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Two Japanese rivals, Nissan and Toyota, are battling it out with continuously variable transmission (CVT) technology, with the focus being primarily on whether to shift or not to shift. That is the question behind the Shift Wars. Now let's consider the answer.

Long on the back burner, diesel engines in passenger vehicles are about to become a big part of the American automotive landscape. There's good reason for that.

Nissan has made some announcements over the past few months that hint at the possibility of a heavy-duty pickup for their lineup, one that might give the Detroit 3 some competition in the commercial and consumer towing sectors.

Being a car guy and a member of the automotive press, I have driven most of Nissan's models for the 2013 model year. Here is a list of my favorites and why. See if it matches yours.

Nissan unveiled the all-new 2014 Rogue and X-Trail at the Frankfurt Motor Show this week. Today, we have a video from Nissan discussing thoughts behind the design by lead designer Keisuke Otsuki. Check it out.

Sometimes the car takes us to when, not where. Today in line at a big chain hardware store I bumped into an older fellow auto enthusiast. The clerk was asking him in an increasingly louder, but polite voice if he had his rewards card. “My what!?” the older gentleman was shouting back.

We have all seen some crazy things on the roadways. Here are three distracted driving stories we have seen in the past week. We challenge you to top them.

Audi may well be the next big player in the car sharing game if the document the DC Auto Geek found online is genuine, referring to a service labeled Audi Access.

You can now design, price and order your dream Mazda3, with all options ready to be configured online. Find out how I would build mine.

Knowing how the technology comes together, we can now consider how it is that Nissan will make it so affordable and get an idea of which vehicle(s) it will appear in first.

When we dig deeper into what Nissan has been doing with cars that drive themselves, we can see not only how they plan to make the technology work in only 7 years, but why it will be "affordable" as promised.

We all use the internet and other sources to learn about cars and crossovers we might want to buy. Here are three things to be aware of as you do your homework.

Truckers throughout the nation can sign up for the World’s Longest Truck Convoy next month, planting the seeds of joy for Special Olympians as law enforcement and trucking companies join together for these unique fundraisers.

The rumor mill has started to hum about Toyota considering changes to Scion.

The 2014 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo is here and it gets a number of high-tech upgrades and standard features for the 2014 model year.

The check engine light and the sensors and components that are behind it have become more and more sophisticated as technology improves. Except for one thing: the light itself is an uninformative relic that hasn't changed much in decades.

Major local broadcast news outlets picked up on the story tonight, when two different studies, reported in the New York Times and The Daily Mail, named BMW drivers as the worst of us when it comes to politeness and courtesy on the road.

The first Fiat 500L Urban Surf Party kicked off the gala introduction of the 500L last Friday in Miami and the fun will continue as the svelte new model continues its celebratory procession to five more US cities.

Having your car broken into is a dismal experience, especially if things of value are taken and even more so if the pilfered items can boost your liability via the actions of criminals.

The beautiful, all-new Outlander plans to become market competition as Mitsubishi struggles for relevance in the American market. With its new Top Safety Pick+ rating from the IIHS, it may be able to pull it off.

It would be Henry Ford’s 150th birthday, were he alive today, and chances are he would be happy with how the company he founded is doing over 100 years after he began building a Model T every 90 minutes on the revolutionary moving assembly line he created.

Diesel advocates consider the fuel a greener choice than gasoline. The facts seem to say otherwise.

The first asphalt road was implemented 143 years ago today, as Belgian immigrant Edward de Smedt tested his mix of oil bitumen and aggregate on Williams Street in Newark to end the battle between wagon wheels and muddy streets.

Ford not only builds some of the most efficient automobiles on the planet, but is also demonstrating how the average household can lower emissions and conserve energy by greening the homes of winners in the MyEnergi Lifestyle Retrofit National Contest.

BMW has revealed an ultra-exclusive M5 Nighthawk Special Edition that will only be sold in Japan and with a very limited number.

Electric motorcycle racing came to the Laguna Seca MotoGP weekend for the fourth year in a row, and Brammo nearly took 1st and 2nd place, but after a series of mishaps the results were far different than expected.

ChargePoint has just introduced the new CT4000 Charging Station at reduced installation costs and yet allowing the recharge of two electric vehicles simultaneously.

One of America's last domestic tire makers is being sold to a tire company in India. On the face of it, this sounds bad, but there are some good points as well.

Lexus has issued a call to artists to use their pencils, paints or pixels to render an image of the 2014 Lexus IS F-Sport for the chance to win one of 25 prizes, including a complimentary lease of a new Lexus IS for one year.

The very first parking meter started nickel-and-diming citizens on a hot, muggy morning at the corner of First Street and Robinson Avenue in Oklahoma City on July 16, 1935.