Nissan News

Nissan used this weekend’s 2011 Tokyo Auto Salon to roll out a new edition of its GT-R supercar, one aimed at well-heeled track enthusiasts and privateer race teams. If you’re unfamiliar with the Auto Salon, it's essentially the Japanese version of SEMA and manages to draw in the major...

While the new 2012 Nissan GT-R isn’t expected to hit showrooms until early February, we pretty much have all the details on the new car, including its performance, pricing and now the available options. As previously reported, the 2012 model year sees the introduction of two different trim...

Axell Auto may not be as well recognized as the other big Japanese tuners, mostly because up until now the company has focused on modifying vans, but at next month’s 2011 Tokyo Auto Salon the guys at Axell Auto will have something a little bit special on show. Pictured here in these official...

The holiday weekend saw most of the Northeast draped in a blanket of snow, perfect for unwrapping presents and singing carols--but not so awesome for getting to work on Monday. Not that we're complaining. Snow days are also the perfect opportunity for some opposite lock. These five videos show you...

The Tokyo Auto Salon is the Japanese equivalent to SEMA, a place where big-name tuning firms, motorsport brands and aftermarket accessory specialists congregate to show off their wares. The annual event also offers an opportunity for automakers to present their own merchandise, along with whole...

In the world of celebrity endorsements, matching personalities to products is tricky business. First, there's the matter of tone. Jennifer Aniston and bland bottled water? Perfect. Ozzy Osbourne and faux butter? Hmmm. There's also the tricky matter of the celeb's lifestyle. Does the celebrity's...

What many may not know, Nissan and Mitsubishi have been working together for the past several years, mostly overseas, sharing components and whole vehicle platforms. The two currently have several OEM agreements for vehicles in the Japanese market, including for tiny kei cars and commercial...

This no-holds-barred contest of raw material excess and skillful value-conscious performance yields no surprising results--the Veyron is far and away faster than the modified GT-R. But it's downright amazing on two levels: production value and sheer stupidity. Exceeding 160 mph on multiple...

American tuning workshop Hennessey Performance is renowned for its work with the Dodge Viper, but the firm has also reworked the formidable Nissan GT-R in the past--taking it beyond supercar performance and up into the hypercar arena. The Texas-based tuner currently offers several levels of tune...

Without doubt the Nissan GT-R is one of the fastest cars on the planet but could the all-wheel drive terror be worthy of ‘hypercar’ status, a title relegated to only the fastest and most extreme of production cars such as the Bugatti Veyron and upcoming Ultimate Aero II from Shelby...

Despite the growing popularity of crossovers and hatchbacks the compact sedan is here to stay, well, according to Nissan it is. At this week’s 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show Nissan rolled out a new concept previewing the design of its future sedan models and from what we can tell it’s going...

With the exit of the Chrysler PT Cruiser from the market, folks looking for a semi-crossover-like convertible with questionable proportions have been kind of short of options. If Nissan has its way, that'll soon be solved, as the debut of the 2011 Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet at the 2010 Los...

This one came way from left field. Or was it right field? Whichever way, for months we've known that some sort of Murano convertible was in the works. The bathtub-like convertible, based on Nissan's stylish mid-size crossover, might very well be the world's first all-wheel drive crossover...

The refreshed 2012 Nissan GT-R made a surprise debut at the Paris Auto Show back in September, but the press preview of the LA show this week marks the new flagship super-coupe's North American debut. In addition to new sheetmetal, new colors, and a new wheel design, the 2012 Nissan GT-R has a big...

Large SUVs and minivans have fallen on the hardest of times in the industry's late downturn, and casualties of the recession are still mounting. Take the Nissan Quest minivan; Nissan decided to bring U.S. production of the Quest minivan to an end this year but a new model is in the works and is...

From Bullitt to The Bourne Identity, movies have a way of boosting in particular brands of cars. Sometimes, that's a great thing, but what happens when films hype cars that consumers can't buy? That's the question that Daryl Alison of San Clemente, California posed to himself after seeing several...

Nissan’s stands will be one of the star attractions at this November’s 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show, with three world premieres scheduled to take place, each as exciting and groundbreaking as the next. The lineup will include a new sedan concept dubbed the Ellure, a radical convertible...

After a surprise showing at last month’s 2010 Paris Auto Show--where no specs were divulged--Nissan has finally released official details and images for its facelifted GT-R supercar. Scheduled to go on sale in February next year the 2012 Nissan GT-R comes with a host of upgrades, including...

Nissan's take on an all-electric city vehicle has been revealed today in the form of the new Townpod Concept, which is making its debut at the 2010 Paris Auto Show. Targeted at those always on the go, the Townpod can be tailored to a particular customer’s own needs and is described as a cross...

Although a leaked image of the 2012 Nissan GT-R has been circling the Web for some time now, this is the first time we’ve seen the car in an official setting and confirms that an updated model is just around the corner. Nissan was tight on information but from what we can gather the additions...