The alliance between Renault and Nissan is a two way street but round this time, the road is switching most lanes over to Europe. I'm only saying this because the two companies announced a plan to prepare Europe for their electrically powered Nissan Leaf as well as others to follow. As part of this plan, Renault-Nissan have announced that they...
The Japanese people from Nissan decided to launch a new sedan model for the big Chinese market. This comes more as a family model and Nissan hopes to be enough catchy for the Chinese customers. The new model represents a partnership between Nissan and the Chinese people from Dongfend Motor Company. Goint into the details, the new Japanese model does...
You just know that when you're talking about commercial vehicles drivers tend to be left out of the equation. I mean they get comfort and relatively simple operation but their daily drivers aren't really exciting in any way shape or form. Not so if you're planing on changing your commercial fleet to Nissan products. Go ahead and do it, your...
Nope, before you chime in, Nissan isn't in the business of gardening. They did deliver the first Leaf today. But by Leaf, I mean the Nissan Leaf EV. The first unit ever sold in the U.S. was delivered to a a San Francisco Bay Area resident. I can almost hear you giggling and making snide remarks about San Francisco and...
As you probably find out already, if not, check here, the zero-emission Nissan Leaf managed to win the 2011 Car of the Year (COTY) award while overcoming other potent rivals such as Alfa Romeo Giulietta or Opel Meriva. Meanwhile, the Japanese manufacturer announced that Nissan Leaf will be launched on the Japanese manufacturer on December 20 and will be ready...
After seeing the captivation people have with the 911 GT2 RS and it's tuning versions, Nissan took a deep breath and told us about the new specs of their 2012 GT-R. The 2012 Nissan GT-R serves up apparently modest changes but all of those added together make for a big difference. The 2012 Nissan GT-R sports the same 3.8 liter...
Here is the winner of the 2011 Car of the Year award, Nissan Leaf, the electric Japanese model who managed to impose ahead of other well placed models. Actually, this is the first electric model to win this award, a detail which makes this award greater. I think it is not necessary to talk in depth about the Japanese electric...
Now, this is something you don't see everyday. In fact, I'm pretty sure this is something you don't see, at all. This is the Convertible version of the 2011 Nissan Murano, the so called, Murano CrossCabriolet. Now, there had been a few rumors about this car's existence but I sort of ignored them for two reasons. First of all, I...
Nissan decided to reveal the New Mobility concept, an electric vehicle with 2 seats able to provide great handling and zero emissions. The Japanese manufacturer called it a vehicle for sustainable zero-emission society, a vehicle providing an alternative for the the small petrol cars and also a corporate car. Nissan also claimed that the New Mobility concept comes with four...
The Japanese at Nissan seem to have made a bit of a mistake with their cars and even the Infiniti brand suffers from it. The problem is that this mistake Nissan made will lead to a world wide recall for 2.1 million of their products. At first, the problem is not that big as it's related to the ignition system....
One of the most eagerly awaited EVs of our time, the Nissan Leaf has entered a new stage of it's existence, it began series production today. The production of the Nissan Leaf began this morning at the company's Oppama facility in Japan. The Oppama plant is one of Nissan's finest being able to churn out no less than 50.000 units...
Nissan didn't want to displease their French connection so they did have a showing of the facelifted version of the Nissan GT-R at the Paris Motor Show but it wasn't a full release. That full release of the 2012 Nissan GT-R will take place over in America at the upcoming Los Angeles Motor Show. Mind you, the 2012 model year...
While the 2011 Nissan Murano has been around as a facelifted version since the summer but since it's only now that it's going to be available in the US the Japanese have been kind enough to release the price list you might encounter in a showroom. For the sake of argument the list only features MSRP pricing but given a...
After Ford sort of chipped away at the welcome and acceptance of graphics into the world of production cars with the 2011 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor other manufacturers steadily step into this area. It seems that now Nissan is interested in the whole graphics bit available to the public via automotive manufacturers. The Japanese went for a less serious approach...
The Japanese manufacturer just announced through a press release that the Nissan Juke crossover recorded over 50,000 unit orders worldwide in 4 months. People from Nissan said that the Juke model surpassed the sales expected totaling over 50,000 orders since its launch in Japan. Scheduled to enter the automotive market this fall, on October 5th, Nissan juke received more than...
As a concept, the Nissan Townpod comes with an impressive design, innovative features but also with an electric propulsion system borrowed from Nissan Leaf. The Japanese manufacturer revealead this MPV concept at Paris, an electric model that comes with interesting frontlights and innovative doors. At the interior a sliding seat is available for the Japanese MPV concept in order to...
Asphalt Surfer is the name of the latest tuning kit created by the German tuners at Senner. The Japanese Nissan 370Z model got some aesthetic improvements but more important some performance upgrades that makes the 370Z faster. By mounting a new evacuation system, new aer filters and of course recalibrating the ECU unit, the German tuners managed to squeeze extra...
People are focusing on new cars too much, forgetting that even yesterday's models can offer more performance if need be and this is exactly the case with the Nissan GT-R. Even though the new 2012 Nissan GT-R is awaited patiently, the guys at AMS Performance took care of the Nissan GT-R R35 and turned it into a real beast. The...
The Japanese people from Nissan revealed through a press release issued yesterday their plans and models that will be present at the Paris Auto Show. Together with the new Nissan X-Trail, Micra, Juke and Leaf, the manufacturer announced a new electric-vechicle concept set to be introduced at Paris. There are not many details available for the new electric concept from...
After the Japanese manufacturer revealed few days ago the first photos showing the facelifted version of the GT-R model, people at Nissan confirms the hypothesis that we also talked about in the article aforesaid, the rumors that Nissan GT-R facelift will come under to hood with a modified V6 engine capable to develop more than 500 horsepower, even 540 horses....
