Nissan News

BMW has lost a court battle in Canada to prevent Nissan from using the letter ‘M’ for what BMW describes as its rival's "inferior and more modestly priced" models. The latest announcement comes several months after BMW originally won an injunction to stop Nissan from using the letter...

Diesels have long been the preferred choice of fuel across Europe, and, slowly, it’s starting to penetrate the US market, but, surprisingly, motorists in Japan have never really taken to the efficient fuel. Now, Nissan hopes to make inroads in its home market with the introduction of a diesel...

Everyone’s eagerly waiting for Nissan to release the new Skyline later this year. The car affectionately dubbed ‘Godzilla’ is expected to bring us Porsche 911 performance at Boxster prices and will revive the famous nameplate that’s been gone for too long. One little-known...

Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn has once again expressed interest over a possible a tie-up with one of America’s Detroit 3 carmakers. News of Ghosn and his US alliance dreams first surfaced a year ago when it was revealed that Renault-Nissan were conducting talks with General Motors...

The notion of carmakers installing on-board breathalyzers connected with an interlock system to prevent you from starting your car if your blood-alcohol levels are above the illegal limit is not as far fetched as it seems. Nissan is currently testing such a system in a partnership with the Japanese...

Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn has revealed that the Japanese half of the alliance is currently working on an ultra-cheap vehicle for the Indian market that will be priced as low as $3,000. Ghosn believes there is significant demand for such a vehicle in India, and that one its rivals, Tata...

Nissan is currently presenting its new X-Trail SUV to a field of journalists at an event in Greece, but the engineering that has gone into the new model has been around for a couple of years now. The X-Trail is based on a vehicle architecture known as the Alliance Platform C. This platform was...

Nissan’s upcoming GTR is easily one of the most anticipated sports cars of the decade, and it seems the performance bug has taken control over at Nissan’s product planning division. The carmaker’s image of late has been skewed towards the SUV segment, but this may soon change with...

Late last year, Renault-Nissan was keen to tie-up with one of America’s Big Three and was in talks with General Motors until communications between the two came to a crashing halt when neither side could agree on the value of such an alliance. Renault-Nissan is reported to be on the merger...

Nissan may add a new model to lineup, a convertible version of its recently launched Altima coupe, pending on whether or not the project is given the green light. When the Altima’s development team originally looked at expanding the model range, they first turned to the idea of a wagon-based...

It seems things are much worse over at Nissan than first thought. The carmaker announced its first drop in annual profit in seven years today, the first major loss under the guidance of Carlos Ghosn who admits that it’ll be at least 12 months until key production targets are met. Nissan has...

Diminishing sales both in the US and abroad is forcing Nissan to rethink its current lineup. Unlike its major rivals Toyota and Honda, Nissan doesn’t have an image of being a ‘green company’ and it’s now hoping to change all that with the release of its first clean diesel...

Flagging sales in Japan has Nissan’s CEO so worried that he’s placing a new executive in charge of its American markets so that he can concentrate on the trouble back home. Carlos Ghosn, who’s the CEO of both Renault and Nissan, is credited with bringing the Japanese carmaker back...

Nissan has announced the completion of a 2.3 hectare test site to help enhance the development of its four-wheel drive technology. Located at its Motegi test facility in Japan, the new circuit was designed to replicate different real-world driving conditions from across the world and includes a...

Nissan has revealed its second-generation X-TRAIL at the Geneva Motor Show, and it appears the new model is almost identical to the outgoing version. Major changes are the all-new chassis and body design, a range of four different engines including two diesel variants with an automatic...

Nissan will use next month’s Geneva Motor Show to launch a new model aimed at European markets. The new car will help "reinforce the company's profit and growth aspirations in Europe" and will join up to ten other models that are expected to be launched by Nissan during the 2007/08 business...

Average vehicle weights across the industry have increased significantly over the past twenty years, increasing the burden of tires and brakes and of course reducing fuel economy. Automotive News reports that Nissan wants its suppliers to reduce the weight of the next generation of components...

Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn has publicly stated that building fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles “make little sense” due to the high cost of developing the vehicles and the fact that current diesel technology is proven to have better mileage rates. Wheels magazine in Australia has...

Nissan has launched its factory backed Nismo enhanced version of the 350Z to the Japanese domestic market, known locally as the Fairlady Z. Major changes over the regular car include the more powerful, next-generation version of the company’s global VQ 3.5L V6 engine, refined hood, race-style...

It’s hard to imagine what Nissan’s team of designers were going for when they penned the odd looking Bevel Concept. According to its creators, the Bevel's focus is placed strictly on male empty-nesters actively engaged in hobbies, recreation and community service. The vehicle is an...