Posts Tagged ‘base model’

Spy Shots: Suzuki Equator

Thursday, September 4th, 2008
A production Suzuki Equator has been snapped while hanging out in California, and the nose job looks successful. The Equator is virtually pure Nissan Frontier, besides the front sheetmetal, but that's not a bad thing. The Frontier is a handsome 2/3rds scale Titan, probably the most attractive of the......

Pump it up: Titan Air Jack blows itself up with exhaust

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
If you've ever had the need to raise one side of your car, truck, RV or trailer a couple feet off the ground, the Titan Exhaust Air Jack is there to give you a lift. Quite simply, the jack is nothing more than a heavy-duty balloon inflated by the exhaust gas of your own vehicle. Once the deflated ba......

Titan Tire ships world’s first 63-inch tire

Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Remember in the first Crocodile Dundee movie when he gets mugged in New York City and Sue says "He's got a knife," and Dundee says, "That's not a knife, this is a knife," and then he pulls out a beast-killing monstrosity of a blade? Well, that's what the folks at Titan Tire are saying right now abou......

Nissan talks more about next-gen Titan and small car for Chrysler

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
We just got off the phone with Frédérique Le Grèves, Nissan's VP of Corporate Communications, and had a chance to ask her some more questions about the Japanese automaker's recently announced partnership with Chrysler LLC. The partnership involves Chrysler building a full-size truck for Nissan at......

Mercedes-Benz updates M-Class and ML 63 AMG

Friday, March 14th, 2008
Click either image to view high-res galleriesMercedes-Benz has taken a chisel to its original SUV and updated both the M-Class and the high-performance ML 63 AMG model. The M-Class has come a long way since it first debuted as a competent albeit small SUV with doughy styling. It's grown into a much ......

VW’s plan for the U.S. include smaller Passat replacement, pickup and more

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
The United States is key to Volkswagen's planned expansion in the coming decade, as the German automaker attempts to rival Toyota by selling one million units in the U.S. per year by 2018. That lofty goal will be fueled by new products priced below their current counterparts, and according to VW Gro......

KTM planning closed coupe and off-road versions of X-Bow

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the KTM X-BowThe unveiling of the production KTM X-Bow is just a week away, but the biker builder has bigger plans to expand its foray into four-wheeled conveyances. KTM's head honcho, Stefan Pierer, has revealed to CAR that the future of the X-Bow will include ......

2008 Nissan Titan PRO-4X

Friday, January 4th, 2008
In 2004, the brand-new Nissan Titan was the biggest, brawniest full-size truck from Japan. A 305-horsepower V8 and freight-train styling raised the game, and alerted Detroit to an attack on one of the last segments the American Big Three still dominated. It didn’t offer as much variety as the esta......

2008 Nissan Titan PRO-4X

Friday, January 4th, 2008
In 2004, the brand-new Nissan Titan was the biggest, brawniest full-size truck from Japan. A 305-horsepower V8 and freight-train styling raised the game, and alerted Detroit to an attack on one of the last segments the American Big Three still dominated. It didn’t offer as much variety as the esta......

REPORT: 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 not sold out, but bring your wallet

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
click above for more high-res live shots of the 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8If you're still jonesing for a 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8, there may still be time to buy one. Frank Klegon, VP of product development for Chrysler, told Kicking Tires at the Chicago Auto Show this week that 4,300 Challengers ......