Nissan News
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Nissan’s third-generation Murano crossover, which is launching as a 2015 model, has been revealed in full at the 2014 New York Auto Show. The new Murano features the bold styling first shown on Nissan’s Resonance concept in 2013 and should stand out from the crowd in the competitive midsize crossover segment. Key elements of the design, which Nissan calls “V-Motion”, are the LED boomerang lights, floating roof and sculpted surfaces. The interior is just as modern and features a wide center console and panoramic moonroof. ALSO SEE: Man Makes Car With... Expanding Foam?...
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2015 Nissan Murano Teased Ahead Of 2014 New York Auto ShowNissan has confirmed that its third-generation Murano will be revealed at the 2014 New York Auto Show, and along with the confirmation has released a teaser image showing some details of the new mid-size crossover. The vehicle is expected to go on sale this fall, as a 2015 model. While most of the...
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2015 Nissan GT-R NISMO With N-Attack Package Tested At Fuji Speedway: VideoThe 2015 Nissan GT- R NISMO is one of the fastest cars ever produced, having set an incredible 7:08.679 Nürburgring lap time at the hands of racing driver Michael Krumm. However, to achieve that time, Krumm’s GT-R NISMO was fitted with some special parts that don’t come on the...
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Nissan Time Attack: GT-R NISMO GT3 Vs. Leaf NISMO RC Vs. Altima V8 Supercars: VideoThree contemporary Nissan race cars, one a rolling laboratory, another from the international motorsport circuit, and a third from Australia’s V8 Supercars, recently did battle in an exhibition run in Australia. The exhibition was a good ol’ time attack around a common race track, but...
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Nissan IDx Nismo Concept Stars On Jay Leno's Garage: VideoIt's not often that concept cars get a chance to hit the streets, but if your name is Jay Leno people are willing to make concessions. The concept car in question is Nissan's IDx concept, revealed out of the blue at last year's Tokyo Motor Show. MUST WATCH: LaFerrari Duels With Ferrari Enzo On...
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2015 Nissan Juke Gains New Styling, Engines In Geneva: VideoNissan has chosen this week’s 2014 Geneva Motor Show to introduce the latest version of its popular Juke crossover. The vehicle hasn’t been announced for the U.S. market yet, but we expect it to arrive later in the year, as a 2015 model. MUST SEE: Transformers 4 Extended Trailer...
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Nissan has announced pricing for its first NISMO RS model.
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Nissan Smart Rear-View Mirror Makes The Human Neck ObsoleteThe Nissan smart rear-view mirror is part mirror, part LCD screen.
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2015 Nissan GT-R NISMO Priced From $151,585The 2015 Nissan GT-R NISMO has been priced at $151,585, including a $1,595 destination charge, making it the most expensive Nissan ever launched. For those at home counting, that’s almost $50k more than the entry-level 2015 GT-R’s $103,365 sticker but it does get you one of the fastest...
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The Story Behind The World's Fastest Nissan GT-R: VideoAMS Performance is in the business of making fast cars much faster. More specifically, they're best known for taking the Nissan GT-R and tuning it to insane levels of power and performance. They do this while also keeping the cars streetable. DON'T MISS: 2015 Subaru WRX Video Road Test This team...
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Newport Convertible Pries Off The Roof Of The Nissan GT-RNewport Convertible Engineering has been chopping the roofs off of vehicles for over 30 years now. The California-based company takes existing vehicles with fixed roofs, and opens them up to the sky. Sometimes the change works, and sometimes it doesn't. They do offer something for everyone though...
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Cute Little Girl Eggs On Father In 1,000-HP Nissan GT-RRacing, driving fast, and customizing cars is often perceived as a man's game. That's not at all the reality, of course--many women share the same passions. Here's a great example: This little girl is one of us. She probably inherited her love for speed from her dad, who owns the modified...
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In 2013 Nissan made a return to touring car racing in Australia using its Altima sedan, after exiting the sport two decades prior. The Japanese automaker was famously forced to exit the local competition in 1993 when its R32 Skyline GT-R, which at the time was dominating the field, was banned due to a rule change that ended the FIA Group A format in Australian touring car racing. Now, Nissan is bringing back the GT-R to race at one of the central locations of Australian motorsport, the legendary Mount Panorama racing circuit in Bathurst. Nissan will field its latest 2014 GT-R NISMO GT3 race...
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Craigslist 1996 Maxima Will Be Restored & Displayed At Nissan USA HQ: The Vote Is InYou've cast your votes and Nissan has tallied them. What will be the fate of Luke Aker's 1996 Nissan Maxima featured in his brilliant Craigslist video ad? It will be restored and put on display at Nissan North America headquarters, with Aker's video playing on loop beside it. In total, you...
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Alpha Nissan GT-R Destroys The Quarter Mile In 8.11: VideoWatch a Nissan GT-R cover the quarter mile in 8.11 seconds.
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Paul Walker's 'Fast & Furious 4' R34 Nissan GT-R For Sale, Priced At $1.35 MillionThe car world is still recovering from Paul Walker's untimely and unfortunate death late last year, but love for the Fast & Furious franchise--and especially its modified cars--has never been stronger. As the next movie, Fast & Furious 7, moves onward, some lucky collector will get to take...
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2015 Nissan Juke Spy ShotsThe Nissan Juke was introduced for the 2011 model year and straight away polarized the market with its odd styling. The Juke is now about due for a mid-cycle update and right on cue a prototype for just such a vehicle has been spotted. The prototype shows that the updated Juke will feature revised...
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Switzer Nissan GT-R Hits 1,212 HP On The DynoRunning 33 psi of boost is, by some standards, not all that extreme. Running 33 psi of boost in a flame-spitting Nissan GT-R built for the purpose by Switzer is nutty. Our kind of nutty. Like 1,212-horsepower nutty. Of course, that's horsepower at the crank. At the wheels you'll find...
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Nissan and its motorsport partner NISMO have finally revealed the engine that will feature in its 2014 ZEOD RC electrified race car, which will compete in the Garage 56 experimental entry in this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. The engine is a turbocharged 1.5-liter three-cylinder putting out an incredible 400 horsepower, but what’s more impressive is that the engine weighs just 88 pounds, which means a human is quite capable of carrying it (turbocharger and all), as NISMO chief Shoichi Miyatani demonstrates above. MUST SEE: How A Lamborghini Veneno Gets Delivered To Its New Owner...
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2015 Nissan GT-R Priced From $103,365When Nissan’s R35 GT-R first hit the scene back in 2008, it could be had for just under $70k. Today, you’ll need to pay $103,365 for entry to the GT-R owners club, as Nissan has raised prices on the car yet again. The $103,365 figure is for the 2015 Nissan GT-R Premium model and...
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Craigslist Nissan Maxima: The Final Reader VoteJust before the holidays, we stumbled across Luke Aker's incredible Craigslist ad for a heavily used 1996 Nissan Maxima, and Nissan North America decided to jump in and buy the car. Then they asked us to put the question to you, our readers, to decide what they should do with it. Using your...
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Nissan Starts Another Crowd-Sourcing Project, This Time For The TitanNissan is turning to the public for help in the design of a custom Titan pickup, announcing this week at the 2014 Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show in Las Vegas that it will crowd-source ideas to “help determine the adventure” the vehicle’s design takes. This will be the...
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Nissan Mulls Production Of IDx Sports Car ConceptNissan’s pair of IDx sports car concepts unveiled at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show, the IDx Freeflow and IDx NISMO, proved such a hit that the automaker is now seriously considering putting one of them into production. The information was revealed by Nissan product chief Andy Palmer at this...
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Nissan Sport Sedan Concept Debuts At Detroit, Previews 2016 Maxima: Live Photos & VideoThe all-new 2016 Nissan Maxima is due next year. And to tease the production version that will most likely bow at the 2015 New York Auto Show in April, Nissan has presented a sporty new concept at this week's Detroit Auto Show that previews the styling of its next Maxima as well as all its future...
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