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  • 2011 Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet

    In what may be the only silver lining of the horrific earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck Japan in March--though Nissan certainly won't see it this way--production of the 2011 Murano CrossCabriolet was cut just as it began, halting its assault on our eyeballs just as it was about to intensify. Supply chain problems brought on by the disaster have seen just 40-50 of the drop-top crossovers built. There's no word on when the supply shortage will abate, or when the CrossCabriolet might return to more normal production. Aesthetics aside, however, or assuming you can live with the...

  • Nissan Leaf Nismo RC Concept
    Nissan Leaf Nismo RC To Tear Up The Track At 24 Hours Of Le Mans

    Nissan has announced that its Leaf Nismo RC Concept electric race car concept from the recent 2011 New York Auto Show will be making a demonstration run at the Le Mans Vers Le Futur, a support event for the 79th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Leaf Nismo RC was never meant to be a one-off...

  • Infiniti sponsors Red Bull Racing F1 team
    Red Bull Racing To Use Nissan Battery Tech In Formula 1 KERS?

    The much-publicized deal between Nissan's luxury Infiniti brand and Red Bull Racing's Formula 1 effort has spawned rumors about future products, how the collaboration might impact Infiniti's range. But the speculation hasn't gone in the other direction until now. The latest has Nissan/Infiniti's...

  • Nissan Leaf Nismo RC electric race car shakedown testing
    Nissan Leaf Nismo RC Electric Race Car Hits The Track: Video

    The Nissan Leaf Nismo RC electric race car is an intriguing look at the (very likely) inevitable future of motorsports, and the day we're all talking in volts, amps, and kilowatt-hours instead of horsepower and fuel capacity may not be that far off as we saw yesterday with the Formulec EF01. While...

  • 2011 Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet
    Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet Walkaround: 2011 New York Auto Show

    Continuing our string of video walkarounds from the 2011 New York Auto Show, we have the 2011 Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet. Call it funky, call it fun--either way, it's unique on the market right now, and offers a lot more than you might expect. The interior, for instance is very upscale, more in...

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    271,000 Nissan, Infiniti SUVs Recalled For Potential Steering Failure

    Corrosion is the enemy of all cars, even modern ones, but particularly cars in the north. Road salt, water, snow, and ice combine to erode metal and bubble paint, making an eyesore of a car--and sometimes doing much worse. In the case of the 271,000 Nissan Pathfinder and Infiniti QX4 SUVs recalled...

  • 2012 Nissan Leaf Nismo RC Concept, New York Auto Show, April 2011

    Easily one of the strangest concepts on show at this week’s 2011 New York Auto Show, Nissan’s Leaf Nismo RC was made even stranger by being presented bathed in blue light. Described as ‘Purpose-Built Prototype’, the Leaf Nismo RC essentially wraps the zero-emissions drivetrain and technology of the production 2012 Nissan Leaf with a carbon fiber race car shell. This isn’t just a one-off concept never to be seen again, however. Following its debut in New York, the Leaf Nismo RC will serve as a rolling laboratory for the accelerated development of electric cars and...

  • 2012 Nissan Versa sedan launch, New York Auto Show, April 2011
    2012 Nissan Versa Sedan: 2011 New York Auto Show Live Photos

    Nissan’s most affordable model in the U.S., the Versa Sedan, has been completely redesigned for the 2012 model year, gaining new technology, a more powerful yet fuel efficient engine and a very low pricetag. How low? The 2012 Nissan Versa Sedan, on show this week at the 2011 New York Auto...

  • Nissan Leaf Nismo RC Concept
    Nissan Leaf Nismo RC Concept: 2011 New York Auto Show

    Nissan is combining two very different elements from the automotive world for its latest concept, which is set to debut this week at the 2011 New York Auto Show. Described as ‘Purpose-Built Prototype’, the all-new Nissan Leaf Nismo RC essentially wraps the zero-emissions drivetrain and...

  • Hennessey twin-turbo Escalade squares off against 2011 Nissan GT-R
    Twin-Turbo Hennessey Cadillac Escalade Outruns 2011 Nissan GT-R: Video

    The Nissan GT-R is no slouch even among cars costing twice its price or more. It's also a very large car in relation to much of its competition. But it's dwarfed by the HPE1000 Hennessey twin-turbo Cadillac Escalade paired up with it in this video. Even worse: it gets outrun by the 6,000-pound...

  • Need For Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed
    Need For Speed Shift 2 Unleashed: Full Review

    Brushing the red line, grabbing top gear and clipping the apex, AllCarTech brings you our full review of the latest racing title to hit your PlayStation 3, Need For Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed. Last week we brought you our first impressions of the EA Games and Slightly Mad Studios racer and with a few...

  • Guilty Pleasure Buick Reatta
    Guilty Pleasure: Buick Reatta

    Welcome back to the Guilty Pleasures series, a weekly journey into the land of cars we shouldn't, yet do want. The ideal Guilty Pleasure car sold for a bundle when new, failed miserably in the showrooms, and only gets discussed later— if it is remembered at all— in semi-mocking tones...

  • 2012 Nissan GT-R at the Nurburgring

    This day was inevitable. With an additional 38 horsepower and 17 pound-feet of torque on board, plus a reprogrammed gearbox and a more aerodynamic body, the new 2012 Nissan GT-R was always going to be quicker around a track than the outgoing 2011 model. Today we find out just how much quicker, and which better track to demonstrate the ingenuity of Nissan’s engineers than at the notorious Nordschleife-Nurburgring. The video below shows the 523 horsepower and 451 pound-feet of torque facelifted GT-R complete a lap of the ‘Ring in just 7 minutes and 24.22 seconds, eclipsing the time...

  • 2012 Nissan GT-R live photos
    2012 Nissan GT-R Deliveries Safe Despite Japan Earthquake

    It looks as though Japan’s earthquake crisis won’t hamper deliveries of Nissan’s long-awaited 2012 model year GT-R supercar. As we all know the facelifted 2012 Nissan GT-R is substantially quicker and more powerful than the outgoing model, as well as being greener, and we...

  • Lucas Ordonez to race Signatech Nissan LMP2 car at Le Mans
    Nissan's GT Academy Gamer/Driver To Hit Sebring In New Nissan LMP2 Racer

    The winner of the first Nissan/Playstation GT Academy video game driving contest, Lucas Ordonez, has proven he can do what he does in the game world in the real world. Earlier this month, we brought you news that he'd be driving at Le Mans--and now he's going to get a shot at Sebring, as well. This...

  • 2012 Nissan GT-R
    2012 Nissan GT-R Shipments Delayed By Japan Earthquake

    We reported just this month that customers in the U.S. were holding off on buying the Nissan GT-R in the lead up to the arrival of the facelifted 2012 model, which has been trickling into showrooms this past few weeks. It now appears the wait for the new GT-R will be slightly longer as the recent...

  • 2012 Nissan GT-R
    Nissan GT-R Sales Dwindle In Lead Up To 2012 Model

    The new 2012 Nissan GT-R is not only more powerful--and therefore faster--than the outgoing 2011 model, it also handles better, consumes less fuel and some might say even looks better thanks to the addition of a new diffuser and daytime running lights. First shown at last year’s Los Angeles...

  • 2011 Nissan ESFLOW Concept
    2011 Nissan ESFLOW Concept Live Photos: 2011 Geneva Motor Show

    Bringing Nissan into the EV sports car arena in style, the ESFLOW packs cues from the Z, the GT-R, Infiniti's Essence concept, and just a tiny bit of Juke--all while enticing us with the purity of torque you get from an electric motor zipping you around. Good for 148.8 miles on a single charge...

  • Nissan GT-R englufed by flames after crash

    This is the aftermath of a crash that occurred in Malaysia last week and involved the Nissan GT-R you see here engulfed in flames and a Volkswagen Golf GTI, which managed to get away with relatively minor damage. It’s believed the two cars were heading in opposing directions when they came into contact. The GT-R driver, most likely trying to avert the impending crash, ended up in a ditch on the side of the road. It’s not known whether the car burst into flames due to internal damage or whether its hot exhaust pipes ignited the scrub underneath. Thankfully, the occupants of all the...

  • Nissan ESFLOW Concept
    Nissan Z Hybrid Rumors Revive, Headed Toward Oblivion?

    The Nissan 350Z was an impressive, affordable, and minimalist sports coupe. The 370Z that followed it added power and amenities. As we've reported before, it looks like the next-gen Z could go hybrid, possibly sporting a Mercedes-sourced 3.5-liter V-6 and electric assist drivetrain. But is it the...

  • Nissan ESFLOW Concept
    2011 Nissan ESFLOW Concept Live Photos

    The Nissan ESFLOW electric sports car concept isn’t scheduled to be unveiled until the 2011 Geneva Motor Show in just a couple of weeks but we have live images of the car, which were taken at a special media presentation held earlier today in Frankfurt, Germany. Most of its specs are already...

  • 2012 Nissan ESFLOW Concept Electric Car
    Nissan ESFLOW Concept Sport EV: 2011 Geneva Motor Show

    It may look like someone spilled their mug of Juke all over a drawing of Infiniti's Essence, but the Nissan ESFLOW is something we're glad to see from a major carmaker that already has one EV on the market: a sports car EV concept. Rear-wheel drive, two-seats, 0-62 mph in under 5 seconds, it hits...

  • 2012 Nissan GT-R EGOIST
    Forbidden Fruit: 2012 Nissan GT-R EGOIST Mega-Gallery

    When the facelifted 2012 Nissan GT-R range rolled out late last year, not only were we treated with some new styling and a more powerful engine, but the introduction of two completely new models as well. These new models include the racing circuit dedicated "Club Track" edition and an...

  • 2011 Nissan Leaf
    2011 Nissan LEAF And Others 'Connected To The Cloud'

    Cloud computing is very much a feature of 'Web 2.0'. Rather than using a location-dependent center of resources such as a server, cloud computing uses shared servers, all of which can be used to provide resources, software and data. For Average Joe, this might mean using web-based word processing...

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