Archive : Nissan

Nissan revealed its Invitation Concept at the Geneva Motor Show previewing what possibly could be a successor to the Livina. The generously proportioned hatchback has been sanctioned for production at the Sunderland Plant in the UK next year which lost the contract for manufacturing the Micra to the Renault-Nissan joint venture plant in Chennai, India. The new model will be built alongside the Juke [...]

After a series of minor adjustments and tweaking, the Nissan Juke all set for Europe in 2012 assures lower emission levels and better fuel economy. The Japanese automotive giants have said there has been optimization program conducted on the 1.6 litre petrol and the 1.5 litre dCi engines that included revised gear ratios for the models that had manual transmission. What they have arrived at is the [...]

Even if you live in a metro like Delhi, you are familiar with the consequences of the fuel needle dropping below “E” and the engine working as if its towing a truck. With this kind of a situation, you either need to rush to a fuel station with a canister or call the roadside assistance team to provide you some fuel.  Now think of a dead battery on an EV, and you are left with no options, [...]

The Nissan Sentra is a low cost sedan sold in many developed countries including North America. People love it for its affordability, fuel economy, space and comfort. Codenamed L12F, it will sit on Nissan’s less expensive B-Platform and will wear the Bluebird Sylphy name in Southeast Asia and Sentra name in North America. The next generation model is expected to sport the190 hp turbocharged [...]

Nissan’s Micra has seen a slew of body styles including a convertible and sedan. In the European market, the Micra (known in some places as the Nissan March) is considered a city car which doesn’t see a lot of activity in the back seat. Nissan’s 3-door Micra is a great idea then. Launched as a 5-door model with 1.2 and 1.5 liter engines, the new Micra’s platform will see the [...]

For all of those who thought electric vehicles were only meant for inter-city transport and grocery store runs, think again. Nissan will send the Land Glider Concept into production by using the Leaf EV’s platform. The Nissan Leaf EV sports coupe will be available in the United States in the next three to five years according to reports. The Nissan Land Glider concept has four wheels, but it [...]

Nissan Juke is the latest addition to Nissan’s crossover range in Europe. There is nothing subtle about the Nissan Juke, its stands out with its bold, futuristic design and a very purposeful stance. The Juke has been highly anticipated in Europe and now Nissan has registered more than 15,000 bookings for the Juke across Europe. The Juke left Nissan shocked in Japan after it registered 5300 bookings [...]

Spied while testing on Germany’s famed Nurburgring Nordschleiffe track, is this face lifted version of the Nissan  GT-R sportscar. There were two prototypes of the car being tested. One appeared to be the standard version, while the was the Spec-V version. Both the cars on test possessed similar changes to their bodywork such as a new, reshaped upper grille and a new rear diffuser. As can be [...]

The Nissan Tiida which was launched way back in 2004 is due for a replacement and this is what the next generation Tiida/Versa could look like. The Nissan Tiida compact car is one of Nissan’s most important models and the Nissan Leaf Electric Vehicle has been derived out of the Tiida’s platform, the Nissan B-Platform. The Tiida also shares its platform with the hugely successful Nissan [...]

It has been only one week since the Nissan Juke’s launch in the Japanese market and already the Juke has sold much more than what the company’s monthly targets were. Nissan hoped to sell only 1300 units of the Juke compact sports crossover this month, but now it has over 5,296 confirmed bookings for the Juke on the 7th day since its launch itself. The risk Nissan has taken with the Juke’s [...]