Tag: 2012 NYIAS

  • Fisker Atlantic Ahead of NYIAS

    Fisker-Atlantic-thumbOfficial news from Fisker – the Atlantic concept/prototype as seen before its debut at the New York International Auto Show in a few days. It’s design is said to be drawn from nature and there’s some talk about crouching tigers and what not. But to be honest it doesn’t look much different from the Karma, does it? The good news is that it is also as clever as the Karma.

    It will be a four-door saloon aimed at families who “want to drive an impactful, high-end vehicle while making a positive statement about responsibilities”. For a driving force, the Atlantic will be using Fisker’s second generation EVer drivetrain – a plug-in hybrid that’s being charged by a four-cylinder gasoline engine. No words on performance yet.

    In terms of design feats, the Altantic’s glass roof is interesting. It has a ‘spider’ rigid construction designed to withstand great stresses which can come in handy for future safety tests. The door handles of the rear doors are hidden away within the C-pillars so that you or I can fool people into thinking “That’s a coupe we have here. The person inside must be cool and slim and smart”. The taillights are the only other distinctive feature that prevents me for confusing the Atlantic with a Karma – sleek streams of LED clusters. It actually looks kind of nice.

    More information on this will be available within a few days probably.

    Fisker Atlantic Prototype
    Fisker Atlantic Prototype

    Source: Fisker

  • Final Nissan Altima Teaser [VIDEO]

    Nissan-Altima-final-thumbFive teasers for the five timer. Here’s the final pre-New York video of the Nissan Altima and the first impression is: “Oh dear, it’s more than 8 seconds long!!” A lot longer in fact… 20 seconds. This time we get to see a full view of the Altima and the gauges and everything. We even have some genuine information about it.

    The Advanced Drive-AssistTM Display (that thing between the dials) is there to help you stay focused on the road. Not sure how it does that exactly but presumably staring at the dashboard is better than shuffling trough all the knobs and buttons on the center console. You get your sat nav streamed on it, it’s a phone display as well and a trip computer and who knows what more.

    Something more useful might be the sole camera mounted somewhere at the back. It will monitor the road for lane changes, objects at the back and objects within the blind spots.

    It’s been a long journey…of short videos and, although you might not want to, you can retrace it with this, this and this and why not this.

    The reveal is coming next week as we dive into another motoring event – the New York International Auto Show. Coming soon.

    httpv://youtu.be/CxFvh7DjHKE

    Nissan Altima (2013)
    Nissan Altima (2013)

    Source: Nissan

  • Lexus ES Teaser – Debut at NYIAS

    Lexus-ES-thumbSo, this year’s New York International Auto Show will become the venue of the descending sedans…from Japan. First there’s the Nissan Altima with its dreary ad/teaser campaign. Then yesterday, Toyota announced their plans to reveal a “stunning” sedan. And now… Toyota tease another Sedan. Well, I’m saying Toyota, but I actually mean Lexus – It’s the new, sixth generation of the ES.

    There’s not much to be said really. We are looking at a typical spindle grilled, LED laden thing. Lexus say that the new ES is bound to deliver a “new dynamic driving experience“ yet, if they stick to the old 3.5 V6 Toyota engine used in the previous generation, that would be questionable. It’s not a bad engine by any means but the aspect of “new” is what bothers us here. Luckily, rumor has it that now the sixth gen range may get a hybrid drivetrain. While, that makes us hardly excited, it is a glimmer of diversity.

    The Lexus press conference will take place on Wednesday, April 4th at 11:20 a.m. EDT at the New York International Auto Show. Then, the Lexus ES will be all ours to look at. Until then we can carry on with our lives.

    Lexus ES teaser
    Lexus ES teaser

    Source: Lexus