http://www.thecarconnection.com/tips Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:00:48 -0500 Tips and Advice -- find out how to maintain, service, insure, wash and wax, and change the oil in your car with tips from TheCarConnection.com. Lifestyle/Fashion http://static.thecarconnection.com/website/tcc-feed.jpg http://www.thecarconnection.com/tips http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1035386_preview-2010-nissan-altima http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1035386_preview-2010-nissan-altima Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:03:00 -0400 What is it?: Nissan's sporty mid-size coupe and sedan The basics: A choice of four- and six-cylinder engines or hybrid drive means this is one flexible car. Price: $19,900-$29,600 On sale:  October 5th. Last week the 2010 Nissan Altima was revealed prematurely revealed thanks to, oddly enough, a product recall. In the process of recalling ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1022428_san-antonio-nissan-fans-hoping-for-rain-on-august-8 http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1022428_san-antonio-nissan-fans-hoping-for-rain-on-august-8 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:41:00 -0400 World Nissan in San Antonio, Texas is making customers an interesting offer: buy Nissan Altima between July 15 and August 1, and if it rains in San Antonio on August 8, the dealership will refund the car's purchase price. The promotion comes by way of the dealership's car sales manager, "Big Al" Ortiz, and to be fair, the odds are slanted in ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016312_nissan-cuts-2009-altima-production-for-north-america http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016312_nissan-cuts-2009-altima-production-for-north-america Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:04:00 -0400 Detroit News reported that Nissan Motor Co. will be cutting production of its popular 2009 Altima sedan, built in its Smyrna, Tenn., and Canton, Miss., assembly plants. Steve Parrett, Nissan North America spokesman, explained that employees in both plants will take three successive Fridays off without pay: Oct. 17, 24, and 31. Parrett is unsure ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016154_nissan-recalls-3403-altimas http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016154_nissan-recalls-3403-altimas Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:57:08 -0400 In a fairly serious recall that affects only 3,403 2009 Nissan Altimas, vehicles with the 16-inch aluminum alloy wheels could experience lug nut loosening. "If the lug nuts become loose, it could eventually result in a loss of control and a crash without warning," cautioned NHTSA, via Edmunds. A manufacturing defect in the wheels seems to be ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015991_spy-shots-2010-suzuki-kizashi http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015991_spy-shots-2010-suzuki-kizashi Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:18:28 -0400 The 2010 Suzuki Kazashi has arrived in Nevada for some hot-weather testing.  Our latest look at Suzuki's new midsize sedan has generated some new details--including our first looks at the Kizashi's engine and interior. Likely to take design cues from handsome Suzuki's Kizashi 3 concept car show at the 2008 New York Auto Show, the production ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015910_chrysler-giving-up-on-cars http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015910_chrysler-giving-up-on-cars Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:33:24 -0400 It makes sense to some industry analysts and to the team here at TheCarConnection.com--but Chrysler is denying that it's planning to drop its car lineup and link up with Nissan in an alliance that would leave Chrysler to focus on trucks, SUVs, and minivans. The Wall Street Journal reports the two companies are discussing a broad-ranging ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015534_nissan-goes-electric http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015534_nissan-goes-electric Tue, 06 May 2008 22:31:47 -0400 Why is it conventional wisdom is so often wrong? The general consensus has long been that there's no market for battery cars. Just go to the local video store and rent a copy of "Who Killed the Electric Vehicle?" the populist documentary that stirred so many waves last year. The thing is, the EV isn't dead - certainly not if Nissan has ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015532_nissan-does-a-360 http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015532_nissan-does-a-360 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:10:01 -0400 It's hard to believe it's been nearly nine years since Carlos Ghosn made his arrival in Tokyo, the multi-pedigreed gaijin who was going to show the Japanese how to run their auto industry. Dispatched by Renault to take over the troubled Asian automaker Nissan, Ghosn outlined an aggressive - to many, outrageous - set of plans to turn the dying ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015254_cr-ranks-honda-at-the-top http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015254_cr-ranks-honda-at-the-top Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:03:15 -0500 Consumer Reports' annual auto issue is just out, and according to the publication, Honda still makes the best cars sold in the U.S., overall. In CR's so-called “automaker report cards," which compare automakers based on the overall scores of its vehicles in CR's road tests, along with the overall reliability of each ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015090_what-should-ford8217s-next-taurus-be http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015090_what-should-ford8217s-next-taurus-be Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:37:44 -0500 It's been about a year since Ford took its full-size Five Hundred sedan and renamed it Taurus. The move hasn't won over new converts - Taurus sales were off 19 percent this year -- and in the meantime, competitors like the Nissan Altima and Chevrolet Malibu have taken a bigger chunk of the four-door market from Ford. Now Ford may ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015032_nissan-altima-bests-honda-accord-in-throwdown http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015032_nissan-altima-bests-honda-accord-in-throwdown Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:48:05 -0500 Nissan's V-6-powered Altima has taken down perennial top-dog Honda Accord as Consumer Reports magazine's top-ranked midpriced sedan. The narrow upset in the influential publication's annual throwdown underscores the strong market performance of the Altima, which was completely redesigned for 2007. Though it still lags well ..]]> http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1010117_nissan-uncovers-altima-hybrid-coupe-and-se-r http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1010117_nissan-uncovers-altima-hybrid-coupe-and-se-r Wed, 29 Nov 2006 03:00:00 -0500 Nissan's mid-size line-up is about to grow. The automaker provided a sneak peek at two new additions on Tuesday evening, the Altima Coupe and the Altima Hybrid . The two-door emphasizes "aggressive styling," explained Nissan's Chief Creative Officer, Shiro Nakamura, with the use of significant amounts of new sheetmetal, as ...]]>