Archive for Category: "Nissan"
4-Million Nissan Altimas Have Crossed Dealer Lots
Nissan has a lot to be happy this holiday season. Not only are the brands sales up about 10-percent over last year, Nissan has sent word that the 4-millionth Altima has just been sold. The Altima has been running around the US since 1992, but with the new generation 2013 Altima, they are selling quicker [...]
Nissan Makes One-Off Batman Juke
The Dark Knight Rises was the latest in movie in the Batman franchise a huge box-office hit. The movie is set to be released on DVD and Blu-Ray, and Nissan has decided to celebrate by building a car. The Dark Knight Rises Juke is based on a Juke Nismo and comes packed with all sorts [...]
Nissan Reveals Updates To GT-R
When we drove the newest GT-R. the 2013 Black Edition, we noted how every year brings new updates to the supercar and Nissan is relentless in it’s improvements. Now we have word what the JDM model 2013 GT-R, which will hit the US market as a 2014 model, will bring to the table. Lets start [...]
Nissan To Enter Australian Supercar Series With V8 Altima
In 1993 Nissan was a dominating force in the Australian Supercar racing series with its AWD monster, the GT-R. Nissan left the series after their winning streak thanks to regulation changes and thus began the decades long Holden vs Ford racing series. Now after 20 years of absence, Nissan is reentering the series with a V8 powered Nissan Altima. The car [...]
Nissan Shows Its Extrem Side In Brazil
Nissan is revealing a new concept car in Brazil this weekend, and it is a stark departure from many of its other products. The concept is called the Extrem and is a “high-character” concept with a bold design. Nissan says the car is a, ”radical concept car aimed squarely at young (and young-at-heart) car enthusiasts keen to make [...]
Bulgarian Tuner Vilner Shows Japan Some Love With Custom GT-R
The Nissan GT-R is an impressive machine, but that doesn’t mean that some people think it is beyond improvement. One enterprising GT-R owner has decided that he would like his Godzilla filled with a bit more dragon, and turned to tuning house Vilner to make it happen. The Bulgarian company specializes in making some fairly outrageous modifications and this one is [...]
Nissan Finishes Petit Le Mans in the Top Five
The Nissan DeltaWing had one goal entering its North American debut at Petit Le Mans – score a race finish. The team not only completed the 1000 mile journey at Road Atlanta today, but American Gunnar Jeannette and Spaniard Lucas Ordoñez demonstrated stunning pace throughout the race to finish fifth in the endurance classic. Running [...]
Nissan Juke R Delivery Ready
The Nissan Juke-R is the kind of toy we can only dream about. Taking the powertrain from the epic GT-R and cramming in under the fenders of quirky Juke is utter magic. Word about this little franken-hatch has been sparse since Nissan announced they would produce a limited run, but now we have new to report! The very first production Juke-R [...]
Nissan Goes Gold With Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt is the world’s fastest man and a multi-time gold medal champion. The Nissan GT-R is well regarded as one of the fastest cars in the world, and now the two have teamed. Nissan has started by naming Bolt their “Director of Excitement” and are going to be auctioning off a gold GT-R. This one-off supercar has [...]
Nissan Creates Pedal Misapplication Prevention System
Pedal misapplication has been on the tongue of many people these last few years, with unintended acceleration cases and multiple wrecks being linked to this. Nissan is now doing its part to prevent such mishaps and has created an “Emergency assist for pedal misapplication (with Carpark Detection Function).” The system is designed using the multiple camera and [...]


