Posts Tagged ‘nissan’

New York ‘08 Preview: Nissan to give Big Apple a charge with Denki Cube EV

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Click image for a high-res gallery of the Nissan Denki Cube concept We've known for several weeks now that Nissan was planning to show off an all-electric car based on the JDM Nissan Cube at this week's New York Auto Show. The Denki (meaning electric) Cube has of course spilled out onto the interwe......

New York ‘08 Preview: 2009 Nissan Maxima leaked on forum

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Click above to view high-res gallery of the 2009 Nissan MaximaForums are fast becoming the bane of automakers that've spent a lot of time, energy and money coordinating a new car's debut. Nissan was hoping to debut the all-new 2009 Maxima tomorrow during the New York Auto Show, but forum Supernissan......

SuperGT: Nissan GT-R takes First and Second in Round 1 at Suzuka

Monday, March 17th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery from the SuperGT season opener. Nissan GT-Rs first hit the track in 1969, and won their inauguaral race.23 years later the R32 GT-R race car won its first Japanese GT Championship race at the first attempt, and yesterday at Suzuka, the Xanavi NISMO R35 driven by Be......

Nissan Australia wants “intelligence” on grey-imported GT-Rs

Friday, March 14th, 2008
One of the few problems with being the purveyors of a highly desired commodity is that people will do anything to get their hands on it, sometimes before you're willing to give it to them. Such is the case with Nissan and people importing GT-R's into Australia through the "grey-market."A supposedly ......

New York ‘08 Preview: Nissan releases 2009 Maxima teaser shots

Friday, March 14th, 2008
Nissan will unveil the completely redesigned 2009 Maxima next week at the 2008 New York Auto Show, but wants to whet our appetites with some teaser shots before the big reveal. Unlike most teaser shots, we can actually glean a few details from these. The shot of the headlight, for instance, shows a ......

IIHS studies effectiveness of roof strength: Surprise! It matters

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
There's been considerable debate between automakers, legislators and safety advocates over how roof strength correlates to deaths in rollover crashes. The majority of the focus has appropriately been heaped on SUVs, whose high center of gravity makes them more prone to rollovers, particularly when t......

New York ‘08 Preview: Nissan to unveil all-electric concept

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Click above to high-res gallery of the Nissan CubeAll-electric vehicles are on their way, and Nissan plans to be a player with an all-electric vehicle on the market in Japan and the U.S. by 2010 for fleet customers and 2012 for everyone else. While the automaker has been testing a system that uses a......

Nissan updates official GT-R global website

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
The Nissan GT-R has been an Internet and magazine sensation from the day the GT-R prototype was unveiled. While team Ghosn no doubt loves the free press, only Nissan could present the complete GT-R story from its 1969 beginning to today. Nissan has developed a global portal for enthusiasts and prosp......

New Jersey bound: Volvo going back to the Garden State

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
After years of hanging out in the California sun, Volvo is headed back to Jersey. The move comes as Ford is nearly finished selling its Jaguar and Land Rover brands, which means the Blue Oval no longer has enough tenants to justify paying for a facility in SoCal. Ford's Swedish brand is going to re-......

Ghosn: Nissan not pursuing partnership with Chrysler

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
According to Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault-Nissan, the Franco-Japanese carmaker is not interested in adding additional alliances with Chrysler at this time. While Chrysler recently inked a deal to have Nissan manufacture subcompacts to sell in South America, that is as far as it goes. "We have an OE ......