New Cars this Week

After a decade of slow and painful decline, Nissan is setting itself up for a comeback. Their newest car, the Ariya, is a five-seater electric SUV than can reach 0-100 in 5 seconds. Visually the car changed very little from the concept Nissan showed off during the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show. If you liked that design you will love this car. The top-spec dual motor configuration gives this car a handsome 389 HP and 443 pound-feet lb-ft of torque with power coming from a 90-kWh battery pack. The interior is somewhat minimalist with most of the controls being located on the dual 12.3-inch touch displays in front of the driver. In terms of tech, the car will have integrated Alexa support and Nissan's first over the air updates. The car will also have the ProPILOT Assist 2.0 which is Nissan's take on autonomous driving software. 

Toyota's mid-size affordable sedan taxed into luxo barge got an update and it looks angry. The Camry XSE Hybrid's new gloss black large intakes, LED headlamps and new 19-inch wheels can easily fool you into thinking it's a performance machine. Unfortunately, the numbers tell a different story. The car's 2.5 liter four-cylinder hybrid generates a nowadays-low figure of 208 HP and 163 pound-feet lb-ft of torque, with a 0-100 of 7.4 seconds. The interior got a mild refresh with a "floaty" touchscreen on the dashboard. All new models comes standard with Toyota Safety Sense 2.5 which is a fancy way of saying the car is now less allergic to driver error.