Nissan News
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German sports car startup Halcón SuperSport’s presence at the recent Frankfurt Auto Show may have been overlooked in all of the hustle and bustle of the industry’s biggest event, but there’s certainly no chance of the same happening to its new sports car out on the streets. The car is called the Falcarto, and it’s the first automotive product of Halcón which is based in Frankfurt and has previously marketed an electric bike. MUST SEE: Hear The Bugatti Vision GT Concept’s Engine Start Up And Rev: Video The Falcarto is a much more ambitious project...
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2016 Nissan Altima Adopts Maxima Big Brother’s Sporty Look
Nissan’s fifth-generation Altima arrived on the scene as a 2013 model, and for 2016 the popular mid-size sedan has been given a substantial update. The move isn't surprising as the Altima is one of Nissan’s top performers, with the car posting record sales for each of the past five...
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Renault Alaskan Concept Previews New Pickup Developed Jointly With Mercedes, Nissan
Mercedes-Benz confirmed earlier in the year that it was working on a pickup truck, though whether or not the vehicle will make it to the United States is still up in the air. The new pickup is to be a mid-size model based on body-on-frame underpinnings common to pickups from Renault and Nissan...
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Nissan Gripz concept debuts at 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show
Nissan’s controversial Gripz concept has finally made its auto show debut, and contrary to popular belief the sporty crossover doesn’t herald a replacement for Nissan’s 370Z. Instead, Nissan is using the Gripz to gauge interest in the potential of an expanded Z car family, one...
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Nissan Gripz Crossover Concept Teased, May Hint At High-Riding Z: Video
A couple of weeks ago, we heard that Nissan was tossing up a radical change in direction for its next Z car, one that would ditch the conventional sports car format in favor of a small, sporty crossover body. As previously reported, the logic behind such a move is to get new, younger enthusiasts...
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Is The Next Nissan Z Going To Be A Crossover?
Nissan's sports car division has been in turmoil recently. At one point the plan was to have a three-tier sports car lineup with a GT-R at the top, a new Z in the middle, and an entry-level model with elements from the pair of IDx Concept cars at the bottom. Then we heard that plan had been...
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A rare opportunity has come up to purchase a Nissan 350Z used during filming of 2006’s The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. The car is up for sale at Cheshire Classic Cars in the United Kingdom and can be yours for a staggering £149,995 (approximately $234,315). ALSO SEE: Fast And Furious 8 Confirmed For 2017 That seems a bit steep considering a Toyota Supra driven by the late Paul Walker during filming of the original 2001 hit The Fast and the Furious only sold for $185,000 at a recent auction, but unlike the Supra, which was only used for stunt scenes and was one of several...
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Nissan LMP1 Campaign On Hold While GT-R LM NISMO Bugs Are Addressed
Nissan’s troubled LMP1 campaign in the 2015 World Endurance Championship shows little signs of improving, with the Japanese automaker confirming this month that it won’t be attending future races until it sorts out technical issues that hampered its performance at its debut race...
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AMS Sets GT-R 1/4-Mile Record At 7.48 Seconds: Video
Yes, we know... We post a lot about the Alpha Omega GT-R. That's because we love the car, and everything the AMS team is doing to it. They've taken a pretty fast machine and turned it into an absolute animal. Many records have fallen in its wake, and now there's a new one the team can add to its...
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2015 Nissan GT-R NISMO Is Either Loved Or Hated: Video
This Nissan GT-R is a hyper-focused two-door destroyer of race tracks. It's also a car that can be driven to the grocery store, or to and from work on a daily basis. That sounds like a recipe for a machine that should be beloved by all who appreciate automobiles. That's not the case though, as the...
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Nissan Juke NISMO RS Used To Set Two-Wheel Record at Goodwood: Video
Generally, if a car winds up on two wheels, it's an accident. But not if you're Terry Grant. ALSO SEE: Woman Reunited With C3 Corvette After 43 Years: Video During the festivities at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, the stuntman took a Nissan Juke NISMO RS up Lord March's driveway in an impressive 2...
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Nissan Reveals New, More Powerful Version Of GT-R-Powered Juke-R Crossover
If indeed Nissan execs were displeased by the construction of the original Juke-R four years ago, they have a funny way of showing it. That’s because the Japanese automaker has unveiled a new version at the 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed currently underway in the U.K., where the vehicle will...
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The AMS Performance Alpha Omega GT-R is, as you know by now, a beast of a machine designed to obliterate any bit of straight-line tarmac in front of it. This is a Nissan GT-R that has been modified to the point where it's pushing forth around 2,000 horsepower out to all four wheels. Even crazier still is the fact that it's street legal and occasionally street driven. This is a car that can go from 0-60 mph in under two seconds and will blow past the 200 mph mark in just half a mile. Last year, the GT-R was put to the test against other high-horsepower machines at a drag shootout known as the...
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Nissan’s Next Z Sports Car May Be Delayed
It wasn’t that long ago that Nissan was planning to have a new three-tier sports car lineup: the GT-R at the top, a new Z sports car in the middle and an entry-level model based on 2013's funky IDx concepts targeting younger buyers. Limited demand for sporty coupes, especially after the first...
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Video Provides 360-Degree View Of A Lap At Le Mans
At the time of writing, we’re now into the final hours of this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans race. You can get a feel for what it’s like driving around the 8.5-mile Circuit de la Sarthe where the race is held thanks to this interactive video. ALSO SEE: Porsche One-Two Finish At 2015...
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2015 Nissan GT-R LM NISMO Touches Down In Jay Leno’s Garage: Video
Nissan and its radical GT-R LM NISMO are currently in France taking part in the official testing for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which this year runs the weekend starting June 13. Nissan is entering three of its front-wheel-drive racers in the event’s premier LMP1 class, going up against the...
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Close Look At The 2015 Nissan GT-R LM NISMO's Twin-Turbo V-6: Video
Nissan developed a new twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6 engine for its GT-R LM NISMO race car, which makes its competition debut at next month’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. The engine’s basic design is shared with a production unit of the same displacement that Nissan’s upmarket brand...
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Nissan Finalizes Specs For GT-R LM NISMO Ahead Of 2015 Le Mans Race
Nissan missed the first two rounds of the 2015 World Endurance Championship but it’s now in final preparation mode for the series highlight, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, scheduled for the weekend commencing June 13. Nissan plans to field three of its front-wheel-drive GT-R LM NISMO race cars in...
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Front-wheel drive. Also known as wrong-wheel drive, at least in performance driving circles. Yes, front-drive cars can be made to go very fast—but it’s always a compromise compared to rear-drive cars. Or is it? MUST WATCH: POV Video Of The 1,341-HP Koenigsegg One:1 Hitting 225 MPH Nissan has engineered the GT-R LM NISMO to disprove that idea, and this video explains how and why they did it--and it wasn't to create a car that looks a lot like the official Batman Racing Batmobile. Aerodynamics, efficiency, rules, and basic physics all come into play, naturally, but the whole point...
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R36 GT-R’s Twin-Turbo V-6 Derived From Unit In Nissan Le Mans Prototype
Before he quit to take the top job at Aston Martin, former Nissan executive vice president Andy Palmer said the next-generation GT-R, the R36, was being developed alongside the Japanese automaker’s new GT-R LM NISMO Le Mans prototype, which is set to make its competition debut this June at...
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1,000-HP Nissan GT-R Drift Car: Video
There are many things the Nissan GT-R excels at—but thanks to its all-wheel drive, drifting typically isn’t one of them. But this is no typical GT-R. It’s a 1,000-hp smoke-belching, rear-wheel drive beast. ALSO SEE: Nissan GT-R Blows A Tire At 200MPH, Driver Keeps It Together...
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Carlos Ghosn: Fully Autonomous Car “At Least A Decade Away”
A couple of years ago Nissan made the bold claim it will launch on the market an autonomous car by 2020. It was later revealed that Nissan’s autonomous car wouldn’t be capable of driving itself in all situations and that a licensed driver would still need to be behind the wheel. That...
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After Rough Start, Nissan Continues GT-R LM NISMO’s Preparation For Le Mans
Having already missed April 12’s opening round of the 2015 World Endurance Championship at the Silverstone Circuit in the U.K., Nissan has confirmed that its new GT-R LM NISMO LMP1 racer won’t be ready for the next round at Belgium’s Spa-Francorchamps on May 2 but will be on the...
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Nissan Playstation GT Academy Ramping Up For 5th U.S. Season: Video
With gamers turned racers taking podiums and points in series around the world at this point, it’s no wonder the Nissan GT Academy is coming back for a fifth season. The timing of the announcement is certainly liable to get ganja-loving gamers winking and nodding at each other, but for those...
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