One of the best ways to improve fuel economy is to keep a car's engine operating at its most efficient speed, regardless of how fast the vehicle is traveling. That's the principle behind continuously ...

As the quest for greater fuel efficiency continues, continuously variable transmissions or 'CVTs' are becoming more popular. Nissan has been touting their benefits for several years now on much of its ...

Wayne Cunningham reviews cars and writes about automotive technology for CNET's Roadshow. Prior to the automotive beat, he covered spyware, Web building technologies, and computer hardware. He began ...

Although Nissan has taken its Altima Hybrid off the market for 2012, the model is likely to live on. The latest evidence: Nissan today unveiled in Japan a new generation of its Xtronic ...

1. The Altima 3.5 SR is powered by a V6 engine with 270-hp and 258 ft-lbs of torque. 2. The CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission) is standard equipment on the 3.5 SR and Hybrid models. It’s also an ...

Earlier this year, Nissan took the unprecedented step of entering the V8 Supercar Championship with a vehicle that nobody in this country could buy - the Altima. At the time they didn’t have the stock ...

CVTs may have built up a bad reputation across the industry in general. However not all CVT systems are the same, as ...

Wayne Cunningham reviews cars and writes about automotive technology for CNET's Roadshow. Prior to the automotive beat, he covered spyware, Web building technologies, and computer hardware. He began ...

Alina has been enthusiastic about vehicles her entire life, and even from an early age found herself itching to get behind the wheel. Through high school and college, she could be found reading ...

The next-generation Nissan Altima mid-size sedan will be the first Nissan vehicle equipped with the automaker’s first-ever, in-house developed, front-wheel-drive hybrid system. The hybrid setup, due ...

The facelifted Nissan Altima sedan is a decent offering in this competitive segment. Nissan's long-running Altima is now in it's fifth generation, and it's taken since the 1992 introduction of the ...

Generally speaking, when an automaker builds a sports coupe that’s based on a front-wheel drive mid-size sedan chassis, the outcome tends to be pretty uninspiring. Softly sprung and almost always ...