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Earthquakes affect Toyota Production

Toyota expects to lose the production of 80,000 cars/trucks after shutting down just about all of its assembly plants in Japan after two big earthquakes on April 14 and April 16. 

Top 10 Stolen Cars

Did Your Car make the list of New Jersey's 2015 Top 10 most stolen cars. 

• 10) 2010 Toyota Corolla
• 9) 1998 Nissan Maxima
• 8) 1998 Ford Econoline (Van)
• 7) 2005 Nissan Altima
• 6) 2012 Toyota Camry
• 5) 2006 Ford F-150
• 4) 2000 Jeep Cherokee
• 3) 2002 Dodge Caravan
• 2) 1998 Honda Civic
• 1) 1996 Honda Accord

Automotive News

Auto News - Most Automakers have agreed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety to make collision avoidance systems with automatic emergency braking standard on almost all new cars by September 2022. Big trucks will have until September 2025.

NISSAN Airbag Recall

NISSAN is recalling over 3 million Cars/Trucks in the U.S. due to the front airbag may not deploy in a crash. This recall will affect the 2013-2016 Nissan Altima, 2013-2017 Pathfinder, 2014-2017 Rogue, 2015-2016 Murano, Infinity QX50 and QX60, Infinity JX35 and 2014-2016 NV200 Taxi (including Chevy City Express) Owners will recieve notification of the recall with in the next 60 days or so. 

NHTSA 

Car People

The EPA has just announced THIS: 

Washington, DC (February 8, 2016) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a regulation to prohibit conversion of vehicles originally designed for on-road use into racecars. The regulation would also make the sale of certain products for use on such vehicles illegal. The proposed regulation was contained within a non-related proposed regulation entitled "Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles—Phase 2."

The regulation would impact all vehicle types, including the sports cars, sedans and hatch-backs commonly converted strictly for use at the track. While the Clean Air Act prohibits certain modifications to motor vehicles, it is clear that vehicles built or modified for racing, and not used on the streets, are not the "motor vehicles" that Congress intended to regulate.

"This proposed regulation represents overreaching by the agency, runs contrary to the law and defies decades of racing activity where EPA has acknowledged and allowed conversion of vehicles," said SEMA President and CEO Chris Kersting. "Congress did not intend the original Clean Air Act to extend to vehicles modified for racing and has re-enforced that intent on more than one occasion."

SEMA submitted comments in opposition to the regulation and met with the EPA to confirm the agency’s intentions. The EPA indicated that the regulation would prohibit conversion of vehicles into racecars and make the sale of certain emissions-related parts for use on converted vehicles illegal. Working with other affected organizations, including those representing legions of professional and hobbyist racers and fans, SEMA will continue to oppose the regulation through the administrative process and will seek congressional support and judicial intervention as necessary.

The EPA has indicated it expects to publish final regulations by July 2016.

This act would CRUSH thousands of small businesses across the nation, outlawing a treasured tradition, destroying families, and rending many communities and friendships that have bound over the simple act of building a car, asunder.

Call for the U.S. Government to stop this act! It is a deliberate attack on small, American businesses all in the name of a misguided attempt to stop pollution. The EPA REFUSES to recognize that race-only or modified street vehicles account for a microscopic amount of pollution, and they need to focus their efforts on REAL PROBLEMS, as opposed to attacking those that represent a mild inconvenience to their political agenda.

LETTER TO

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

President of the United States

Prevent the EPA from Banning Vehicle Modification!

https://www.change.org/p/president-of-the-united-states-prevent-the-epa-from-banning-vehicle-modification?recruiter=485777558&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_term=mob-xs-share_petition-reason_msg&fb_ref=Default

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Starting a Car Collection ?

Powerball is $1.5Billion Dollars if you wanted to start a Car Collection starting with GM Muscle Cars. Which do you buy first. ?

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                          OLDSMOBILE 442 W-32

                                                       
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PONTIAC GTO JUDGE

Chevelle SS, Oldsmobile 442, Buick GS, Take the Pink Stripes off the GTO Judge then buy it fourth. - Comedy writer/Comedian/Gearhead - Mike Stigs 

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The 2015 STIGZA CAR of THE YEAR

It All Started back in 2010 with the BMW I35, 2011 Hyundai Genesis Coupe, 2012 Chevy Camaro ZL1, 2013 Buick Regal, 2014 Chevy Corvette Stingray. Between This site and Stigza.com which has been eliminated for now.

        THE 2015 WINNER of The STIGZA CAR of THE YEAR is The TESLA MODEL S.

The Motor Trend Car of The Year in 2013 and Mike Castiglione Automotive 2015 Car of The Year.
 The TESLA Model S is a All-Wheel-Drive full size Plug In Electric Car, produced by TESLA Motors. An American Car Company based out of California. The Model S starts at $76,000 dollars and can go 265 miles or with an upgraded battery over 310 miles on a single charge. Most Americans drive under 60 miles a day. In mid October Tesla introduced an upgraded software that included autopilot. During the first nine months of 2015 this car was the number one selling Plug In Car, selling over 17,700 units. Tesla has sold over 100,000 since it was introduced in mid 2014.

                                 Mike Castiglione - STIGZA Automotive Blog and Mike Castiglione Automotive Blog.

Toyota Tundra - ISIS Edition

Mitsubishi from 3 diamonds to Diamond in the rough

 WILL MITSUBISHI LEAVE THE UNITED STATES LIKE SUZUKI (CARS) DID?

                Bring Back The Eclipse! 
Last Month Kia sold 50,044 units. While Mitsubishi sold only 7,426. Did you ever think that would happen. Well it has been that way for years. It's almost over Johnny. The last 1,600 Final Edition, Lancer EVO's are now being shipped to the dealers. Better get one while you still can. Mitsubishi said the Future is Electric and that's what they will focus on. I would go with the win on Sunday sell on Monday, or start Today, after all it is Black Friday. 
 -Mike Castiglione 

Once These are Gone you can always Buy The New 3 Cylinder Mirage

                            

Great KIA K900 DEMO

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