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Here comes the 2015 Korean minivan official news and images. Below is some key points we extract from the lengthy press release:

– Car body is made of 76% of high strength steel; and lots of reinforcements in key area of the safety cage;

– Chasis is 36% stiffer than the best of its competitors (however, we do not know whether Kia means the torsional rigidity, or the bending rigidity);

– 3.3L V6 direct injection naturally aspirated engine; 276hp@6,000rpm and 248 lb-ft torque@5,200rpm. Compared to the old Sedona, which has a 3.5L V6 engine, with 269hp@6,300rpm and 246 lb-ft torque@4,500rpm...

Previously we have heard the news that Amazon sold some Nissan Versa Notes, which were shipped to the buyers’ residence in a giant Amazon box.

Now here comes another opportunity that you can buy another Nissan vehicle through Amazon’s help, and get a $1,000 Amazon.com gift card.

This time is the 2014 Nissan Rogue. Amazon act as a lead generator: you use Amazon to notify your local dealership your purchase intention, and you go through all the back and forth negotiation, buy or lease the Rogue (you need to do this within 14 days after you submitting your info through Amazon.com). Finally the $1,000 Amazon gift card will arrive in your mail box.

However you need to be act...

When we are talking about a recall of a specific car model, in our impression it is usually something like: you receive a notice in the mail, then you bring your car to the dealership; you get a loaner car while they are working on your vehicle, after several hours or several days you get your fixed car back.

Some recalls may be very complicated, for example recently Porsche is recalling 785 of its 2014 911 GT3 to replace the whole engine. But have you thought of a recall that you will DIY, and you can even complete it within 1 minute? Now this is what 468 of the Infiniti QX80 owners will face with.

According to Nissan USA, some of the 2014 model year Infiniti QX80 equipp...

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Yesterday IIHS released the moderate overlap front test and side crash test results for the new 2014 BMW X5.

Here are the detailed data with comparison with the Mercedes-Benz ML and VW Touareg (all measurements are in cm):

Moderate overlap front (the smaller the better)

Footwell intrusion – Footrest: 2 (ML: 3; Touareg: 2)
Footwell intrusion – Left: 4 (ML: 4; Touareg: 2)
Footwell intrusion – Center: 4 (ML: 6; Touareg: 2)
Footwell intrusion – Right: 3 (ML: 7; Touareg: 2)

Brake pedal (the smaller the better): 2 (ML: 3; Touareg: 2)

Instrument panel rearward movement (the smaller the better)

Instrument panel – Left: 0 (ML: 1; Touareg: 2)
Instrument panel – Right: 0 (ML: 2; Tou...