Nissan NV commercial vans – Click above for high-res image gallery
No surprise here, really. Just one short day after officially revealing its first-ever commercial vehicle for the U.S. market, Nissan has launched a corresponding website to go along with its NV series of vans.
As you would expect from such a website, Nissan allows you to [...]
2011 Nissan NV2500 HD – Click above for high-res image gallery
We’re here in St. Louis attending the National Truck Equipment Association show, and we just watched Nissan officially pull the covers off its NV commercial van for the first time in front of a live audience. Our initial impression: They aren’t kidding when they say [...]
Another day, another recall. This time Nissan is the automaker in question, recalling a total of 539,864 vehicles due to faulty brake pedal pins and fuel gauge components.
Nissan reports that three instances have been reported where brake pedal pins have partially disengaged, resulting in a loss of normal braking ability. Additionally, the fuel gauges in [...]
2011 Mazda5 – Click above for high-res image gallery
Mazda’s Nagare design theme has infiltrated nearly every model in its lineup, with only a few lone hold-outs. Here in Geneva, one of the last unmolested models has finally gone under the knife and the result is the 2011 Mazda 5.
In addition to the new smiling fascia, [...]
Just because Toyota may be garnering the most attention for its current recall crisis, it isn’t the only automaker having issues. Chrysler has just released its own recall which affects more than 312,000 2005-2006 Town and Country, Caravan, and Grand Caravan models.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the minivan’s front crash sensors may [...]
Ford C-Max at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show – Click above for high-res image gallery
One of the more than 100 reveals at next month’s Geneva Motor Show will be the new Ford C-Max and Grand C-Max. Referred to as “Multi-Activity Vehicles” by The Blue Oval, the two C-cars offer a five-seater in the C-Max and [...]
Dodge Caravan – Click above for high-res image gallery
Chrysler invented the minivan, and Team Pentastar is so confident that you’ll like its newest people mover that the automaker is giving you 60 days to try a Dodge Grand Caravan or Chrysler Town and Country for yourself. Chrysler’s new 60-day “Minivan Pledge” is open until March [...]
2010 Vauxhall Movano – Click above for high-res image gallery
Remember the old days before the minivan came along? Well, Brits sure do. Because while America may move around in trucks and pickups, over in the British Isles, the full-size van is the workhorse of choice for movers, plumbers, electricians, bank robbers and just [...]
If you’re in the market for a Nissan minivan you’d better hurry and natch up one of the last of the 2009 models as a 2010 model is never going to happen. Automobile reports that the 2010 Quest will never arrive in the U.S. as Nissan ends production of the people hauler until the next [...]
2011 Opel Meriva – Click above for high-res image gallery
When Opel showed off a concept version of the next-generation Meriva at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show, everyone expected the production version to look much the same. After all, the concept exhibited all the styling cues we’ve seen on other recent concepts from R??sselsheim. What we [...]
2010 Ford S-Max (above) and Galaxy (below right) – Click either for high-res image galleries
We can debate the relevance of the modern minivan in the North American market until the proverbial cows come home, but the fact remains that in Europe, the MPV still plays a vital role. Few know that as well as Ford [...]
2010 Ford S-Max (above) and Galaxy (below right) – Click either for high-res image galleries
We can debate the relevance of the modern minivan in the North American market until the proverbial cows come home, but the fact remains that in Europe, the MPV still plays a vital role. Few know that as well as Ford [...]
2011 Mazda5 – Click above for high-res image gallery
The Mazda5 has been around since 2006, going about its microvan business in relative obscurity, yet rewarding buyers with a healthy dose of zoom-zoom mixed into their three-row vanlet driving needs. The Mazda5 (Premacy in other markets) received a few tweaks in 2008, but other than new [...]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is investigating hundreds of reports that 2004-2005 Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey minivans are fitted with defective transmissions that could dangerously fail without warning. Most alarming is that many of the transmissions reportedly fail at highway speeds. In a common complaint, the engine will suddenly surge and then [...]
Fiat Doblo – click above for high-res gallery
You’re feasting your eyes on Fiat’s new Doblo. First debuting in 2001, Fiat has manged to sell over one million Doblos, both as panel work vans (know as the Doblo Cargo) and as five or seven passenger “leisure activity vehicles.” This is the first ground-up redesign in the [...]
