Posts Tagged ‘Nissan’
Autocar Reviews Nissan Juke-R
Monday, March 26, 2012 18:25 by Arman Barari No Comments
The next review of Nissan’s magical Juke-R concept comes from the guys at Autocar magazine. They get behind the wheel to see what this marriage between a run of the mill crossover and a world class sports car is holding up. The Juke-R is a stupid thing. It even looks like it, just look at [...]
Nissan GTR “The HULK” Sets 218mph Top Speed Record
Friday, March 23, 2012 9:44 by Arman Barari No Comments
Nissan GTR is a very, very talented sports car. Its acceleration and handling are better than the best of what the super car world can offer at the moment. One thing the GTR is not famous for is top speed. It easily gets past the magical 300 km/h mark, but these days 300 is walking [...]
2013 Nissan Altima Teaser No. 4 – Side Profile
Thursday, March 22, 2012 18:38 by Arman Barari No Comments
Nissan continues its academic teaser campaign for the new Altima by releasing the fourth video giving us a glimpse of the car’s side profile. Put this beside the previous teasers which showed top view, front and rear-end designs, and you get a picture of the car in your head. Actually, don’t bother. In a few [...]
Nissan Deltawing in Action at Sebring
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 12:27 by Arman Barari No Comments
Deltawing Le Mans race car, which is now powered by Nissan engine, completes its first shakedown at Sebring race track in America without crashing or taking off. There has been doubts about the Deltawing’s cornering capability, but it seems fine. It doesn’t cause Audi R18 any trouble, but for an experimental project, it’s actually very [...]
Nissan Revives Datsun Brand For Emerging Markets
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 14:28 by Arman Barari No Comments
Speaking about Nissan’s commitment to strengthen its production base and sales presence in Indonesia, Nissan president Carlso Ghosn announced his decision to bring back the Datsun brand. Datsun will be the exact opposite of Infinity. While Infinity is the luxury brand for the high-end markets, Datsun will be the economy brand forthe growing markets, starting ales [...]
Nissan Juke “Built To Thrill” Commercial
Friday, March 16, 2012 8:18 by Arman Barari No Comments
Nissan has come up with fantastically complicated, and presumably expensive, new commercial for the Juke. Called ‘Built To Thrill’, the ad begins with a Ryan Reynolds lookalike jumping off an plane and into the Juke’s bodyshell, as a group of parachutists start assembling the car mid-air. They continue to build it on the move when [...]
2013 Nissan Altima Rear-end Revealed In New Teaser
Thursday, March 15, 2012 15:50 by Arman Barari No Comments
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 [...]
Nissan Juke-R Takes On Nissan GTR
Thursday, March 15, 2012 7:36 by Arman Barari No Comments
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 [...]
DeltaWing Le Mans Racer Gets Nissan Engine
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 13:19 by Arman Barari 1 Comment
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. [...]
2013 Nissan Altima Second Teaser Released
Friday, March 9, 2012 9:51 by Arman Barari No Comments
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 [...]
Geneva 2012: Nissan Invitation
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 9:35 by Arman Barari No Comments
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 [...]
Geneva 2012: Nissan Hi-Cross Concept
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 10:17 by Arman Barari No Comments
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 [...]
Geneva 2012: Nissan Juke Nismo
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 10:04 by Arman Barari No Comments
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 [...]
2013 Nissan Altima Teased For New York Debut
Friday, March 2, 2012 10:51 by Arman Barari No Comments
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 [...]
800-hp Nissan GTR at Jay Leno’s Garage
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 13:49 by Arman Barari No Comments
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 [...]



