The Juke is gathering a lot of attention lately from Nissan as after the limited production Juke R the new Juke Nismo, the Japanese carmaker has presented another special model, appropriately called the Juke Box (get it?). Read more »
It might not be as near as special or powerful as the limited run Juke R, but Nissan believes that most buyers looking for something sportier than the regular Juke will be content with the new Nismo-branded model that makes its world premiere in production guise at this week's 24 Hours of Le Mans in France.
First seen as a concept model at last year's Tokyo Motor Show, the new Juke Nismo will go on sale in Europe in early 2013, with Japan and the U.S. to follow at a later date.
The Nismo badge brings a host of enhancements to the Juke starting with a tuned-up version of its 1.6-litre direct injection turbocharged petrol engine.
Nissan has not yet disclosed performance figures, but for the record, in regular trim, the 1.6-liter turbocharged unit delivers 188hp (190PS) and 240Nm (177 lb-ft) of peak torque.
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Nissan has introduced a new model year version of the Pixo in the UK. The subtly revised city car features a fresh assortment of exterior colours, some interior improvements and a drop in CO2 emissions to 99g/km .
While reducing CO2 levels by 4g/km to 99g/km may not sound like a big deal, but it is crucial for tax and toll savings as it allows the Pixo to enjoy tax benefits and makes it exempt from the London congestion charge.
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Whilst automakers and suppliers alike are trying their best to improve fuel efficiency on every model they produce, a great number of drivers often neglect one of the leading causes of poor fuel economy.
And no, we're not talking about being heavy footed or leaving your windows open on the highway, but tire pressure.
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, drivers can improve gas mileage by up to 3.3 percent simply by keeping their vehicle's tires inflated to the proper pressure. Another recent federal study says that under-inflated tires triples the risk of an accidents.
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Nissan has very high hopes for the newly introduced 2013 Altima sedan, the first series production models of which rolled off the assembly line in Smyrna, Tennessee, on May 15, and in Canton, Mississippi, on June 6.
The Japanese company not only wants to surpass last year's sales of 295,790 Altimas in the States, which landed it in second place in the mid-size segment, some 42,000 units behind Toyota's best-selling Camry, but also expand its reach to more global markets.
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Normally, we are not in favor of customizing classic cars but this time we are going to make an exception, first because there are still plenty of Datsun 280ZX coupes out on the road and second because this conversion is truly cool and unique.
You may notice the Knight Rider-style hub caps or the matte black finish and those rocket inspired (or is that Madonna's Vogue bra?) headlamp replacements, but what really sets apart this 1983 Datsun 280ZX is well hidden under its bonnet.
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While Nissan does not need any help selling the small production run of its 545-horsepower and 160mph (257km/h) Juke R special, the Japanese automaker is constantly looking for a reason to create additional buzz around the high-performance crossover with the hope that some of it will rub off on the regular model.
Following a string of videos from Dubai that entailed a supercar grudge match, Nissan PlayStation GT Academy winner Lucas Ordoňez took the Juke R to trial it at the snow-capped mountains of Norway and the Losna Isbane Ice Track.
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If you want try out a car's top speed on a public road, then there is only one place to go: Germany's famed Autobahn, the only motorway system in the world incorporating sections with an unrestricted speed limit.
This is where EVO magazine's contributing editor Jethro Bovingdon took the new 2013 Nissan GT-R Track Pack, which just arrived in UK shores.
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With the start of North American production of the all-new 2013 Altima earlier this week, Nissan released a fresh batch of pictures of its sedan model.
The 2013 Altima is critical to Nissan's plan to increase sales in North America with the Japanese automaker targeting to beat the Toyota Camry in the popular mid-size sedan segment.
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The first series production version of the all-new 2013 Altima has rolled off the assembly line at Nissan's Smyrna plant in Tennessee.
The Japanese carmaker has built more than 4.4 million examples of the four previous generations of the Altima since production started in Smyrna in 1992, a decade after the plant came to life.
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How hard can it be to park your car in an empty lot with plenty of space for maneuvering? Harder than you think for a Chinese driver of what looks like the local market version of Nissan's Tiida five-door hatchback.
While in the beginning of the video everything seems to be going slow but smoothly, all of a sudden, the driver slams the gas pedal while in reverse with the car smashing through the wall behind it before it fell into the lake.
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From the "What will they think of next?" file comes our next video of a new styling accessory for the Nissan 350Z Coupe and Roadster models (known as the Fairlady Z in Japan).
Evidently inspired from Hollywood's latest super-hero serving, the creative minds over at ZLeds came up with the bright idea of designing a pair of headlamps and turning signals that are supposed to mimic the lights from Iron Man's metal suite.
We will let you decide if ZLed achieved its goal after you watch the video that follows past the jump.
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Some two years after the Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler joined forces, the Japanese carmaker's top brass broke ground on a new manufacturing plant in Decherd, Tennessee, that will build Mercedes-Benz four-cylinder gasoline engines for both Infiniti and Mercedes-Benz models. Read more »
Another day, another video of the production-intent Nissan Juke-R. After the release of a short film that tells the tale of the GT-R-powered crossover's race against a trio of exotic supercars, Nissan has now published two new videos of the Juke-R in the hands of the Nissan/Playstation GT Academy winner Lucas Ordoňez.
Ordoňez takes the 3.8-litre, 160mph (257km/h) Juke-R for a picturesque ride in and out of Dubai.
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The diesel-powered Nissan Qashqai 1.5 DCi is at Superchip's center of attention as the British tuning brand has created an ECU remap to boost the crossover model's performance.
In factory trim, the Qashqai's Renault-sourced 1.5-liter turbocharged four-cylinder diesel develops a peak output of 108bhp (110PS) at 4,000 rpm and a maximum torque of 240Nm (177 lb-ft).
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One of last year's wackiest concept models, the Juke-R, which blends the body of Nissan's small crossover with the driveline of the GT-R, will be made available to buy in a very limited run on a build-to-order basis, Nissan announced today.
And not only will it be built, but the production Juke-R will actually be more powerful than the concept as instead of sporting the MY10 GT-R's 485hp V6, it will get the 545-horsepower drivetrain and chassis of the improved MY12 (2013MY in North America) GT-R!
Nissan said it took the decision to produce the Juke-R after attracting enormous attention, especially since it debuted the 3.8-litre, 160mph (257km/h) model in Dubai in January this year.
"The Juke-R was originally intended as a one-off concept to marry two of Nissan’s most innovative models," said Gareth Dunsmore, Marketing Product Manager for the Juke. "But the reaction we had to the car in Dubai was amazing – people were making offers for the original on the street!"
When you are on a tight marketing budget, the only way to achieve your goal is to be creative. Nissan's answer to this problem in Dubai was to team with most popular house-hunting site in the Gulf region called Dubizzle.
The Japanese automaker created a new media format for the website that matches the user's home, budget, neighborhood, and family size with the right Nissan model.
Furthermore, once the users single out a house, the HouseHunter Test-Drive app offers the option of being picked up by the Nissan model that matches their lifestyle to go for a ride to view the home.
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Nearly two years after Nissan discarded its flagship model series in Japan, the Cima nameplate returns for another round in the premium sedan segment.
The Cima was introduced in Japan in the late 1980s to rival the Toyota Crown Majesta. From the mid-1990s, the Cima was based on the equivalent versions of the Infiniti Q45 series.
For its re-introduction in the Japanese market, Nissan chose to base the Cima on the long-wheelbase version of the Infiniti M35h, a China market-only model that made its world premiere at this week's Beijing Motor Show.
Like its Chinese counterpart, the Cima features a 5.9-inch (150mm) longer wheelbase than the standard Infiniti M and a rear passenger area highlighted by the additional legroom and many comfort amenities like the entertainment system and the power-reclining, heated and cooled seats.
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Aimed at drivers who require a faster, lighter and harder GT-R, the new Track Pack Edition of Nissan's sports car has arrived in the UK. The new model carries a £10,000 (US$16,000) premium over the standard GT-R, which brings the on-the-road price to £84,450.
Currently, the GT-R Track Pack Edition is available exclusively in right-hand drive and only in the UK and Japan, but Nissan has confirmed that left-hand drive models will be offered later this year in most markets around the world except Russia, Ukraine and for the time being, North America.
On the outside, the new GT-R model rides on new six-spoke RAYS alloy wheels with gloss black centers that weigh 10kg (22 pounds) less than the standard fittings.
It also gets additional brake cooling ducts built into the new carbon front splitter that are said to reduce the operating temperature by as much 100 degrees in track use, whilst similar ducts hidden behind the rear wheels channel cooling air over the rear discs.
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Before 2008, the “old” Nürburgring, aka Nordschleife, was a very demanding track deemed too dangerous for Formula 1 racing, but car manufacturers used it for testing purposes and on certain days, any mere mortal could drive his or her car for as many laps as they could afford.
Nissan changed all that by making the 7’29’’ lap time recorded by the new GT-R a key point of its launch campaign. It also sparked a war of words with Porsche and perhaps more importantly, made posting a competitive lap time at the ‘Ring a must for every new sports car.
In the four years since its launch, Nissan has been constantly honing the R35 GT-R, upgrading almost every mechanical part, from the chassis to the suspension and the engine.
This is because Kazutoshi Mizuno, program director of the GT-R development team, believes that no matter how good the car is, “the customer always wants more”. It has also resulted in the 2013MY model cutting 9 seconds off the original lap time.
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