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The 2017 Fiat 124 Spider is stylish, fun to drive and priced well under $30,000 for all but the top version. It's easily the best car in Fiat's four-vehicle U.S. lineup and a worthy successor to the storied original Fiat 124 Spider that debuted in November 1966. But the reincarnation of that iconic Italian sports car is built in Japan by Mazda. The two-seat convertible coupe -- powered by a turbocharged inline-four -- shares a platform with Mazda's MX-5 Miata, and the cars are built in the same plant. But the 124 Spider has a Fiat engine and transmission that together pro...
More and more automarketers recognize that the role of sports in a brand's advertizing campaign is not to be neglected. Experts point to the fact that sports are the last kind of programming people watch live on TV. There’s not another platform with more fans that are more engaging around a common goal and subject, so that many of the automakers are taking sports as one of the platforms that helps them get the word out. Among the brands that have invested solid money in into sports marketing the main are: Honda and Hyundai that aired Supe...
Honda Motor Co. plans to broaden the Clarity nameplate to two more alternative-fuel vehicles, considering that green cars building is a priority direction in its future activity.The Clarity hydrogen fuel-cell hatchback set to go on sale late this year will be followed by an all-electric Clarity next year. A third model, a Clarity plug-in hybrid, will be launched later in 2017. The three Clarity models will all share the same front-wheel-drive platform and five-seat, hatchback layout. Styling between the versions will vary slightly. Honda expects the Clarity plug-in hyb...
Mini attempts to define its future product portfolio. Bringing Mini back from the dead in 2001 was far from easy for parent company BMW and its R&D department. The Cooper turned out to be an automotive phenomenon at the time and a massive sales success, but the following models were not so lucky.The arrival of the second-gen models contributed to the fact that sales were up 10 percent in 2015. But most new Minis simply haven’t been as hot as those first cars were. It’s easy to understand why to a certain extent; the hype and excitement around the brand...
Nissan has confirmed that it will not build small, rear-wheel-drive sports cars soon.The model which may have tackled the likes of Toyota’s 86 and the Mazda MX-5 in the sales-race would have sat below the current 370Z and GT-R models in the carmaker’s range.But now, according to reports out of Europe, the small sports car plans have been returned to the shelf where they may sit for quite some time. According to Nissan Senior Vice President Shiro Nakamura, the company has a modular platform currently under development that could underpin a model range featuring both electric and fos...
