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Well we knew that was happening anyway but just how bad has the drop been in January? Reuters is reporting that Ford’s sales in January are down 42.1 percent. General Motors has reported a drop in January sales of 49 percent, Toyota has dropped 34 percent and Nissan is down around 30 percent. Now let’s […]
The Nissan Motor Company is about to issue recall notices for 204,361 vehicles in the United States. The recall is to check for a fault in the passenger side airbag that could occure in a range of models built between March 12, 2007 and May 27, 2008. Nissan suspects that the number of vehicles that […]
The head of Nissan has announced that the company will be launching an electric car into the US market place by 2010. Nissan and Renault will work together on the required technology and by 2012 will have the vehicle available outside of the United States. Nissan will focus on marketing the vehicle in Asia … […]
If you’re looking for the best second-hand Nissan X-Trail on the market today then check out this 2002 model. This Nissan X-Trail is for sale here in Queensland at the moment and you can see more of it by following the link.
Nissan claims its first hybrid will be on the road within three years. A Japanese business magazine has reported that Nissan will have its first hybrid on the road within three years. The vehicle will be sub-compact that will be powered by lithium-ion batteries that Nissan will develop themselves. Nissan is also planning on releasing […]
Every month several of the car companies here in Australia send out a newsletter and they are always full of interesting information. Nissan is one of those that send out a newsletter but this month it was different. In the past the newsletter has appeared to be produced and distributed in-house but this month the […]
There has been some speculation around for a while now that Nissan might be interested in some form of alliance with General Motors in the US. Unfortunately for GM that possibility is looking less and less likely every passing day. GM has reported a massive drop in sales for June when compared to this time […]
When Nissan released the Tiida I had a feeling I had seen that car somewhere before. It was just one of those niggling little thoughts in the back of my mind made even more annoying because the claim from Nissan was that this was an all new design. Well now I know why I had […]
Now here is a concept car that has been released at for the Melbourne Motor Show that I like, not because it’s a real head-turner or it pushes the boundaries of technology but because it’s a concept car that you or I could build. That’s right, the Nissan Nismo 350Z is a concept car put […]
After 20 years and numerous styling changes the Nissan Pulsar is dead and its replacement is about to hit Nissan showrooms across Australia. To replace the Pulsar Nissan are introducing the Tiida; a totally different car to the Pulsar. The Tiida comes with better equipment levels than the old Pulsar but confirms Nissan’s commitment to […]
While people in Sydney and Melbourne have had a chance to look at the Nissan Tiida while they were on display in various shopping centres the rest of us have had to sit and wait. Come February 1 the wait will be over because that is the date set for the Tiida’s release. Expect some […]
Quite a few people have been coming to the site looking for the specifications for the Nissan Navara. Nissan did have comparison chart available that showed you the Nissan Navara Specifications for each model but it has since been removed. Here is an interesting quote from the latest Nissan eNews The all new turbo diesel […]
Motoring journalists do not have an easy job. You might think that there would better job than driving around in new cars all the time. But it must be so difficult to remain objective about each individual car when you do that all the time. I mean how can you remain objective about a Kia […]
Edit – Update and a link to the first online review of the Nissan Tiida The Nissan Pulsar is about to become yesterday’s car with the release in February of the Nissan Tiida. Shoppers in major shopping centres in Sydney are already getting a preview of the new sedan as preview cars go on display […]
Perhaps I should be the last person to write this piece. I mean I cut my 4WD teeth on a very battered but dependable Mk1 Land Rover. And back in 1987 when I spent several weeks driving a base model Pajero I thought of it as a car for sissies. So maybe I’m not the […]
Nissan has launched it’s all-new Navara D40 dual-cab this week. Built in Spain the new range of vehicles will be sold alongside the existing D22 model and will include a 2WD model in the up-market version. Nissan believes that the new D40 is going to take on the Toyota SR5 Hilux while the older D22 […]