Nissan News

This week's installment of the Nissan Juke-R build video series shows fitting the engine into the body, and working out the details of airflow to keep the engine cool.

Nissan’s unique Juke crossover sees a slight price rise in 2012 but otherwise there are no major changes. Pricing for the 2012 Nissan Juke will start at $19,770 for the base Juke S model with a CVT and front-wheel drive, and top out at $25,550 for the Juke SL with a CVT and all-wheel drive...

Nissan has taken the wraps off its outright nutty Juke-R concept, choosing a low-key media launch of the European Qashqai crossover in Malaga, Spain, to roll out this sinister monstrosity. In addition to the surprise unveiling Nissan also announced that two Juke-Rs will be created, one in left-hand...

In recent years, Nissan and Apple have gone together like macaroni and cheese. The Japanese carmaker was one of the first to launch an iPhone app and the late Steve Jobs even used Nissan's Leaf to demonstrate the iAd serviced when it was launched last year. Nissan's boffins have been hard at work...

In this week's Juke-R video installment, the staff at RML begin building the Nissan Juke-R from a Juke body shell and a lot of steel tubing.

For years, we've wanted more from our cars. More power. More performance. More luxury. More gadgets. More recently, we've wanted less, at the same time: Less weight. Less expense. All the time carmakers have been giving us more of some things and less of others, cars have continued to get safer...

Nissan has announced a range of new safety technologies aimed at reducing fatal and serious injuries, based on the automaker’s latest "Safety Shield" concept. While it isn’t the mind-reading technology we reported on just last month, Nissan’s latest array of safety gizmos is still...

The headline feature of the truly nutty Nissan Juke-R Concept is obviously the twin-turbo V-6 powertrain lifted straight out of the Nissan GT-R. But that's not the only tech the Juke-R gets from Godzilla. It also gets the GT-R's advanced traction control and dynamics logic, to help control all of...

There are at least three obstacles standing between electric cars and mainstream drivers: range-anxiety, battery recharge times, and the fledgling charging infrastructure. The good news is, Nissan may be well on its way to eliminating one of the three. Working in partnership with Japan's Kansai...

Pricing for the 2012 Nissan 370Z range, which includes the Coupe, Roadster, and high-performance Nismo edition, remains unchanged over the previous year’s levels. This means that the base 2012 Nissan 370Z Coupe equipped with a manual transmission lists from a very reasonable $31,450. The...

Just a day after Mazda announced that its new 2012 Mazda CX-5 would feature ultra-high tensile steel in its construction, Nissan has followed suit with an announcement that its cars will as well but only from 2013. Additionally, Nissan’s cars will only use 1,200 megapascal (approximately...

If you travel the highways and back roads of Virginia, there's now an added incentive to obey the speed limit - an unnamed police agency has added a 2012 Nissan GT-R to its fleet.

Nissan is working on a project based around shoehorning the mighty GT-R drivetrain into the body of a Juke crossover. One might wonder why Nissan would go to such great lengths to pull off such a feat, but for the Japanese automaker and its engineers the reason is simple: to drum up excitement and...

While the idea of implementing mind reading technology in an automotive application is nothing new, in fact, it’s something Ferrari has previously been reported as dabbling in, this is the first time that we’ve seen an automaker actually confirm an interest in the field. Nissan is...

Just days after news broke that Nissan was working on a more powerful GT-R for the 2013 model year, a mysterious prototype sporting new performance upgrades has been spotted running up some quick laps at the Nurburgring. A host of new aero accessories, including an aggressive front lip spoiler...

Today we're deep in Nordschelife territory with the official video of the Dodge Viper ACR's record run and a new video of the record electric car lap from Metropolia's Electric RaceAbout. Beyond that, it's upcoming car news, with hints at the 2013 Nissan GT-R's power upgrades, an exclusive on the...

Godzilla, R35, or simply the GT-R: Nissan's top sports/super car has earned a rabid fan base on the back of blistering performance thanks to its pack of high-tech and high-output technologies--a mixture that could well be growing even more potent for the 2013 model year. Just how much more potent?...

Many things have changed in the car industry over the past 21 years, but one thing remains constant: Nissan produces a sports car bearing the letter Z. Known to some as the Fairlady, and others as simply as The Z, there's no question that Nissan has built a cult-like following for this model. It's...

Thanks to financial troubles, Mitsubishi's product lineup has been looking a little thin of late, with very few new models making it to the market. A new deal with Infiniti could be about to change this. Automotive News reports that Mitsubishi Motors Corp. has made a deal with Nissan's luxury brand...

TV's newest reality show pits 16 Gran Turismo 5 champions against one another in real-world, track driving challenges. The prize? A chance to win a ride with Nissan's endurance racing team.