Nissan News

The all-new 2013 Nissan Altima sedan made its debut at the 2012 New York Auto Show. Nissan announced today that production of the sedan will begin today at its Smyrna, Tenn., plant, with job number 1 rolling off the assembly line at 1 p.m. EDT. "The new Altima hits ...    Read more

If you call a mom a soccer mom, she might turn into a hockey mom and go all Mama Grizzly on you. If you think she drives a minivan, well—you'd be wrong, and as a certain Alaskan politician might insinuate, you better watch out for the claws. Or something like ...    Read more

High-tech electric cars with high-capacity, quick-recharging batteries are 10 years away. That's been the story for about 30 years. It's a joke, of course, but only barely. The twin holy grails of electrically powered cars—long-range and quick recharging—always seem to be just out of reach. And it's those two characteristics, naysayers ...    Read more

California wants you to buy an electric car. They'll beg, they'll grovel, they'll argue why a pricey new Chevrolet Volt or Nissan Leaf is better for you, your wallet, and the environment. But in the end, they'll just give you cold, hard cash—up to $2,500 in state rebates, ...    Read more

Nissan is keeping itself busy, quickly expanding its partnership with Daimler, Mercedes-Benz's parent company. Announced this week, the Japanese automaker broke ground on a new plant in Decherd, Tennessee, to build engines for the 2014 Mercedes-Benz C-Class, and likely the next Infiniti G sedan, a car rumored to share the ...    Read more

Not even a week ago, automakers from all over the globe agreed to a new standard for electric vehicle charging, called the Combined Charging System, or CCS. Ford, General Motors, Volkswagen, Audi, BMW, Daimler AG, and Porsche have been lobbying for the use of single-pug system (a.k.a. CCS) ...    Read more

Nissan's plan to provide New York City's "Taxi of Tomorrow" could hit a bump in the road, according to a recent report. City Comptroller John Liu says he won't approve the city's contract with Nissan because the vehicle isn't wheelchair accessible. Liu believes the contract violates the Americans with Disabilities ...    Read more

The world of automotive news isn't quite the same as, say politics. In politics, you usually have a Story of the Week that continues on for most of the week. For example, a politician will say something stupid. Next, you'll have the offended group drum up some (false) umbrage. Then ...    Read more

Electric cars have been around for more than 100 years. But since they didn't receive much of the attention their internal combustion counterparts did, the electric car has had to play a fast game of catch-up. Minds from the best automotive and engineering companies in Germany have therefore partnered with the ...    Read more

Late last year, the world got its first glimpse of the Nissan Juke-R, a concept car version of the Juke with a 485-horsepower, turbocharged 3.8-liter V-6 from a Nissan GT-R shoved into it. The idea of putting the mechanical bits from a world-class sports car into a compact crossover body ...    Read more

Host Jessi Lang of the Motor Trend Channel recently put the Nissan GT-R—and herself—to the test at the famed Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca racetrack up at Monterey, California. Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is famous among racers and car enthusiasts alike, its twisty tracks used by both car and motorcycle racers. This ...    Read more

It was a great month for Honda, Subaru, Toyota and Mazda, which all posted either double-digit growth or the best month ever in the company’s history. Which is kind of like the difference between finding a quarter in your pants pocket on laundry day and winning the Stanley Cup. The ...    Read more

Last year might have been the toughest on record for Japan's three major automakers, Toyota, Nissan, and Honda. A strong yen partnered with the horrific natural disaster that struck Japan in March of 2011 crippled the three aforementioned automakers and all have only recently recovered. Honda was the last of ...    Read more

Just three months ago, hybrids and electric vehicles were on the way out, everybody said. As recently as January came a wave of stories—like this one from the Boston Globe—on why hybrid cars aren't selling, and how manufacturers aren't playing with battery packs anymore. There were way more ...    Read more

The 2012 Nissan Titan is being recalled for a sticker mislabeling that doesn't give accurate information about weight capacities. Yup, the truck is being recalled for one tiny sticker. The recall covers 918 Nissan Titan pickup trucks made between June 10, 2011, and July 22, 2011, equipped with the Sports Appearance ...    Read more

We like how SUVs and crossovers offer height to see ahead, and offering plenty of space for when you need to haul those 3-5 extra people. But, more and more, we hate the way the swill gasoline in the process. But you have to pay at the pumps to play, ...    Read more

Nissan has a terrible history of long waits and vague pictures teasing its new vehicles before they actually go on sale. The same would hold true for the 2013 Nissan Sentra compact sedan if it weren't for a little ...    Read more

In what may be a small boost to automakers, car battery prices fell 14 percent in the first quarter of this year from just a year ago. In electric, plug-in and hybrid vehicles the battery can often account for up to 25 percent of the overall cost of the vehicle. ...    Read more

It's been a little while coming, but it appears Infiniti is finally set to make a serious run at German competitors Mercedes-Benz and BMW. Thanks to an interview with an anonymous source close to the Japanese automaker, the 2014 model year is shaping up as a busy one for Infiniti. ...    Read more

If you've ever wanted to drive a Chinese electric vehicle, now's your big chance! Hertz, one of the world's largest car rental agencies, will soon have a fleet of Chinese-built BYD E6 crossovers, a Ford Edge and Toyota Prius-like offspring that is dull but surprisingly not ugly. Why would Hertz turn ...    Read more

If you like the Nissan Leaf electric car, believe your purchase of one could help save the world, but utterly detest the styling as bland and underwhelming, Nissan might have a solution for you. Mind you, we say "might" with a very large grain of salt. That's because Nissan is planning ...    Read more

Of the many great benefits to being an automotive journalist, driving lots of new cars is the most heralded. Not so high on that list is testing car seats. On the excitement factor, that is. But trying different infant and toddler and booster seats in different cars has enabled my ...    Read more

Gas prices are skyrocketing and Americans are looking for relief. After blaming the government (of course), rational car owners look to drop their SUVs and crossovers for something that offers a bit more mpg, oftentimes shopping for a hybrid. Witness Toyota's difficulty in filling its Prius c orders. So ...    Read more

Nissan's sports car future is at a crossroads, as fuel prices are skyrocketing, emissions laws are tightening, and sports cars are downsizing to stay relevant. That leaves the Japanese automaker a position to reinvent its sports car once again. To what, though, we're still not clear. Nissan's head of design, Shiro Nakamura, ...    Read more

Nissan has a well-established track record of harassing the public with teasers of its cars. Just look at the last month that showed us headlights and tail lights of the 2013 Nissan Altima—one detail per week for ...    Read more