Nissan News
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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...
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Nissan Leaf Nismo RC To Tear Up The Track At 24 Hours Of Le MansNissan 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...
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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...
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Nissan Leaf Nismo RC Electric Race Car Hits The Track: VideoThe 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...
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Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet Walkaround: 2011 New York Auto ShowContinuing 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 FailureCorrosion 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...
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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...
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2012 Nissan Versa Sedan: 2011 New York Auto Show Live PhotosNissan’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...
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Nissan Leaf Nismo RC Concept: 2011 New York Auto ShowNissan 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...
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Twin-Turbo Hennessey Cadillac Escalade Outruns 2011 Nissan GT-R: VideoThe 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...
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Need For Speed Shift 2 Unleashed: Full ReviewBrushing 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...
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Guilty Pleasure: Buick ReattaWelcome 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...
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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...
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2012 Nissan GT-R Deliveries Safe Despite Japan EarthquakeIt 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...
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Nissan's GT Academy Gamer/Driver To Hit Sebring In New Nissan LMP2 RacerThe 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...
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2012 Nissan GT-R Shipments Delayed By Japan EarthquakeWe 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...
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Nissan GT-R Sales Dwindle In Lead Up To 2012 ModelThe 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...
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2011 Nissan ESFLOW Concept Live Photos: 2011 Geneva Motor ShowBringing 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...
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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...
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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...
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2011 Nissan ESFLOW Concept Live PhotosThe 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...
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Nissan ESFLOW Concept Sport EV: 2011 Geneva Motor ShowIt 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...
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Forbidden Fruit: 2012 Nissan GT-R EGOIST Mega-GalleryWhen 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...
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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...
Antony Ingram