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It’s Nissan’s Summer Savin’ Days.
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Monday, July 16, 2012
Check Your Tires!
Fun Fact: Almost every state mandates a minimum tire tread depth of 2/32 of an inch for passenger car tires, as measure from the top of a tread wear indicator to the top of the tread. The wear indicator will appear in the tread grooves as a small bump. It just so happens that the lettering over Abe Lincoln’s head on a penny is exactly 2/32 of an inch tall. To make sure you have legal tread depth, grasp a penny with Abe Lincoln upside down, find a wear indicator, and place the penny on top of the indicator. If you can see the letters, you have insufficient tread and should replace your tires.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
2015 Nissan Z May Be Lighter, Leaner
LONDON — The 2015 Nissan Z will be lighter, leaner and appeal to a more mainstream audience, Nissan's design boss Shiro Nakamura told Inside Line in a recent interview.
Work on the new Z is "at an early stage," he said, with a concept version of the car in the works.
Unveiling of the new Z concept could come as early as the 2014 Detroit Auto Show.
Presumably, a lighter Nissan Z would return better gas mileage than the current version. The 2013 Nissan 370Z returns 19 mpg in city driving and 26 mpg on the highway, according to the EPA. The 370Z coupe has a curb weight of 3,314 pounds.
The current 370Z has not enjoyed quite the same success as the 2002 350Z, which revived the Z car reputation and sold well in the U.S., Japan and Europe. "The next one has to have a stronger impact," says Nakamura.
And that won't be achieved by making it bigger. "It cannot be any larger," he says. "It's at its maximum size now and should go leaner." By that he means lighter too, with the new model to feature a down-sized engine, probably a four-cylinder turbo rather than today's 3.7-liter V6. "It needs to be lighter, and more accessible to open the door to more people," he adds.
Nissan must also juggle the product planning implications of this move to a lighter, leaner, downsized Z, because the current car not only shares its FM platform with the conceptually close Infiniti G Coupe, but also the G sedan and the Infiniti FX.
The Alliance tie-up with Daimler may also mean that the next Z can draw on Mercedes hardware, although the German company's higher-cost components may limit the scope for platform-sharing.
Speaking more widely about the Nissan range, Nakamura says that "Excitement, substance and agility" will feature in the design of future models. These new qualities will be combined with the above-average roominess of today's models, a task Nakamura admits will be "quite challenging," although the European-market Qashqai and Juke show the way ahead.
"They are already sporty, and have a nice stance. Over the next few years Nissans will have a more consistent look," he adds, explaining that such "a diversified range, from Micra to Titan, is in some ways a strength, but also a challenge."
Insideline.com
Monday, July 9, 2012
Sheehy Auto Stores Raises More Than $120,000 in 50-Day Annual Campaign to Benefit Susan G. Komen Foundation
Gaithersburg, MD (July 6, 2012) – Sheehy Auto Stores, Inc. and its family of 16 auto dealerships have announced they have raised more than $120,000 to benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation as part of their 15th annual 50-day campaign that concluded last week. 4842 automobiles were sold from May 9 – July 2, just under the company’s “5000” goal.
“This is by far our most successful and long-running annual campaign that each year gains more momentum,” said Vince Sheehy, President. “In addition to setting a more aggressive goal of selling 5000 cars in 50 days, we included another outreach program that provided free mammograms to those in our community. Our ‘Sheehy 5000’ campaign is one that has been embraced by each of our dealerships, our employees and every community we serve.”
Highlights of the annual campaign included a visit by the GW Mammovan to Sheehy Ford/Nissan Springfield that provided free mammograms; “Cards of Hope” stations at each dealership whereby the community was invited to create personal messages to a loved one, survivor or stranger fighting breast cancer; a Sheehy Team rally with nearly 100 employees who gathered to run/walk in the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s Global Race for the Cure in Washington, D.C.; and a “Show & Shine” Car Show at Sheehy Ford Gaithersburg that raised an additional $3,000 to benefit the cause.
For more information visit www.sheehy.com or call 703-802-3480.
Sheehy Auto Stores, Inc.
Sheehy Auto Stores began in 1965 as a small, suburban, family-owned Ford dealership just off the brand new Washington, D.C. Beltway. Because of customer response to their innovative approaches, Sheehy was immediately successful and by 1975 had become the largest Ford dealership in the country. Today, the company is still primarily family-owned and has grown to more than $900 Million in sales with nearly 30,000 vehicle sales per year. Sheehy’s 16 locations and 21 import and domestic brands serve customers in the Baltimore, Annapolis, Richmond and Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas. Sheehy’s mission is “ONE TEAM building a lasting relationship with each customer based on trust.”
Susan G. Komen Foundation
Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement. Today, Susan G. Komen for the Cure is the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures. Thanks to events like the Komen Race for the Cure, we have invested nearly $1 billion to fulfill our promise, becoming the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world. For more information about Susan G. Komen for the Cure, breast health or breast cancer, visit www.komen.org or call 1-800 I’M AWARE.
Thursday, July 5, 2012
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