Archive for the ‘Nissan’ Category

2013 Nissan Altima Rear-end Revealed In New Teaser

Thursday, March 15, 2012 15:50 by No Comments
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The teasing campaign for 2013 Nissan Altima continues with the third video. The new teaser gives us a glimpse at the car’s backside, the curvatious boot and the taillight. Put this beside the previous teaser and you start to get a clue on what the new Altima looks like. You will also be more convinced [...]

Posted under category: Nissan, Videos Tags: New York Auto Show, Nissan, Nissan Altima, Videos

Nissan Juke-R Takes On Nissan GTR

Thursday, March 15, 2012 7:36 by No Comments
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Nissan Juke-R, as you know, owes all its existence to the Nissan GTR. The car is powered by the GTR’s V6 biturbo V6 engine and also benefits from most of its underpinnings. The Juke-R is pretty fast. But is it faster than the GTR? Obviously not. It’s heavier and less powerful and nowhere near as [...]

Posted under category: Nissan, Videos Tags: Nissan, Nissan Gtr, Nissan Juke-R, Videos

DeltaWing Le Mans Racer Gets Nissan Engine

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 13:19 by 1 Comment
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The most interesting race car ever to take part in Le Mans 24 Hours, the DeltaWing racer, has found an engine. It’s a race-prepared 1.6-litre four-cylinder engine, featuring direct petrol injection and a turbocharger for maximum fuel efficiency. The engine is as radical as the car itself, which is now officially called the Nissan DeltaWing. [...]

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Matt Farah Drives Switzer Nissan GTR E900

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 8:43 by No Comments
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In this new episode of Drive channel’s TUNED show, Matt Farah tries out one of the finest tuned Nissan GTRs around, the E85 powered Switzer E900 GTR. This award-winning tuned car is just like any old GTR to look at, but to drive, it so isn’t. The 2009 GTR delivers roughly 840-hp at the wheels. [...]

Posted under category: Nissan, Tuning, Videos Tags: Nissan Gtr, Switzer, Videos

2013 Nissan Altima Second Teaser Released

Friday, March 9, 2012 9:51 by No Comments
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Now this is what we call proper teasers! The second teaser for the new Nissan Altima shows us more of the car, plenty more in fact. It reveals the front-end design with the new headlight and the grille. The teaser also confirms the new Altima will look familiar to those who have seen the Maxima [...]

Posted under category: Nissan, Videos Tags: New York Auto Show, Nissan, Nissan Altima, Videos

Geneva 2012: Nissan Invitation

Wednesday, March 7, 2012 9:35 by No Comments
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The Nissan Invitation might not be the most fascinating concept car of the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, it’s a hatchback after all, but it is for sure one of the most important. What you see here is not just a designer’s flight of fancy. They are actually going to make it, in the UK at [...]

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Geneva 2012: Nissan Hi-Cross Concept

Tuesday, March 6, 2012 10:17 by No Comments
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Nissan Hi-Cross is the most important concept car for the Japanese car maker at this year’s Geneva Motor Show. Read More… That is because it previews not only the new X-trail, but also the new trends Nissan will be applying in all its future crossover vehicles. It matters because because Nissan has a long line [...]

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Geneva 2012: Nissan Juke Nismo

Tuesday, March 6, 2012 10:04 by No Comments
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So we are not getting the Juke-R, but this Nissan Juke Nismo will be able to provide half of the fun. Read More… The car is on display at the Geneva show as a concept, but it will be built at Nissan Motor Manufacturing UK in Sunderland alongside other members of the Juke family with [...]

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2013 Nissan Altima Teased For New York Debut

Friday, March 2, 2012 10:51 by No Comments
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Nissan officially announced they will be unveiling a new version of the Altima at the next New York Auto Show. Read More… Describing the car’s design features, Nissan says it “has a low, wide stance and sculpted profile that makes for quite a dynamic appearance.“ A couple of days ago a video leaked out showing [...]

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800-hp Nissan GTR at Jay Leno’s Garage

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 13:49 by No Comments
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Forget that stupid gold-plated Nissan GTR. This is the kind of GTR you really want. Read More… It’s a 2010 Nissan GTR tuned by SP Engineering from the standard 480-hp to massive 800-hp. If you think about it, you can now buy a 2010 GTR for not much money, have it tuned like this for [...]

Posted under category: Nissan, Videos Tags: Jay Leno, Nissan, Nissan Gtr, SP Engineering, Videos

$260K Nissan GTR VVIP For The Middle East

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:57 by 1 Comment
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It’s actually $266,000, to be precise. The reason this VVIP GTR cost that much is because it comes with a considerable amount of 24-karat gold. Read More… You guessed right, the car is made for the Middle East. Its main features include gold-plated side panels, front grille, and some VVIP badges to show off the [...]

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Nissan Hi-Cross Concept Teased For Geneva Debut

Monday, February 27, 2012 13:59 by No Comments
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Nissan released a teaser shot of its new Hi-Cross concept car, which will preview a new X-Trail crossover at the Geneva Motor Show. Read More… This new car is set to expand Nissan dominance in the crossover market. They already have the Qashqai, which is widely successful in Europe, and the Murano. The teasers don’t [...]

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Nissan Announced Russian Almera

Monday, February 27, 2012 13:21 by No Comments
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Nissan will mark its entry into the Russian mainstream market by making the new Almera locally at the Togliatti plant. Read More… The Almera is developed jointly by Nissan’s offices in Japan, UK and Russia, and is said to be the one of the most spacious sedans in the segment. The ‘mainstream segment’ is another [...]

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Chris Harris Drives: Nissan GTR and BMW M5

Thursday, February 16, 2012 7:30 by No Comments
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This new Chris Harris review for Drive channel is the stuff  for the most hard-core petrolheads: BMW M5 F10 vs Nissan GTR R35. Read More… Admittedly, these cars are not direct rivals. One is a sports coupe and the other a family saloon that just happens to have a nuclear bomb instead of an engine. [...]

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Nissan Announced Project 370Z Facebook Campaign

Friday, February 10, 2012 13:02 by No Comments
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If you wondering why the new 2013 Nissan 370Z is pretty much the same car ad last year, that could be because Nissan do not know what to with it. Here they’re asking Facebook fans to weigh in and give them ideas. Read More… It’s not for a new 370Z, mind you. It’s the Project [...]

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