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Nissan Qashqai recall

pulegium — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:43:04 +0000

Nissan are recalling over 14,000 X-Trail and over 33,000 Qashqai vehicles. Reason for a recall is a problem with steering system, where the front suspension lower ball joints have not been fully seated into the hub. This results in the securing bolt not fitting into the groove in the ball joint shank. Eventually ball joint detaches causing loss of vehicle control.

Vehicles being recalled are those produced between 2008-03-31 and 2009-08-26 (X-Trail) and 2008-02-18 and 2009-05-22 (Qashqai). More specifically, affected Qashqai models are with the following VIN numbers: SJNF**J10*1013272 to SJNF**J10U1022002.

Update: Some more numbers here, some will overlap with the above, some are new.

Qashqai:

SJNFAAJ10U1000261 – SJNFAAJ10U1454840
SJNFBNJ10U1000283 – SJNFBNJ10U1420781
SJNFCAJ10U1062590 – SJNFCAJ10U1427112
SJNFDNJ10U1120239 – SJNFDNJ10U1374168
SJNJAAJ10U6015000 – SJNJAAJ10U6032965
SJNJBNJ10U6011688 – SJNJBNJ10U6026756
SJNJCAJ10U6016077 – SJNJCAJ10U6023136
SJNJDNJ10U6022662 – SJNJDNJ10U6024896

X-Trail:

JN1TANT31U0001088 – JN1TANT31U0200230
JN1TBNT31U0000020 – JN1TBNT31U0200359
JN1TCNT31U0005095 – JN1TCNT31U0202732

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GM’s new Corvette Stingray concept car

pulegium — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:28:49 +0000

It’s not really fresh news, but I just found this out myself, so posting it here…

First Corvette Stingray has been built some fifty years ago. Celebrating 50th aniversary GM is presenting new concept Corvette Stingray model.

First appearance of the new Stingray was in Chicago 2009 autoshow. Later you could see it in the movie Transformers – Revenge of the Fallen.

When designing Corvette Stingray 50th Anniversary GM engineers had a challenge of combining technologies of the future with the design and form of the past. Therefore the new Stingray is more of a designer experiment than a mass product for consumers. We shouldn’t forget about the upcoming Corvette C7, which might inherit some of the properties of the Stingray. It’s believed that technologies such as rear view camera, hybrid engine and the seats might be the few elements reused in the new C7.

But for now, just enjoy the looks of the Corvette Stingray 50th Anniversary.

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A car with no steering wheel and… no pedals

pulegium — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:46:04 +0000

Toyota are working on a concept car that primarily is targeted at the short distance travel. There’s nothing revolutionary, most manufacturers are working on such prototypes: Subaru has the Stella, Mitsubishi has the i-Miev, Nissan has the Leaf. Now it’s Toyota’s turn to show off it’s new FT-EV II.

Then why am I bothering to mention it? Ah, there’s a catch – this car has no steering wheel, nor does it have any pedals. Control of the car is performed using some sort of joystick, that controls the accelerator, brakes and also used to steer the car.

Obviously it’s all electric, sporting Li-Ion batteries, but can also run from the conventional fuel.

It’s much smaller than iQ, but still can seat four and goes over 60 mi/hr.

Toyota FT-EV II concept

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