Now that Thanksgiving is firmly in our rearview mirror, we are on to the next thing: holiday gifts. Regardless of your family background, you will likely be getting gifts in the coming weeks for the people you love, for no other reason than, well, that’s what we’re supposed to do, right? So what if you have a car lover on your list of deserving recipients? Here are four gift ideas for the car lover in your life!
Even if we’re only now welcoming many of the 2015 models to our Phoenix-area dealership, some news is simply too exciting to ignore. We have mentioned before that the Nissan Maxima might be receiving a thorough redesign for the 2016 model year, and now certain rumors are supporting the notion that it might actually be based on the so-called Nissan Sport Sedan concept first seen at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show. Is this the case? While we can’t be certain, let’s look at what that might mean for the 2016 Nissan Maxima.
Did you see the weather last week? Temperatures under freezing? What was that all about? But, in all seriousness, the winter season brings challenges that few of us saw coming, and it got us thinking: what can we do to combat some of the problems that come with crappy weather? So here, from your friends at Avondale Nissan, are some winter weather lifehacks to get you through the potentially troublesome winter ahead.
A common theme has been running throughout the auto industry for the last decade or so, and it’s one that certainly won’t go unnoticed by any visitor to Avondale Nissan: the advent of crossover SUVs. We obviously have our own excellent examples of these, in the Juke, Rogue, Murano and Pathfinder. But what is it about them that makes them each “crossover SUVs”?
In just two short weeks, many of us will gather around the table with our loved ones to enjoy some tryptophan-lined foods and each other’s company, as Thanksgiving again appears on our calendars. However, despite its cultural ubiquity, there are many facts about Turkey Day that are often ignored. Here are five of our favorite little-known Thanksgiving facts, from your old friends at Avondale Nissan.
On the heels of Veteran’s Day, we at Avondale Nissan have something pretty cool to show you. It’s a group effort between Nissan Titan and the Wounded Warrior Project to deliver an Alaskan off-road adventure to some of our military heroes, and the video can be viewed below. But here are a few of the details of what we know about this outstanding venture, known as “Project Titan.”
Even in an area as beautiful as ours, we sometimes face some tricky weather this time of year. Fluky storms, wind, and the like. However, it’s the wind in particular that has our attention here. After all, how do you drive safely in windy conditions? Should you drive at all? We at Avondale Nissan have a few pointers to make sure you safely negotiate unpredictable wind conditions in these coming months.
For movie lovers, the genre of “car movies” carries with it a few inherent ideas. Probably going to be some chases, possibly some crashes, maybe even a shootout or two. There will invariably be long shots of speedometers, skin-of-their-teeth passes and close-ups of tires screeching. You know, a movie where cars are essentially a character in the proceedings. But different folks prefer different things in a car movie, so what sort of film will appeal to different types of movie buffs? We at Avondale Nissan have put together a little list of our favorite car movies; hope you enjoy!
We at Avondale Nissan generally try to avoid getting too excited about concept vehicles, mostly because we’ve been hurt before. We’ve fallen in love with vehicles that clearly were meant to turn the heads of fanboys and autobloggers, and ones that only had a miniscule chance of realistically seeing a showroom any time soon, if at all. However, we aren’t made of stone, as was made obvious with the Sao Paulo Motor Show’s release of the Nissan Kicks Concept vehicle.
Which…well…holy crap.
It’s pretty difficult to discuss the 2015 Nissan Versa Note without at least touching on its innovative safety features. Would you discuss Ghostbusters without mentioning Bill Murray? Or talk about the mid-90s Bulls without talking about a certain tongue-wagging shooting guard? We think not. And, in much the same way, the safety features of the 2015 Nissan Versa Note deserve their own form of recognition. And now, in the video shown below, it gets it, by being stuffed in the world’s largest CarZorb and rolled down a hill.