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Nissan Qashqai's Steering Wheel Comes Off in Driver’s Hands in Finland [w/Video]
Kari Alentola is a camera operator working for the Yle TV station in Helsinki, Finland. Last Thursday, he was driving a Qashqai+2, the LWB, seven-seat version of Nissan’s compact SUV on the way to an assignment when the steering wheel simply…dropped off in his hands! The car was barely run-in, with only 500 km (310 miles) on the odometer when this potentially dangerous incident occurred. Luckily, the car was stationary when it happened.
"While stopped at the traffic light in front of the Parliament building, I was adjusting my position in my seat lightly and took hold of the steering wheel for support. Suddenly, it fell into my lap and was just hanging by some wires", Alentola told Yle TV.
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Iranian Girls Leave The Wheel To Sing To The Camera, Guess What Happens Next…[updated]
Some people like to sing alone in their car, while others don’t mind doing it in the presence of their friends and even in front of a camera. That's all fine and dandy, just as long as the driver adheres to the wise words of Jim Morrison in...
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Google Says Self-driving Prius Crash Was Caused By A Human And That It Wasn't The First [with New Video]
Last week, one of Google's Toyota Prius models equipped with the internet search giant's self-driving technology made headlines after it was involved in an accident near the company's Mountain View, California, Headquarters. While we did...
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Gm Recalling 2,100 Chevrolet Cruze Sedans After Steering Wheel Comes Loose In One Car
Following a single incident on March 1, 2011, when a GM was notified of a 2011 Chevrolet Cruze that had been brought to one of its dealerships with a steering wheel that had come loose from the steering column, the Detroit automaker decided to issue...
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Alfa Romeo Celebrates Support Of Uk Athletics With New Mito Sprint
Automakers find all kind of excuses to create special edition versions of their cars, and by special edition we actually mean better equipped models. For Alfa Romeo, the raison d'être of the new MiTo Sprint is "the continued support of UK...
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Nissan Qashqai+2: 7-seater, Long-wheel-base Version Revealed
Earlier today we revealed to you the initial details on Nissan’s newest variant of the Qashqai –also called Dualis in Japan, Australia and elsewhere, the seven-seater Qashqai+2. No thanks to an online leak, we now have the official images...
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