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 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,
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
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
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 Japanese at Nissan are trying to keep alive the tradition of the GT-R model, a model that at this moment is popular on the Japanese market, by introducing a facelift version expected to debut in the coming years, more exactly somewhere in 2012. Nissan made both aesthetic and performance improvements, from the list of
Nissan Motor Company will be releasing in Japan the third generation of it’s most precious minivan from the premier category, the 2011 Nissan Elgrand. Since it’s debut in 1997, the Elgrand has received many compliments and cheers, both for it’s performance and for it’s attention to detail, rightfully earning the name of the “King of
The Japanese manufacturer Nissan revealed official photos and details on the facelift operated on the X-Trail model dedicated to the European market. Regarding the performance, the facelift version received some transmission changes, no modifications were made regarding the engines range. The interior received also a special treatment, giving you the feeling that you really got
Skyline R34 GTR model received a limited but impressive tuning kit from the tuners at Japo Motorsport. I said limited because no more than 20 units will be produced, but the tuning kit is complete, don’t worry. Alcantara leather for the interior, a new front spoiler with some air intakes, giving the model a more
Nissan isn’t giving their marketing and development team any break as they have just released a set of 500 invitations to a test drive of the Leaf in Japan. The Nissan Leaf will be the world’s first mass-production electric car and will be available for testing at the plant in Oppama, Japan as part of
May seems to have become hybrid awareness month as sales of these cars soared the past month and have been the best since last August. As always, leaders of the market have been the Toyota Prius and the Ford Fusion hybrid.
Nissan is hoping that their electric Leaf will attract interest of people bothered about the environment and will lead the way towards the electrification of automobile transportation. On a side note to the Nissan Leaf’s marketing Nissan Division for Nissan North America Vice President Al Castignetti had a relatively unsurprising statement to make about the
Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Company has recently stated that the scrutiny his company has undergone has been “a good lesson” and it will only be followed by Toyota emerging from this affair stronger than ever. He went even further, to quote an old Japanese proverb which goes something like this “After the rain,
Nissan has made one of those announcements that is troublesome but it’s sort of becoming an every day event. There will be a recall, quite a big one and focused on a serious problem with the 134.215 Infinitis in question.
The title is correct, the Nissan 350Z is the one to get the modded ECU which may seem weird since the Nissan 370 Z has been around for quite some time now. The fact of the matter is that the Japanese sports car which is designed in America, styled by a British Indian and is
The Nissan GT-R has always been a car that raised many questions about it’s performance when weight was concerned. This time it’s on a new level, on the track, despite the weight disadvantage over other cars the GT-Rs are still running faster times so they are getting a weight penalty.
BRE Racing is one of the first Nissan racing teams as they ran some 240Z’s and 510’s back in the late sixties and early seventies. Recently Mazda shone a light on this old team as it offered to run the BRE livery once again and now Nissan has announced that they will be building a
Nissan has announced back in 2009 that it will be bringing forward a competitor for the Tata Nano at an equivalent price. Recently however Carlos Ghosn, Renault and Nissan CEO, has announced that the subcompact is not only expected to rival the cheap Nano but also to increase company profits.
Since the recent global alliance between Daimler AG and Renault-Nissan has been solidified it’s about time to see the results and first of its kind will be that the next Infiniti G series will get engines from Mercedes-Benz. The G series has always been a top seller for Infiniti and the future modifications to its
We all know Maserati has a great history when it comes to cars and also an ever changing history when it comes to ownership and management. The most recent change in the latter is concerning the company’s Italian headquarters and the job of commercial director in the Modena establishment. Mark McNabb has been Maserati North
