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  • Who's ordering the Nissan Leaf? Bill Nye, Alyssa Milano, wealthy baby boomers and perhaps even you

    09/16/2010 12:02:07 PM PDT · by C19fan · 27 replies
    Autobloggreen ^ | 9/15/2010 | Eric Loveday
    Nissan's director of product planning, Mark Perry, met with folks over at Inside Line to discuss the demographics of the company's Leaf electric vehicle. Perry revealed some info that we've touched upon before, but with the company now able to glean data from the more than 19,000 Leaf pre-orders, a concise buyer profile has finally emerged: They are very tech savvy, they are college educated and most drive less than 50 miles per day. Home ownership is a big component of the profile. And they've got garages. In addition, Perry told Inside Line that 80 percent of Leaf buyers don't...
  • Aston Martin Unveils New Luxury Minicar (How Will Bond ever manage it?)

    12/18/2009 2:13:23 PM PST · by greatdefender · 39 replies · 1,716+ views
    How can James Bond recover the control disk for the dual GoldenEye satellite weapons driving something like this? Brace yourself. Aston Martin just released more detailed photos of its Cygnet luxury minicar, and it isn’t pretty. In fact, it looks a lot like Toyota’s Euro-based iQ on which it’s based. Jalopnik, which published official photos this morning, writes: “[T]he looks are...umm...well...as these first official images show, the Cygnet is still closely based on the Toyota iQ city car, retaining the same basic body shape and even the same front lights. The front has been given a heavy Aston-style rework, however,...