found about 3 hours ago by Matt Hardigree on
Jalopnik
The 2011 Nissan GT-R receives a number of improvements including a slightly revised suspension and more standard features. Unfortunately, the base trim was dropped and possibly only 315 are bound...
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The commercial van industry in the US has mostly been dominated by home-made market leaders like Dodge and Ford, but now they’re getting serious competition from the Japanese side: Nissan has unveiled a new line of commercial vans, dubbed...
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At the NTEA Work Truck Show today, Nissan unveiled the new 2011 Nissan NV (Nissan Van), its first production commercial vehicle for the North American market. The first production commercial vehicles from Nissan in North America will consists of...
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found about 8 hours ago by Ben Wojdyla on
Jalopnik
This is the Nissan NV, a trio of Titan-based vans available with a 4.0-liter V6 or 5.6-liter V8 and a freaky "High Roof" option. It comes in half-ton, 3/4-ton and full-ton flavors and will make the...
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found about 8 hours ago by Jeremy Korzeniewski on
Autoblog
We're here in St. Louis attending the National Truck Equipment Association show, and we just watched Nissan officially pull the covers off its NV commercial van for the first time in front of a live audience. Our initial impression: They aren't...
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A weird ailment has afflicted the automotive media for the last several years, the main symptom of which is coverage of commercial vans. It all started with the Dodge/Mercedes/Freightliner/MG Sprinter. Then it segued into the...
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found about 10 hours ago by Jeremy Korzeniewski on
Autoblog
Historically, America's commercial vehicle marketplace has been dominated by domestic automakers. Besides a small percentage of Sprinter sales from Dodge while under Daimler ownership, the fullsize van market has really only been occupied by Ford,...
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Mike Levine at PickupTrucks.com has a terrific first look at Nissan’s new NV commercial van. It looks like most Ford and GM commercial vans with a Nissan schnoz and Cube-like styling around the boxy back end. Find out more about the NV, its...
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Nissan has given its Navara and Pathfinder a mid-life facelift. The Navara is basically the pick-up version of the Pathfinder SUV and vice versa. It’s somewhat like the relationship between the Triton and the Pajero Sport, or the Hilux and the...
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found about 19 hours ago by Scott on
SACarFan
A few weeks ago we brought you a test on the Nissan Murano luxury SUV. Following in its footsteps in size at...
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At last year’s NTEA Work Truck Show, we took you on a video tour of Nissan’s NV2500 commercial van concept. This year, the company is showing off the production version. It’s the first in a lineup of full-size body-on-frame light commercial...
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If you thought our 2010 Chicago Auto Show coverage highlighted big trucks, you haven't seen anything yet. We're in St. Louis to cover the 2010 National Truck Equipment Association Work Truck Show, March 10-12. It's North America's largest...
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found about 33 hours ago by Matt Hardigree on
Jalopnik
According to the seller, this Nissan 370Z Convertible was purchased for his daughter by a wealthy admirer. Unfortunately for the amorous Nissan fan, the girl is "not a fool and decided the boy was." Ouch.The full details of this Nissan 370Z...
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Mazda doesn’t want to get caught in a “what did you know and when did you know it” and has decided to put brake override systems into all models to be launched anywhere in the world from now on, reports The Nikkei [sub]. Mazda also plans to...
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By the end of the year, Nissan will, a bit belatedly, introduce their total plug-in, not range extended, all electric Leaf. They will also open a huge data center. According to The Nikkei [sub], the location and other stats of the data center are...
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By Adrienne Gruben No one talks about how ugly Shrek is anymore – it’s so beyond that – so hopefully people will stop wondering, like they’ve been doing a lot lately, whether the Nissan Juke is too funny-looking to develop a following. I...
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Sumo Power GT and Swiss Racing Team has revealed their new FIA GT1-spefication Nissan GT-R race cars. The racers will take place in to the 2010 FIA GT1 World...
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So the Godzilla is finally going to have some proper competition outside Japan as the very first examples of the NISMO-prepared GT1-class GT-Rs are ready to roll. Unveiled at 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship press conference, these cars include the...
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The GT-R’s front end is well designed for both cooling and aero purposes. It’s hard to improve on it but with enough dedication and application of sound principles and by putting a lot of thought into the design, the team at Mine’s did just...
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found 3 days ago by Murilee Martin on
Jalopnik
Even though the 510 wagon had a live rear axle (unlike its IRS-equipped sedan sibling), it still rates pretty high on the Cool-O-Meter™ in our book. Here's one whose street days are done.Its street days are really done, because I shot these photos...
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Nissan 370Z Consumer Reviews Nissan 370Z Expert Reviews 2010 Nissan 370Z Photo Gallery 2010 Nissan 370Z Roadster Specs >> Review by Mary Ellen Ash | >> Photographs by Bill Clark Yays: Elegant, uncluttered console Heating and...
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The 2011 Nissan Juke was shown for the first time in Geneva earlier this week and it looks like the U.S. version is well on its way to final production status. We caught these very finished looking prototypes testing in Southern...
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found 5 days ago by Ben Wojdyla on
Jalopnik
Tiff Needell played master of ceremonies at the 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship launch. That's where a pair of Nissan GT-Rs decked out in race livery signaled Nissan's return to the series after a 20-year absence.NISMO President and NISSAN Motor's...
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Sumo Power GT and Swiss Racing Team displayed their FIA GT1-spec Nissan GT-R race cars in final livery for the first time at a press conference that was held at the Automobile Club de France in Paris for the launch of the new-for-2010 FIA GT1 World...
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Geneva Auto Show coverage has delayed our usual monthly sales briefing, but we can't let Ford's 45.6-percent year-over-year sales increase pass without mention. The Ford, Lincoln, Volvo and Mercury brands sold a total of 142,285...
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Nissan will begin delivering the zero-emission Leaf at the end of the year and plans to begin mass production in 2012, planning for a capacity of 500,000 cars in Europe, Japan, and the U.S.A. Nissan is going to be the only relevant player in this...
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The head of Nissan-Renault, Carlos Ghosn, is bullish about the prospects of the Leaf all-electric vehicle. The Leaf faces no real competition as it enters the market, and Nissan will have the largest capacity to manufacture new vehicles of all...
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While speaking at the Geneva Auto Show, a confident Carlos Ghosn, Nissan-Renault alliance head, spoke of the coming year and his planned dominance of the EV market. Ghosn pointed to competitors speaking of concept cars, while he has a tangible...
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We had some technical issues yesterday, so this announcement is a little later than usual, but it’s a big one, so we’re going to endure the lateness and post it anyway. Nissan announced two recalls that will affect a total of 539,864 vehicles....
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Should you be working at a Renault (or Nissan) outfit that is not directly involved in the making and selling of cars, be on the lookout for people from headquarters. Renault is combing its assets all over the world for “non-strategic” ones that...
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