Nissan News

Nissan announced a recall this morning for 36,608 2012 Versa sub-compacts with an automatic transmission for "theft prevention" reasons. According to the recall, "due to interference between the shifter rod and the shift knob, the vehicles may be shifted out of the park position without depressing the brake pedal." As a ...    Read more

We're really reticent to follow Nissan's lead and call the Pathfinder you see before you a "concept." After speaking with Nissan officials yesterday at the Chicago Auto Show, we're confident that with a few minor changes, the Nissan Pathfinder will make it to ...    Read more

Why should one kid get all the fun? Infiniti wants its own version of Nissan's fearsome GT-R, but it's not known whether Nissan wants to play nice and share. Infiniti wants its own GT-R simply because the platform is "too good to pass up," to paraphrase Francois Bancon, head of advanced ...    Read more

As with any car that's been around for 50 years, the Nissan Z is nothing without its legions of enthusiasts. And in a move that's slowly becoming less rare in the industry, Nissan is letting 370Z fans get involved with its development. Well, sort of. Keep your 370Z concept drawings tucked ...    Read more

Usually when a vehicle reaches its third year in production, you can expect a refresh to be right around the corner. The 2013 Nissan 370Z is no different and the Japanese auto maker is looking to capitalize on an unusually quiet Chicago Auto Show this week. Nissan has decided to ...    Read more

In the classic 1993 comedy “Groundhog Day,” Bill Murray’s character is forced to live one day—the titular Groundhog Day—over and over again. After much soul searching, Murray's character eventually learns not to be a pompous jerk, gets the girl, and even falls in love with the town of Punxsutawney. But ...    Read more

Pass around the "It's-a-Boy!" cigars: The world-conquering Godzilla (also known as the Nissan GT-R, or simply, The GT-R) will soon have a baby brother. Or cousin. We're not entirely sure how the relation works out. What's important, though, is that the Nissan performance family is expanding with the launch ...    Read more

Ignore all the froufrou about the Acura NSX, pictured above, and the sleek, unpronounceable Lexus concept that were hyped up at the last auto show. Some significant Japanese cars came out this month, and their sales figures reflect the shininess: the Toyota Camry, Honda CR-V, and Subaru Impreza ...    Read more

Michigan-based Hagerty Insurance specializes in providing classic car coverage, but the company also does something we especially like— every year it releases a "hot list" of new models that it believe will be future classics. Hagerty asks its team of "valuation experts" to pick ten cars among the countless that ...    Read more

Paul Veroude is a Dutch artist who sculpts explosions. Not the kind that go boom. That would be bad. Instead, Veroude fabricates displays of intricately assembled things, like cars, deconstructing them piece by piece until the product, whether disassembled neatly on the floor, or majestically hanging from a ceiling, resembles ...    Read more

Because the yen isn't being kind to Japanese automakers doing business in North America, they've begun migrating from the Land of the Rising Sun to the Land of Spring Break the world over. Nissan, with its swell on, is no exception. Announced today, Japan's third-largest automaker will be moving west and ...    Read more

Harsh winters take a toll on cars, and electric and plug-in vehicles are no exception. As EVs and plug-in vehicles become more common, automakers are being tasked with creating cars that can function in and withstand varying environments. Cold temperatures are one of the toughest, because the chill can affect battery ...    Read more

The winter represents different things to different people. Many people pack up and head to warmer climates at the first sign of snow. Others wait for it to pile up so a weekend at a favorable ski resort can happen. If you fall into the latter category of those who ...    Read more

Hybrids aren’t as environmentally friendly as you may think. Take a Toyota Prius, for instance. The car is manufactured in Japan and shipped to the U.S. That takes a lot of fuel. But there’s more to it than that. The rare earth metals used in manufacturing the electric motor—neodymium and dysprosium—are ...    Read more

Finally, two wealthy morons reveal the formula for all-wheel drive supercar fail: Money + Snow + Steep Hill! In what's shocking to literally no one who has ever driven a car uphill, we now have videographic evidence to support what we've known all along--that ice and gravity cannot be defeated by ...    Read more

A wise man once said "if you ain't first, you're last." Apparently Daimler is taking that advice to heart as it plans to double its output of Mercedes-Benz vehicles by 2020. The added effort has been spurred by fellow German automaker BMW regularly finishing ahead of Mercedes-Benz, with the exception ...    Read more

No one ever said going fast was cheap. But if you remember back to 2008 when the Nissan GT-R was more than $20,000 cheaper than its 2013 base price of $97,820, including $1000 for destination and handling, you might wonder what’s changed in the last five years to warrant such ...    Read more

It dawns on you when you work at a rental car agency that some customers aren’t nearly as sharp as you hope they’d be. When you have customers coming back to the office five minutes before closing up shop for the day for a guided tour of opening a gas ...    Read more

As more auto makers begin importing diesel variations of models already stateside, some buyers have begun questioning the importance of electric vehicles. But don't count IBM among those who disregard electric vehicles. In fact, the tech giant is in the process of developing a lithium-air battery capable of achieving 500 ...    Read more

Ford, being the only company that didn’t get the much-publicized bailout back in 2008, had the envious position of bragging about its financial stability to its Detroit rivals. But this time it’s Ford, not GM or Chrysler, that has been receiving loans from the US government in order to upgrade ...    Read more

Like kiwis in the 1980s, and the sun-dried tomatoes of the 90s, every decade seems to be stamped with an indelible food trend (we won't even mention tuna tartar or food trucks). This holds true in the automotive world too; like the big box SUVs of the early and mid ...    Read more

Conventional wisdom held that 2011 would be the year of the compact car. Instead, it was a year of disaster, frustration, and not atypically—hope. But everyone already knows 2011's great story: tsunami, earthquake, floods, and burying the past. It's that last part, plus summer's annual focus on the next production ...    Read more

Like oatmeal, homemade holiday cookies, and your Grandma Eunice, midsize sedans are a familiar sight in tough times. They’re not flashy (no matter how hard Hyundai tries), but they’re good for you. They’ve been around since forever, much like Eunice. And also like her, no matter how hard she tries ...    Read more

It appears the Far East may not be responsible for everything the United States imports anymore. In fact what was once one of Japan's major exports is being assembled right in our own backyard. A report by the Detroit Bureau reveals that almost seven out of 10 Japanese vehicles sold ...    Read more

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. But it was really only that bad if you happen to be selling a truck-based SUV. Although some companies had growth in demand for the off-roaders, the available selection for such vehicles is dwindling, and it will be ...    Read more