When Will the Nissan Gripz Hit the U.S.?

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Nissan Gripz Crossover Features and Release Glendale AZ

Nissan is always churning through excellent ideas for vehicles, from the Nissan Cube to the Nissan Juke, and the Nissan Gripz is no different.  What is the Gripz, you ask?  Well, it’s a bleeding-edge sports crossover vehicle that combines the utility of a typical crossover vehicle with the looks and handling of a sedan.  In this case, that would be the exterior of a raging, powerful sedan with beauty coursing from belt line to front fascia.
Nissan showed off a prototype of its Gripz model at the annual Frankfurt Auto Show this month, and we can’t wait to take a test drive in it.  Before we get too carried away, let’s look at some of the Nissan Gripz crossover’s features and potential release date for Glendale, AZ.

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Every Dog Day Has Its Day: Nissan Has Big Sales Month

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Nissan Record Sales August 2015

Sport fans hear this all of the time: Records are made to be broken.  It’s not meant to be a negative comment or to diminish the accomplishments of current athletes, but it’s a reminder that, given time,  there will always be someone or something amazing that will arrive and surpass what came before it.
It’s a positive thing to look forward to new landmarks and records.  In this case, Nissan is celebrating a triumph from the dog days of summer – a record sales month for this August.  As a Nissan-lover, you should be stoked.  Let’s take a closer look at Nissan’s record sales for August 2015.

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The Nissan Altima Gets Aggressive New Look for 2016

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2016 Nissan Altima: Features, Specs and Release Date

If you’re looking for a family sedan that possesses both outstanding performance and excellent fuel economy, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better choice than the Nissan Altima. Boasting impressive acceleration and agility, a smooth and comfortable ride, an excellent safety record and many superb tech features, the Nissan Altima is perfect for your family and fun-to-drive for you. And with a refreshed design for this year, the 2016 Nissan Altima is undoubtedly better than ever. 

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Is your Teen Ready to Drive Alone?

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2016 Toyota Highlander features and specs

If you’ve been out and about on the Phoenix-area highways and byways, you’ve probably noticed a few more young motorists on the road. Possibly, you’re even the parent of a young driver, and are debating about whether or not it’s time to send them out on their own. After all, car accidents claim more lives than any other cause, and studies have shown that the first 12 months of solo driving are the most dangerous that any of us will have in our lives. So, is your teen ready to drive alone?

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Awesome Autumn: Pumpkin Patches and Orchards near Phoenix

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It’s that time of year again at Avondale Nissan: the time when we regularly update our readers of all of the fall fun that Phoenix has to offer. We’re going to start this off right, with a little rundown of some of the family-friendly, outdoorsy places we know of. So, to make your fall event planning a little easier, here’s a list of a few pumpkin patches and orchards near Phoenix that you can add to your itinerary!

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What to Know about Traveling with a Child in a Car Seat

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One of the challenges of travel that affects us as we get older is driving with kids in the car. I distinctly remember standing on a bench seat with my dad as we drove up and down country roads — something that would be pretty roundly forbidden today. There are many things to understand about traveling with a child, and specifically about traveling with a child in a car seat. Here are a few myths you may have heard, and what we can tell you about dispelling them, in honor of Child Passenger Safety Week (Sept. 13-19).

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Nissan Heisman House Ads return for 2015

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Football season is fully upon us in Arizona, and Nissan has taken notice. We’ve just received the newest slate of Nissan Heisman House ads, an annual tradition where college football greats get together to live in harmony, all while wearing their old football jerseys. (Will Scooby Wright join them next year after he returns from surgery? Heal up quickly, Scooby!) Here are some of our favorites of the 2015 Nissan Heisman House ads; which do you prefer?

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How to Repair Dents and Scratches By Yourself

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As you’ve likely noticed at the Avondale Nissan blog, our expertise isn’t limited to matters related to automotive buying. We do our best to stay on top of all the issues related to car ownership, and that even applies to items that don’t benefit us directly. For example, did you know that there are ways that you can fix dents and scratches by yourself? You can, and it isn’t even very hard. Here, we’ll show how to address three of the most common vehicular blemishes: dents, scratches and paint chips.

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Driving Habits that Waste Fuel

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As any visitor to the Avondale Nissan blog can attest, we certainly do our part to try to save money for area drivers. Whether it’s by identifying service issues before they become expensive or just by alerting them to sales events at our dealership, we are on it, generally speaking. One way we try to save our friends in the area money is by alerting them to ways to conserve fuel, but this information obviously has a dark underbelly as well: driving habits that waste fuel. Are you driving in a manner that just burns your hard-earned money more than you realize? If you drive using any of the following habits, well, you might be doing just that.

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Do You Need to Change your Brake Fluid?

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Just when you thought there was an automotive issue that we hadn’t covered here at Avondale Nissan, a person came to our service department with a question. “Do I need to change my brake fluid?” Wow, good question. It’s not something we generally encounter in our service bay, and it’s also something that isn’t much discussed in the automotive world at large. So we did a little homework, asked around our service department, and here’s what we can tell you about the oft-ignored subject of brake fluid.

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