Not very precise of a title, but it does contain the gist of what's going on as far as Nissan and the North American market are concerned. Over 271.000 units of the Nissan Pathfinder and the Infiniti QX4 up-class brother will have owners visit dealership showrooms for a bit of a fix. Nissan Pathfinders that are affected by the recall...
Here is yet another World Car of The Year winner that the majority doesn't agree with, because it's the 2011 Nissan Leaf. I'm not one of the people that thinks the Nissan Leaf EV is that good a car but I don't think it's bad either and that means I may be a good person to sort things out. The...
As far as car maker errors go, Nissan made one of their biggest when they launched the 2009 Versa. The Nissan Versa (Tiida in some markets) in itself was never a bad car, it was pretty good actually but, sadly, no one "got it" and sales were subsequently low. Hoping to capture some of the enthusiastic spirits that are swarming...
I would've imagined that given the original expenses of development and the low volume sales of the Leaf, Nissan might go under the radar for a while. They did just the opposite, not only did they engage in reprogramming troublesome Leaf units, they also funded Nismo's latest project concerning it. This is how Nissan's Motorsport division unveiled the Nismo Nissan...
The Japanese from Nissan succeeded to conquer the "Green Hell" beating some famous models in terms of performance on the German track. More exactly, Nissan GT-R managed to obtain a very good lap time, Nurburgring's 20 kilometers being done in just 7 minutes and 24 seconds, faster than some hot supercars that struggled to get the fastest time, models such...
Due to today's earthquake and tsunami in Japan, several big car manufacturers had to suspend the activity of their local plants. During this day, Japan has been hit by a devastating 8,9 magnitude earthquake and other several replicas. This major earthquake caused damages of hundred million dollars and has different consequences such as threatening tsunamis. All these incidents caused confusion,...
The Japanese people from Nissan are trying to refresh the appearance of the 370Z with a new package able to slightly improve the exterior look and more other aspects. The new GT Edition specially designed for 370Z brings new 19-inch Rays alloy wheels and new exclusive exterior paint jobs. Namely, choosing the GT Edition you will get a pearl white,...
Nissan may have refined the EV technology to the point where the Leaf is actually a viable and usable vehicle in the real world but they still have some problems. And according to the latest announcement to come from the Japanese, Nissan's biggest problem with the Leaf EV is making it fast enough. In a world that praises itself as...
The Japanese from Nissan claim that this is the most optimized petrol engine in the world when talking about CO2 emissions, benefiting from the Direct Injection Gasoline-Supercharger unit able to develop 98 horsepower and 142 Nm of torque. the 1.2-liter unit which equips the Nissan Micra DIG-S is able to obtain a CO2 level of just 95 g/km and a...
At a time when most Japanese manufacturers are winding down their motorsports programs, Nissan decided to spruce up their own and make a return to endurance racing, particularly at Le Mans. While nothing focusing on the famous French 24 hour race has been said, Nissan is telling us they are going to enter the LMP2 class. As the sport has...
Described as a rear-wheel drive sporty coupe, the new Nissan Esflow concept will be revealed within the Geneva Motor Show but the Japanese manufacturer give as a preview right now. At the exterior the Esflow conept gets sleek optical blocks with LED lights, carbon fiber elements and many futuristic features. According to some rumors this new concept may foreshadow a...
Egoist is the name of the incoming performance version of Nissan GT-R and here are the first official photos and details, let's take a look. At the exterior it gets a Ultimate Opal White body color, while inside a variety of leather and exclusive handmade elements are available, a manually built steering wheel being available together with 20 color schemes...
World Car of the Year is one of the most important competition when it comes to cars and here are the ten models which will fight to rank first in their category. There are three categories within the World Car of the Year. In the first one, World Car Design of the Year, models such Kia Sportage, Honda CR-Z, Nissan...
Officially, the Americans from GM managed to take the first place in the ecological segment with the Chevrolet Volt, the American hybrid sawing a 23% increase in January. Even Nissan Leaf is available in the US market since December last year, the Japanese manufacturer managed to sell just 87 units, a 14.8% increase indeed, but still not enough compared to...
Nissan's GT-R has been a fascination ever since the Skyline GT-R made a comeback in the late eighties. Since then, many things have changed but the GT-R's ability to capture the audience isn't one of them. This is especially true in regards of the current R35 Nissan GT-R. In fact, the 2012 version due for a launch soon has had...
From the start we can notice that the Nissan Cube got a really original design but most probably too original for the its target market, this being most likely the main reason which sits behind the poor sales of the Japanese model. The Japanese people from Nissan recently announced that the Cube model will exit the European market. The main...
The Japanese at Nissan aren't happy with the little American attention they got from the Detroit Motor Show so far. Why would that be surprising since the only thing Nissan had to say in regards to the North American International Auto Show is how they're going to have a proper presence next year. Just like before, the new announcement was...
...starting next year at least. With all the excitement of today being the opening day of the North American International Auto Show, or the Detroit Motor Show, Nissan could miss out. This is why their American Chairman, Carlos Tavares said that the automaker will return to Detroit for the 2012 edition pending 3 years of skipping class. As to be...
The Japanese people from Nissan decided to introduce a new system that manages to collect a bunch of details about Leaf's energy consumption, traveled distance and other details of this kind. Nissan announced that even a ranking will be available, thus, if you manage to obtain good figures, your achievement will be shared with the other Leaf customers. You can...
The Japanese people from Nissan decided to reveal a concept model based on Nissan Leaf, one of the nine concept announced and prepared for the 2011 Tokyo Auto Show. Nissan promised no less than nine concepts for the incoming Japanese auto show scheduled to debut in the coming days. Nissan Leaf Aero Style is a handsome version based on the...
