A First Glance of the 2016 Nissan Maxima

The current Nissan Maxima was on sale back in 2008, and now it is due for a renewal.

Yesterday in the Super Bowl commercial, Nissan quietly previewed its all-new next generation 2016 Maxima. You can view the commercial video in below.

There is no detailed information about the 2016 Maxima at this moment, but we can safely bet that the 3.5L V6 engine and the CVT will be carried over.

2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata Will Has up to 155HP

We have been covering the all-new 2016 Mazda MX-5 for a while, which you can see from all our previous reports.

However there is one important spec we did not know until last Friday: the engine output. Here comes the number:

– SKYACTIV-G 1.5L gasoline engine: 129 hp, 110 lb-ft of torque
– SKYACTIV-G 2.0L gasoline engine: 155 hp, 148 lb-ft of torque

In addition to the above two powertrains, Kudo Hidetoshi, head of Mazda global PR, told media that the factory is also considering a turbocharged high performance version of the Miata in the future.

Although the 2...

Phantom Drophead Coupe Nighthawk  Interior Gets Showered in Carbon Fiber

When talking about Rolls-Royce cars, the first impression that most people will come to is that all Rolls-Royce are ultra-luxury automobiles with leather-wrapped interior with extensive wood trim decorations. This is exactly true for most of the Rolls-Royce products. But today comes an exception to the rule: the Phantom Drophead Coupe Nighthawk Edition, exclusively for the US market, which many interior portions are covered with carbon fiber.

More specifically speaking, the door panels, dashboard and steering wheel spokes are covered with carbon fiber panels...

The all-new 2015 Volvo XC90 has been a hot topic in the auto industry since last May, when Volvo began to release details of the new SUV. And of course we have covered the whole story since the first day when the interior images were released, and also when the powertrain spec were available, to the latest crash test results.

Yesterday, the first production 2015 XC90 has rolled off the assembling line in Torslandaverken (The Torslanda Works – one of the largest Volvo factories which is located in Torslanda, Sweden). From the below gallery images you can see the first production model is a US-spec XC90 (notice the orange color reflector in the headlamp housing).

The prod...

Road Race Mustang: Fully Ready For The Track

If you haven’t heard of the Road Race Mustang, you are not alone. In the past two months, the sports car market has been flooded with news related to the high performance version of the Ford Mustang. Specifically speaking, the Mustang GT350 and GT350R.

However, this is not the full story. Yesterday, we found out that Ford Performance quietly put out a new Mustang variant on its catalog website, called the Road Race Mustang.

As described on its webpage, the Road Race Mustang is a factory-build race car based on the Mustang, which is fully ready for track and racing usage...