Nissan is getting a lot of mileage out of its decision to move production of the 2013 Leaf to the U.S. from Japan — not just in terms of fuel economy improvements but in sales figures as well. The EPA has given the electric vehicle’s 2013 version a 16-mpg bump in its mileage ratings thanks [...]

z The Austin 400 last weekend at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas—which featured rounds 13, 14, 15, and 16 of the Australian V8 Supercar series—was an eventful occasion for Nissan: Not only was the Japanese manufacturer part of the championship’s first visit to North America, but its Altima sedans had their best [...]

There was a time when the relationship between Detroit and Japanese automakers could be summed up by photos of Big Three workers smashing a Honda or a Toyota with a sledgehammer. That’s not really the case these days. The latest example of Japanese-American cooperation comes via Nissan and Chevrolet. Come the fall of next year, [...]

You’d be forgiven for thinking that the standard 2014 Nissan GT-R can handle its own on a race track just fine, and yet the Japanese manufacturer disagrees with you with the optional Track Pack, which slightly alters the car, making it a tiny bit more track-focused. Tested by MotorTrend, there are absolutely no surprises, from [...]

Long-Term Road Test Intro arrow Months in Fleet: 5 monthsCurrent Mileage: 17,075 milesAverage Fuel Economy: 20 mpgRange: 390 milesService: $ 63Normal Wear: $ 0Repair: $ 0Damage and Destruction: $ 1066 TESTED The Nissan Pathfinder isn’t what it once was. Like the Ford Explorer, this one-time hardbody truck has morphed into a mom-bomb crossover. Towing capacity [...]

While electric car sales for Nissan (and Renault) have not been going according to the original plan, not even by a long shot so far, the Japanese automaker’s most popular offering in the sector, the Leaf, has just crossed the 25,000 sales milestone for the US market. This has been aided by steadily rising numbers [...]

Chris Harris always seems to like comparative tests better than single-car reviews, simply because there is more to talk about, analyze and/or examine. Each of the chosen cars is driven in turn, and at the end, conclusions are drawn. This time, he has chosen an Audi R8 V10 Plus, a Porsche 997 Turbo S and [...]

We have returned to New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the third annual Loudon Annoying 24 Hours of LeMons, where legions of BMW E30 3-series and E28 5-series race cars provide a sort of bland backdrop for the more brain-hurtingly weird hardware. Let’s see what we’ve got lined up for this weekend of wheel-to-wheel action. Three [...]

Cynicism is easy to come by these days, but it’s easy to understand why. A world such as this, where maximizing mainstream appeal is the order of the day and even the man in charge of developing Porsche’s GT3 preaches the superiority of automated transmissions, is fertile ground for breeding negativity. That’s what makes the [...]

Trying to climb over a ditch with an SUV and cross a road on which a rally is being staged and racecars are flying through at high speeds, isn’t a wise idea in itself. Doing so only to end up falling into the ditch across the other side of the road is worthy of at [...]

The first gold Nissan GT-R sold for $ 193,000 during an online auction held from November 22 to December 4, 2012 with the proceeds benefiting Usain Bolt’s charity to help create educational and cultural opportunities for children in Jamaica. In return, the Japanese automaker has handed over the keys to a 2014 Nissan GT-R for [...]

Nissan’s ever-incrementally improving GT-R once again gained a few updates for 2014, as well as a hot new track-ready Track Edition. Of course, with each year and each update, the GT-R sees a price increase, and this year is no different. Nissan has released prices for the 2014 GT-R, GT-R Black Edition, and new GT-R [...]

Nissan is hoping to bolster sales by cutting prices on seven out of the 18 vehicles in its lineup. Starting May 3, prices on model-year 2013 Altima, Sentra, Juke, Murano, Rogue, Maxima and Armada vehicles will decrease by 2.7% to 10.7%, depending on the car. The sticker reductions vary by model and, in some [...]

Nissan has named its price for the U.S. market 2014 GT-R Track Edition, which it says, “is designed to take the legendary street supercar even closer to a pure motorsports competition machine”. Production for the US market is limited to just 150 units – imagine the sheer level of smugness one exudes when saying he [...]

Nissan is recalling 123,308 model-year 2013 Altima sedans due to a problem with the inflation of spare tires, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Affected vehicles were manufactured between March 21, 2012, and March 26, 2013. The vehicles’ spare tires may have been significantly over- or underinflated; this could cause failure without warning, [...]