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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 Patrick Rall on August 29, 2012 - 1:05PM
Lovers of high performance Japanese performance cars were distraught earlier this year when it was reported that the mighty Nissan GT-R supercar may not continue on past the current generation but a new report indicates that there will be a new version of the Nissan supercar coming in 2018 – after the current GT-R receives a refresh for 2014.
By Nicolas Zart on August 29, 2012 - 9:56AM
While we don’t usually associate Latin America with the launch of exotic alternative energy car, Nissan said it would launch its 2013 Leaf in Puerto Rico.
By Nicolas Zart on August 28, 2012 - 9:51AM
The third year of the first all-electric mass produced Nissan Leaf is set to upgrade a few components and maybe its battery pack. Report hint at a cheaper battery cell.
By Aaron Turpen on August 27, 2012 - 4:19PM
Nissan's Smyrna, Tennessee plant has seen its final Frontier truck model off the line and is now going all-unibody as the automaker moves its North American truck-based vehicle production entirely to its new facility in Canton, Mississippi.
By David Herron on August 26, 2012 - 4:13PM
The Oil Capital of the World, Houston, is launching a car sharing network for municipal employees, in partnership with Zipcar, including 25 Nissan Leafs in in the car sharing fleet.
By Aaron Turpen on August 26, 2012 - 4:46AM
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By Aaron Turpen on August 26, 2012 - 4:38AM
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By Aaron Turpen on August 26, 2012 - 4:12AM
Torque News' own Don Bain and Aaron Turpen attended the Nissan NEXT traveling infocenter when it arrived at the Rocky Mountain Air Show near Denver, Colorado this weekend. Find out where to be NEXT and get hands-on test driving NIssan's newest cars in a no-pressure, fun and informative environment.
By Nicolas Zart on August 24, 2012 - 3:56PM
Politicians are not known to talk the talk and walk the walk at the same time. It might surprise you that only 3 politicians in Washington DC actually have plug-in cars.
By David Herron on August 24, 2012 - 11:07AM
A survey of plug-in electric car owners in California show positive economic and environmental benefits, in the largest electric vehicle market in the U.S.
By Anthony Faccenda on August 23, 2012 - 2:07PM
The Japanese automaker is recalling nearly 8,000 JX35 crossover vehicles due to a fuel gauge defect, which causes the inaccurate fuel readings.
By David Herron on August 23, 2012 - 12:05AM
Enginer, maker of a Plug-in Prius conversion kit, has developed an add-on battery pack for the Nissan Leaf to extend its driving range.
By Patrick Rall on August 20, 2012 - 12:04PM
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched a preliminary investigation into the 2012 Nissan Versa over a concern that the driver’s side airbag may not deploy in the event of an accident due to either a production or design flaw.
By David Herron on August 16, 2012 - 8:23PM
Information about the 2013 Nissan Leaf is beginning to leak out, with longer driving range being the most tantalizing tidbit yet.
By John Goreham on August 16, 2012 - 6:51PM
The Nissan NV line includes some great small vehicles, but sometimes size matters. For the contractor who needs to bring it all, this is the state of the art.
By David Herron on August 11, 2012 - 4:04PM
Could the Osborne Effect (preannounced future products dry up sales of current products) delay adoption of electric cars?
By John Goreham on August 7, 2012 - 2:30PM
Not NYC, but London. How will the modern and sleek Nissan NV200 be accepted by a people who love their old boxy cabs?
By Denis Flierl on August 3, 2012 - 12:52PM
Nissan has announced the launch of the all-new 2013 Pathfinder that has been totally redesigned inside and out with improved fuel mileage.
By Patrick Rall on August 1, 2012 - 3:18PM
The Chevrolet Volt continued its vast dominance of the electric vehicle segment in the US in July 2012 with their second best month of the year in terms of sales volume – with 1,849 units sold equaling nearly five times the number of Nissan Leaf electric vehicles sold in July.
By John Goreham on July 27, 2012 - 7:28PM
Nissan sends its Facebook followers a reason to smile.
By David Herron on July 24, 2012 - 11:49PM
The Nissan Leaf battery pack is supposed to retain 80% capacity after five years, but some Leaf owners in hot areas like Phoenix are reporting nearly that much (sometimes more) capacity loss after one year.
By John Goreham on July 23, 2012 - 2:20PM
Will the new Subaru BRZ, the Toyota FR-S, and a coming new IS form Lexus influence Nissan’s 370Z line?
By David Herron on July 21, 2012 - 10:06PM
If electric cars are our future, the automakers are following different paths to that goal, where most are focusing attention on one or two flagship electric vehicles, Ford is working on an across-the-board electrification strategy which will take several years to play out.
By Don Bain on July 21, 2012 - 5:16PM
The Renault-Nissan Alliance has just announced it intends to pour $160 million into the Busan, Korea plant to address growing demand for the next-generation Nissan Rogue and simultaneously accelerate the growth of Renault Samsung Motors.
By Patrick Rall on July 19, 2012 - 11:00PM
2012 has been one of the hottest years in American history and while that is only a minor concern to most owners of newer vehicles – Nissan Leaf electric vehicle owners in US areas with extremely high temperatures are reporting vastly reduced battery mileage.
By John Goreham on July 18, 2012 - 10:50AM
You and 7 friends can roll like gangstas in the new Nissan Leaf Limo.