HOW PREVIEW 2019 WORKS FOR YOU
Wheelbase Media has helped newspapers make more than $94 million in advertising dollars with our cornerstone product. So, what are you waiting for? Rev up your automotive revenue with Preview 2019, a full suite of content to build your own fall new-vehicle guide or other custom publication. The base package provides the nuts and bolts: about 200 write-ups (about 250 words each, including pricing and specs) of the brand-new, heavily revised and popular vehicles available at dealerships for the 2019 model year. That’s Acura to Volvo (minus low-volume vehicles and exotics), with multiple photos of each vehicle. To create a full-on custom product, such as a 2019 new-vehicle guide, just add our expertly designed covers as well as our feature stories (samples below). We’ve thought of everything, including page flags and even small icons to showcase the brand-new vehicles for 2019.
Other uses include: Category guides (separate the content into SUV, luxury vehicles and trucks, for example, and building a rollover/multiple-insertion ad program); use throughout the year in your regular weekly auto pages.
Online use: Build a searchable database as a massive content repository for your website.
Note: For new-vehicle news throughout the year and not just the fall, sign up to our AutoXpress news service or our weekly features.
Nissan Leaf
Overall: The most successful mass-produced electric car in the world is poised to become even more successful for 2018. Although the original was competitively priced and provided reasonable power and cabin space, it’s awkward appearance likely dissuaded some buyers from going electric. The new Leaf, which is now built in Nissan’s Smyrna, Tenn. Plant, looks great with what Nissan calls “cool tech” styling. The front end has been given an actual (but non-functioning, since there’s no radiator) grille that stylistically makes a huge difference. Although the Leaf looks larger than it is, the car gains only slightly in length, width, height and wheelbase. As for performance, the new Leaf delivers 40 percent more range (up to 150 miles) and 26 percent more peak torque (236 pound-feet), thanks to a new 147-horsepower electric motor and larger-capacity lithium-ion battery pack. Charging the batteries from empty takes about eight hours using a 240-volt home charger, or 16 hours on household current. In addition, a Level 3 fast charge unit will supply 80 percent of the batteries’ capacity in just 40 minutes. Base models will come well equipped, with a number of autonomous driving technologies, including a self-parking feature offered as options. In 2019, Nissan plans to offer a more powerful battery option that it estimates will extend the Leaf’s range to about 300 miles.
Base price (incl. destination): $31,000 (excluding government tax credits)
Type: Four-door compact hatchback
Engine (h.p.): 80-kilowatt electric motor (147)
Layout: Front-wheel-drive
Transmission: Single-speed controller
MPG (equivalent, city/highway): n.a.
Weight (lb.): 3,430
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