Despite severe shortages in the Infiniti inventory, which resulted in a sales dip of 24% for that brand caused by last March’s earthquakes and tsunami in Japan, Nissan’s sales increased by 17% in June, with the sales for Nissan North America Inc. rising to 71,940 units – an 11 percent increase. All totaled, Nissan Division [...]
With all the media attention it’s getting you might thing the Leaf is the only Nissan vehicle for the 2011 model year. That’s untrue, of course – there are a number of others. For this week’s Media Monday, we wanted to share this walk-around (courtesy of YouTube and “The TestDriver”) from the St. Louis Auto [...]
Automotive News is reporting today that French intelligence agencies are looking into a possible Chinese connection into possible industrial espionage with regards to the flagship electric car designs at Renault. Eric Besson, the French Industry Minister, spoke earlier this week of a case that felt much like “economic warfare,” but said that no official inquiry [...]
Automotive News reported today on a new deal between Smart USA and Nissan Motor Co. to produce and sell a five-door gasoline-engine small car in the United States. The “B-segment” car is targeted to go on sale during the fourth quarter of next year. In an interview, Smart USA resident Jill Lajdziak said, “There were [...]
Nissan‘s doing some pretty innovative things lately – check out coverage of their all-electric LEAF as one example, but even in conventionally-powered cars they’re still exploring new options, like putting a turbo engine in the Juke crossover. For this week’s Media Monday, thanks to Nissan and YouTube, see the latest Nissan Juke commercial: