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Nissan

Nissan is one of the world's fastest-growing automakers with a full product line. The company makes nearly every vehicle sold in the U.S. in its American plants. This page publishes the latest news and breaking stories on Nissan, including its iconic Nissan Leaf battery electric car.

By Denis Flierl on May 12, 2016 - 9:10AM
Like most automakers today Nissan is concerned with safety. How will Nissan’s Safety Shield in the Altima, Maxima and Murano protect you?
By Denis Flierl on May 1, 2016 - 7:45AM
Can a Nissan NV Cargo van drift like a Nissan GT-R or 370Z? Pro driver Chris Forsberg gives it a try.
By Denis Flierl on April 28, 2016 - 9:01AM
Watch a Nissan GT-R take on the Lamborghini Gallardo and win. Not just once but three times.
By Denis Flierl on April 27, 2016 - 9:05AM
Nissan breaks the Guinness World Records title for the fastest drift using a 2016 Nissan GT-R. How fast was it?
By Denis Flierl on April 27, 2016 - 7:06AM
If you are looking for the best lease deal on a small SUV, the 2016 Nissan Rogue offers the lowest.
By Aaron Turpen on April 8, 2016 - 12:58PM
The new Murano Hybrid will enter showrooms later this year and has now received official EPA fuel economy ratings. Buyers can expect up to 31 mpg on the highway and 28 mpg in town with the new hybrid crossover.
By Aaron Turpen on April 6, 2016 - 10:24PM
Nissan has announced both March 2016 monthly sales totals and fiscal year 2015 sales figures, both of which are astounding. A total of 2 million vehicles were sold in 2015.
By Aaron Turpen on April 6, 2016 - 10:09PM
Nissan's NISMO racing team is seeing some restructuring after the retirement of its former head, Shiochi Miyatani. A few insights are given by new program director Mike Carcamo.
By Aaron Turpen on March 26, 2016 - 11:29PM
A significant facelift and powertrain upgrade came to New York in the 2017 GT-R, Nissan's halo supercar. So did it's hot new body paint option.
By Aaron Turpen on March 26, 2016 - 11:18PM
Although everyone expected Nissan to unveil the latest Titan gasoline models, no one expected a Titan XD with a gasoline option. But that's what they showed.
By Aaron Turpen on February 20, 2016 - 8:35PM
Nissan released video of an "Intelligent Parking Chair" concept and it's pretty dang awesome.
By Aaron Turpen on February 20, 2016 - 8:26PM
Nisan quietly unveiled specs and information on the new Titan gasoline-powered truck, which will come later this year as a 2017 model. Amid the hubub of the Chicago Auto Show, the Titan's release got sidelined and went largely unnoticed. Here's what you missed.
By Aaron Turpen on February 6, 2016 - 11:07AM
It's not unusual for high-powered executives like Carlos Ghosn to have a driver chauffeur them around town. This time, however, Ghosn was driven to Nissan's new Silicon Valley facility by the car itself.
By Aaron Turpen on February 6, 2016 - 10:54AM
Nissan's Datsun brand is showcasing a new concept vehicle at the Delhi Auto Expo in India. The car is a crossover version of the popular little Datsun Go and is meant to test the waters for a potential production version of the idea in that market.
By Aaron Turpen on January 28, 2016 - 7:00PM
The Nissan Micra Cup 2016 race series will begin in May and run through September, according to the official calendar release this week. The calendar now expands out of Quebec to include Ontario as well. Nissan also announced a new Micra Cup Limited Edition consumer trim for the 2016 model year.
By Aaron Turpen on January 22, 2016 - 12:18PM
The Nissan IDS Concept was shown in Detroit at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) as a showcase of zero-emission, autonomous driving for the near future. There’s a lot of reality in this futuristic car.
By Aaron Turpen on January 14, 2016 - 1:51AM
The all-new Titan XD just launched in December and at the Detroit show, it’s being celebrated with an extreme design study called the Warrior Concept. This extreme XD is aggressively targeting off-road as its focus and it’s friggin awesome.
By Aaron Turpen on January 3, 2016 - 2:08AM
A newly refreshed exterior design and added feature sets for the interior bring the 2016 Nissan Sentra into the new year. Base manufacturer's suggested retail price is $16,780, a small bump up from last year.
By Aaron Turpen on December 25, 2015 - 11:29PM
Nissan has announced official manufacturer suggested retail prices for the 2016 Pathfinder and Murano. Each receives a few upgrades to go with the new model year as well.
By Aaron Turpen on December 24, 2015 - 12:50PM
Nissan and BMW have come together to mutually deploy dual-duty fast chargers in 120 locations nationally as a way of promoting electric vehicles. Nissan, which builds the best-selling EV of all time, the LEAF, and BMW, whose i3 is the second-best seller in recent months, are adding fast chargers in 19 states.
By Aaron Turpen on December 24, 2015 - 12:37PM
For those who were wondering where the new 2016 Titan XD would fall in the pickup truck price spectrum, the wait is over. The Titan XD is surprisingly low cost for a beefy diesel truck, starting at $40,290 MSRP.
By Armen Hareyan on December 21, 2015 - 5:16PM
You may have heard of range anxiety from Nissan Leaf, Tesla Model S and other electric car owners, but now what about charging anxiety?
By Armen Hareyan on December 18, 2015 - 1:02PM
Few days ago I reported on how multi charge setups can speedup and improve electric car charging efficiency. Here is how EV owners responded sharing some useful insights.
By Armen Hareyan on December 17, 2015 - 9:03AM
Here is a case. Electric car is parked at a charging station and fully charged. It has been two hours and the owner has not returned yet. Other EVs are not able to charge. What do you do? Here is, what I think a brilliant and a very simple idea charging stations can implement to improve EV charging efficient and avoid issues like this.
By Armen Hareyan on December 17, 2015 - 8:30AM
EPA estimate shows the cost of electric cars exceeds the social cost of carbon. If we want to reduce emissions by 80 percent by 2050 governments need to almost completely remove carbon from transportation, this means from electric cars like Nissan LEAF, Tesla Model S, Chevy Volt, BMW i3 or Prius Plug In. How do we reconcile this?
By Aaron Turpen on December 15, 2015 - 11:52AM
Nissan has finally released details for the V8-powered gasoline versions of the 2016 Titan and Titan XD pickup trucks. The trucks get an all-new engine and transmission with the same displacement as the outgoing model.
By Armen Hareyan on December 14, 2015 - 3:39PM
A company, named Hybrid Industries, has posted a message on Los Angeles Craigs List offering to install double batteries on any Nissan LEAF increasing range to 160 miles on a single charge. The announcement says they can prove it works. The price is 6,500 dollars and this announcement has promoted an active debate in SF Bay Area Nissan LEAF Owners' group on Facebook.
By Aaron Turpen on December 13, 2015 - 8:41PM
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety released crash test results for several vehicles, including some key Nissan models. Many of those Nissans received Top Safety Pick Plus designations, the IIHS' highest award.
By Armen Hareyan on December 11, 2015 - 11:43AM
If you are an electric car owner, do you charge for free or pay a fee at your employer owned charging station? Here is what Nissan Leaf owners say, sharing their experiences at a public group on Facebook called SF Bay Area Nissan LEAF Owners.
By Armen Hareyan on December 9, 2015 - 9:29AM
Which tires are good for Nissan LEAF in terms of cost efficiency and range. There is an interesting discussion at SF Bay Area Nissan LEAF Owners public group on Facebook where LEAF owners are discussing the pros and cons of Ecopia tires.