NISSAN LEAF

EV fans there is a new and affordable car coming out; the NISSAN LEAF. The car will only cost $32,780 when it comes out in december of 2010 but when you add in the federal ev tax credit it comes to $25, 280. A great price for a great car. This is car is hoped to be very competitve with the prius n honda civic.

This car has zero emission and can hold up to five passengers. Sports a 23 kilowatt hour lithium manganese battery that is good for a 100 miles and recharges in about 8 hours. Nissan dealers are expecting a loss but hope to grab a big part of the market before cars like the chevy volvo and ford focus ev start to appear.

Japanese hope to make about 50, 000 leafs by 2011, and have already started taking reservations for the leaf.

2010 diesel cars in the USA:

Not many manufactures here in the usa would like to invest in diesel powered cars because of the high cost in diesel but audi has brought two models here in the USA, they are the :

 Audi A3 TDI®

clean diesel is available, a small hatchback that gets 30 mpg hwy, 42 city.

click here for info on it: http://www.audiusa.com/us/brand/en/models/a3_tdi.html

Audi Q7 TDI

Audi Q7 TDI will be Audi’s diesel engined SUV, getting 17 mpg city, 25 mpg hwy.

more info:http://www.audiusa.com/us/brand/en/models/q7_tdi.html

I have a Lexus IS350 and ever since the Toyota Recall thing has hit the news I have wondered if my Lexus is OK.

I love my car and it is fantastic! But that doesn’t mean it can’t have problems I am not aware of. In fact – they mysteriously removed the floor mat at my last oil change. I told them NOT TO even though there was a recall – but sure enough it was in my trunk.

They said there would be a replacement mat. So far nothing.

Now – I can’t say I miss the mat, but the floor is getting dirty. I just can’t see how removing the mat would make the car safer. Sure, the Toyotas are having gas pedal issues – but it is mechanical issues not mats, right?

Oh well – in any event – I still love my car and it is fast as hell and a joy to ride – but I can’t help but be a little irked at the way they are handling this recall issue on my Lexus.