in 4 weeks time in Victoria, Australia from a Nissan VG30 V6 3.0-litre engine and Garret roller bearing turbo. ...

The manufacturer of Subaru automobiles – Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. announced that Subaru of America, Inc. has marked Subaru’s best-ever sales year with 266,989 units in 2011 as well as best-ever sales month with 33,701 units in December 2011.     In North America, Subaru markets its range of cars like Legacy, Outback, Impreza, Forester and Tribeca.   The records ...

Another new record by the brand with the four rings for the Chinese market in 2011. Audi delivered 313,036 (up by 37%) cars to its customers in China and Hong Kong. Consequently, Audi again secured the position of China’s premium segment leader and China now Audi’s biggest single market. Imported models enjoyed above-average growth of 89%, to reach a record ...

Over last year, Mercedes-Benz Cars sold more vehicles than ever before in a year. A total of 1,362,908 vehicles of the brands Mercedes-Benz, Smart and Maybach have been delivered to customers. It is around 77,000 units more than in the previous record of 1,285,900 units set in 2007.     2011 was also the best sales year in the history ...

Mid of last month, the all-new 2012 Honda CR-V surfaced in North America and the manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) ranging from $22,295 to $28,295.   [singlepic id=9285 w=630 h= float=]  The all-new CR-V features a more efficient engine design with improved horsepower and torque, along with an all-new Real Time All-Wheel-Drive (AWD) with Intelligent Control System™. All CR-Vs are ...

The Toyota’s FJ Cruiser has introduced in Australia for just about a year and now wins its title as 4×4 of the Year from ‘4×4 Australia magazine’. Toyota FJ Cruiser beat the Jeep Grand Cherokee diesel, Range Rover Vogue TDV8 and Mercedes-Benz G 350 BlueTEC to take the top position.   4×4 Australia editor Fraser Stronach said FJ Cruiser had ...

In addition to Japan’s Best Motor TV touge comparisons on Nissan GT-R YM11 and YM12. Now, the comparisons are getting more exciting and interesting by Keiichi Tsuchiya and his team.   Can you believe this! The Best Motor TV (BMTV) also put the Porsche 911 GT2 RS with 620PS and Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Superleggera with 570PS for a 0-400m battle test.   ...