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    Featured: Calgary Craigslist ad for "ugly as f*@#" truck trades PC for humour
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    Political correctness can be a little over-rated at times and we understand that once in a while some people want to break free from their linguistic filter. The author of this Calgary Craigslist ad smashed several PC formalities while attempting to sell his pickup truck, entwining Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Bulgarian prostitutes, midgets and Hello ...

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    Report: Nissan Leaf all-electric taxis start pilot program in NYC [w/video]
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    When New York City picked the Nissan NV200 as its Taxi of Tomorrow, many were surprised that the vehicle wasn't electric, or even a hybrid for that matter. With NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg on hand, Nissan celebrated Earth Day on Monday by unveiling a pilot program of electric taxis for the city consisting of six 2013 Nissan Leaf EVs, which the mayor ...

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    Featured: Syrena Sport returns as rebodied Nissan 370Z
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    We wouldn't hold it against you if you'd never heard of the FSO Syrena Sport. FSO built the long-enduring Syrena for some 17 years nonstop, and while the machines were mostly plodding family sedans, engineers at FSO did create one version with a bit more zest. The Syrena Sport was a two-door coupe that borrowed design cues from Ferrari and was powered by ...

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    Shanghai: Nissan Friend-Me Concept is cooler than its name
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    Here is the Nissan Friend-Me, a swoopy – and let us emphasize that word "swoopy" – sedan-with-a-hatchback developed specifically for Chinese youth in their mid-twenties, the ones born in the eighties mainly bereft of siblings due to China's one-child policy. The exterior is meant to be most imposing at night, when Nissan figures these single ...

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    Video: Can Nissan GT-R AMS Alpha 12+ beat a Bugatti Veyron Super Sport?
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    When it comes to fighting fire with fire, it doesn't get much hotter than watching these two heavyweight supercars go at it. Thankfully the crew at DragTimes decided to put together a "What If..." video to hypothetically find out if a 1,500 horsepower Nissan GT-R AMS Alpha 12+ has what it takes to beat a Bugatti Veyron Super Sport in a side-by-side race ...

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    Official: Top 10 Best Interiors of 2013, Asian automakers take 7 of 10 spots
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    Step inside just about any new car these days and you'll quickly see that vehicle interiors have become a pretty nice place to spend some time in. For the third consecutive year, WardsAuto sat in each and every new vehicle that had received redesigned or updated interiors, and it has now named its top 10 Best Interiors. Judges look at everything from ...

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    Video: Nissan gives us the business on the art of clay modeling [w/video]
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    The team from The Dashboard recently stopped by the Nissan Technical Center in Japan for a look at what exactly goes into creating a full-scale clay model. While automakers have been using clay bucks for decades, designers and engineers are now combining computer renderings and hand-sculpted clay models to determine how a new vehicle will look in our ...

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    Recalls: Toyota, Honda, Mazda and Nissan recall 3.4 million vehicles for faulty airbags
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    Most vehicle recalls that take place these days are a result of some problem that happens during the manufacturing process by the automaker, but as we see here, parts suppliers can also factor in to problematic safety issues. Automotive News is reporting that a total of 3.4 million vehicles produced by Japanese automakers between 2000 and 2004 are being ...

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    Video: Nissan GT-R goes 294 km/h (183 mph) on ice in Russia [w/video]
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    When a pair of Russian pilots wanted to set a local ice-speed record, they chose a stock Nissan GT-R for the task. Roman Rusinov, a Russian race car driver, and Andrey Leontjev, a Russian auto journalist, took Godzilla to Lake Baikal and ran it up to 294.8 kilometres per hour (182.8 miles per hour) across frozen stuff estimated to be 1.4 metres ...

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    Featured: NYC Nissan taxi cabs could be banned because they're not hybrid
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    The Nissan NV200 is having a rough go of it as New York City's Taxi of Tomorrow. The Greater New York Taxi Association wants the van banned on the grounds that it isn't a hybrid, and has gone so far as to sue the city to keep the NV200 out of taxi fleets. According to The New York Times, the city has responded by proposing to allow taxi drivers to use ...