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Mar20

Nissan confirms the return of Datsun





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Nissan confirms the return of Datsun

Nissan CEO expects strong growth in Indonesian auto market
- Carlos Ghosn details Indonesian investment and the launch of Datsun -

Production capacity to grow to 250,000 by 2014
33 billion Japanese yen investment
Nissan strongly supports Indonesia's green car program
Return of the Datsun brand

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Mar13

Nissan Backs Ground-Breaking Deltawing Project for Le Mans





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Nissan Backs Ground-Breaking Deltawing Project for Le Mans

The DeltaWing project now has two major corporate backers and, more importantly, an engine. Nissan and Michelin have signed on with the innovative project of designer Ben Bowlby, Dan Gurney's All-American Racers and Don Panoz. Now called the Nissan DeltaWing, the Japanese firm will provide a turbocharged, direct-injected 1.6-liter, four-cylinder with an output of around 300 horsepower. Known as DIG-T, the powerplant shares the same roots as the engine in the Nissan Juke

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Jan11

Nissan Juke R Worlds Quickest Crossover SUV “Video”





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Nissan Juke R Worlds Quickest Crossover SUV


Nissan has doe it again Making the fastest SUV aka Crossover, taking all the technology from its Nissan GT-R and putting it in a smaller package

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Jan10

Nissan agrees to make engines for Mercedes in US





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Nissan agrees to make engines for Mercedes in US

Nissan and Daimler to produce engines together in North America In the latest step forward in the collaboration of the Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler, Nissan's Decherd, Tenn., plant will build Mercedes-Benz 4-cylinder engines for Infiniti and Mercedes-Benz starting in 2014. Nissan and Daimler will produce Mercedes-Benz 4-cylinder gasoline engines together at Nissan's powertrain assembly plant in Decherd, Tenn. Production will begin in 2014, with installed capacity of 250,000...

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Aug09

Nissan first to place QR codes on window stickers





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Nissan first to place QR codes on window stickers

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) recently unveiled new window stickers that are going to be present on all vehicles starting in 2013. All future window stickers will feature a Quick Response (QR) code, which can be read by the smartphone of a prospective car buyer

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May12

Toyota, Nissan aggressively resume incentive programs





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Toyota, Nissan aggressively resume incentive programs

The new round of incentives also follows preliminary results, shared with Automotive News today, showing that sales at Toyota and Honda dropped sharply in early May. Sales also were weaker at Nissan during the first 10 days of the month.

At the beginning of May, Toyota's budget for incentives was barren because the automaker assumed damage from the March earthquake in Japan would continue to ravage its supply line and inventories.

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Apr25

RECALL: Nissan recalls 271,000 Pathfinder and Infiniti QX4 SUVs





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RECALL: Nissan recalls 271,000 Pathfinder and Infiniti QX4 SUVs

Nissan Motor Co. recalled nearly 271,000 older-model Pathfinder and Infiniti QX4 SUVs in North America due to the chance that road salt and water could collect to cause a loss of steering, U.S. safety regulators said.

Affected in the United States and Canada are about 225,650 Pathfinders from model years 1996 to 2004 and about 45,330 Infiniti QX4 SUVs from model years 1997 to 2003.

The recall affects Pathfinders and QX4s in Canada and 20 cold-weather U.S. states where road salt...

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Apr13

Japanese automakers have lost half a million units since quake





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Japanese automakers have lost half a million units since quake

Japanese automakers have seen their production drop by over 500,000 units since the March 11 earthquake struck the island nation. In the month since the disaster, the country's seven largest automakers lost around 516,000 units of production due to damage to production facilities and supplier delays. Toyota has been the hardest hit, with a loss of 260,000 units as of April 8. The automaker has a total of 18 domestic manufacturing facilities, and while two of those are back online...

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Mar21

Buying frenzy on Japanese made Automobiles, Toyota Prius & Honda Fit





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Buying frenzy on Japanese made Automobiles, Toyota Prius & Honda Fit

Americans have begun snapping up Toyota Prius, Honda Fit and other fuel-efficient models made only in Japan almost the way shoppers denude bread and milk shelves in a supermarket when a storm is predicted.

The intensity first spurred by rising gas prices has been amplified by predicted shortages of many models as the Japanese auto industry remains disrupted by the March 11 earthquake and its aftermath.


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Mar04

Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet?





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Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet?

Slim and svelte, it's not. Even though it has drawn decidedly mixed reactions on the street, Nissan executives say the CrossCab can grow on people after the initial shock wears off. "The more they saw it, the more they liked it," said Larry Dominique, vice president of product planning, as it was being shown outside the auto shows for the first time here recently. Nissan has already proved how unafraid it can be of polarizing designs when it comes to small crossovers. The Nissan Cube...

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