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Nissan plans potentially polarizing changes to top-selling Qashqai

May 14, 2013 06:01 CET
Nissan promises an innovative new look for the next Qashqai – the automaker's top-selling model in Europe – when the replacement debuts early next year.... Read More »

 

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Infiniti aims 1-series rival at 'Pascale'

12:01 am U.S. ET | April 3, 2013
Infiniti knows who will be buying its BMW 1-series rival. “The target customer is a French lady called Pascale. She's 34 years old, living in London with an English guy who works in banking,” Nissan global product planning boss Andy Palmer told Automotive News Europe.... Read More »

 

Honda's Europe problems extend beyond market slump, analysts say

Feb. 11, 2013 06:01 CET
Honda is cutting jobs in the booming UK auto market because it says there are no signs that Europe's car sales slump will end soon. Analysts believe Honda's problems go beyond the slump, especially since rival Nissan continues to add workers and production at its UK factory.... Read More »

 

China's SAIC names new European design center boss

Sept. 20, 2012 10:24 CET
China's Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) has appointed former Nissan designer Martin Uhlarik as head of its European design center. SAIC is investing $2.42 million to double the size of the studio in Longbridge, central England.... Read More »

 

European car sales fall 8 percent in July

Aug. 31, 2012 06:01 CET
European vehicle sales continued to fall last month as buyers stayed out of showrooms during the region's economic crisis. The Peugeot 208 joined the list of Europe's best-selling cars at No. 5.... Read More »

 

Nissan Q2 profit down 19.7% on strong yen

July 26, 2012 10:16 CET
Nissan posted a 19.7 percent drop in quarterly operating profit on Thursday as the effect of a strong yen outweighed solid global vehicle sales. Japan's biggest automaker after Toyota posted an operating profit of 120.7 billion yen (1.2 billion euros) for the April-June period. Net profit was 72.3 billion yen, down 15 percent from 85 billion yen in the same period a year earlier.... Read More »