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It must be a bummer, being underappreciated. You shine and excel, and still you remain hidden in the shadows. Just ask any of the six models listed after the jump. It's a story they know all too well. ...
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Report: These are North America’s top producing auto plants
Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, Ford, Honda, Hyundai, Nissan, Toyota, Volkswagen
Volkswagen has the honor of being this year's top producing North American automotive manufacturer by a wide margin with its Puebla, Mexico facility. The factory managed to produce 510,041 units last year, beating out second-place Nissan and its Aguascalientes, Mexico plant by a staggering 149,245 units, according to Ward's Auto. Nissan jumped from third to second place after Toyota and its Georgetown plant dropped from the top five. Toyota and Honda both saw themselves ousted from the leader board after a year pockmarked by disruptions from earthquake and tsunami activity in Japan and flooding in Thailand.
The Japanese automakers' vacancies made room for Hyundai and its facility in Montgomery, Alabama with 338,127 units to take fourth place. Ford, meanwhile, moved from fifth in 2010 to third in 2011 with 344,446 units from its Dearborn Truck plant. Nissan rounded out the top five last year with the company's plant in Smyrna, Tennessee taking the automaker's second spot on the list.
Ward's Auto reports Volkswagen enjoyed a boost from the popularity of the Jetta. That model alone helped push the company's Puebla facility to a 75,356 unit gain over last year's figures. Head over to Ward's to see the full report.
These are North America's top producing auto plants originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: aguascalientes, auto manufacturing, auto plants, Dearborn, ford, honda, Hyundai, Manufacturing, montgomery, Nissan, plants, Plants/Manufacturing, Puebla, smyrna, Toyota, Volkswagen
Video: Nissan releases official footage of Juke-R supercar street race in Dubai
Filed under: Performance, Videos, Crossover, Nissan, Middle East
When is a Nissan Juke not a Nissan Juke? When it's the 480-horsepower, Godzilla-powered Juke-R, that's when. Then it's a supercar-beater. And to prove the point, Nissan UK took its one-off super-crossover down to Dubai for a little street racing action.
So what did Nissan pit its Juke-R against? No, not other crossovers, but a pack of the leanest, meanest supercars on the market: the Ferrari 458 Italia, Lamborghini Gallardo and Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG. We first saw video footage shot from the sidelines a couple of weeks ago, but since the publicity stunt proved so popular, Nissan responded by releasing an official, high-quality version, complete with in-car footage and plenty of tire squealing. Follow the jump to check it out.
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Nissan releases official footage of Juke-R supercar street race in Dubai originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: 458 italia, crossover, dubai, ferrari 458 italia, Gallardo, Juke, juke-r, juke-r vs supercar challenge, mercedes benz sls amg, middle east, Nissan, Nissan Juke, nissan juke-r, Performance, sls amg, street-race, Video, videos
Report: Hagerty predicts this year’s future classics
Filed under: Car Buying, Classics, Etc., Audi, Buick, Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford, Jeep, Nissan, Porsche, Volkswagen
The world would be considerably less entertaining if we could all predict the future. Even so, the classic car gurus at Hagerty Insurance have cast a few chicken bones in an attempt to figure out which vehicles produced today might eventually turn collectible.
The company restricted entrants to hardware with a price tag of less than $100,000, so the list isn't populated with too many wild exotics. While vehicles like the Nissan GT-R Black Edition, Ford Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca Edition, Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 and Porsche 911 are low-hanging fruit, the list also featured a few surprises.
For starters, it begins with none other than the mighty Buick Regal GS. Hagerty says the vehicle is a win because it's the first Buick with a manual transmission since the fall of the Holy Roman Empire. The Fiat 500 Abarth also makes an appearance alongside an even hotter hatch, the Volkswagen Golf R. Of course, we're simply thrilled to see the sinister Audi TT RS make a showing. Hit the jump for the full list or view each vehicle in our gallery above.
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Hagerty predicts this year's future classics originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: 500, 500 abarth, 911, Audi, Buick, Camaro, Camaro ZL1, Car Buying, Charger, Charger SRT8, chevrolet, classics, Dodge, Etc., Fiat, ford, future classics, golf, golf r, Grand Cherokee, Grand Cherokee SRT8, GT-R, gt-r black edition, hagerty, Hagerty Insurance, insurance, Jeep, Mustang, mustang boss 302, mustang boss 302 lagunra seca, Nissan, porsche, regal, Regal GS, TT, TT RS, Volkswagen
A word on Nissan Leaf sales, orders and reservation numbers [w/poll]
Filed under: Car Buying, Hatchback, Nissan, Electric
What's up with the sales, orders and reservations of the Nissan Leaf? The Japanese automaker loudly trumpeted the 20,000 reservations it originally collected back in September, 2010 and Nissan's Mark Perry recently told AutoblogGreen that, since then, that number has climbed to around 26,000. Where do things stand today? That's not exactly simple to figure out. Here's what we know:
- Number of accepted Leaf reservations: 26,000
- - Number of Leaf models sold: 10,000
- - Number sold in January: 800 (estimate)
- - Number sold in February: 800 (estimate. Perry recently said these two months were sold out or nearly sold out)
- - Number of people who haven't had a chance to order because they live in a state where the Leaf is not yet for sale: 2,000 (according, again, to Perry)
- - Number of people who cancelled (unknown)
- = 12,400 people or so
One thing that Zachary was willing to share were the colors chosen by buyers for model year 2012 Leaf orders. They are:
- Brilliant Silver - 24%
- Blue Ocean - 23%
- Glacier Pearl - 21%
- Cayenne Red - 19%
- Super Black - 14%
A word on Nissan Leaf sales, orders and reservation numbers [w/poll] originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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