The Nissan Cube (especially in white) looks to me like it ought to be filled with Clone troopers every time I see one. Now it needs to be filled with burning clone troopers.

Nissan has issued a recall to fix the Cube. In a severe rear-end collision, the fuel system could spring a leak. Not a huge leak that turns the car into a fireball if it gets a little love tap, like the Ford Pinto of decades past could do. It has to get slammed at 50 mpg with 70% coverage resulting in the Cube spinning  a quarter-turn. (Mind you, around here, people will do 50 in a school zone, so I’m not sure where it would be safe, but…) And even at that, the leak isn’t supposed to be major. Even so, leaking fuel is not good. Take your little Cube down to your local dealer and get it fixed for free.