Nissan Brand

Nissan will recall 841,000 vehicles globally due to steering wheel glitch

May 23, 2013 09:44 CET
Nissan will recall about 841,000 vehicles worldwide, including UK-built Micra subcompacts, as a result of a steering wheel glitch that could result in a loss of steering. The automaker said no accidents have been reported.... Read More »

 

CARS & CONCEPTS

U.S. tweaks boost Leaf's mpg score

12:01 am U.S. ET | May 20, 2013
U.S. production of Nissan's Leaf electric vehicle has resulted in improved EPA fuel economy numbers for the car. The production move from Japan to Nissan's plant in Smyrna, Tenn., this year gave the automaker a chance to make a small number of midcycle engineering changes.... Read More »

 

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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 »

 

Renault-Nissan unlikely to hit 2016 EV target

May 13, 2013 06:01 CET
Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault and Nissan, said the companies are unlikely to reach their goal of selling a combined 1.5 million electric vehicles by 2016. Nissan has sold just 62,000 Leafs since the EV's debut in late 2010, he said.... Read More »

 

Nissan-Renault unlikely to hit 2016 EV target

12:01 am U.S. ET | May 13, 2013
Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Nissan and Renault, said the companies are unlikely to reach their goal of selling a combined 1.5 million electric vehicles by 2016. Nissan has sold just 62,000 Leafs since the EV's debut in late 2010, he said.... Read More »

 

Nismo marketing pitch: A day at the racetrack

12:01 am U.S. ET | May 13, 2013
Nissan Motor Co. thinks a spin around a racetrack will attract shoppers better than traditional advertising to its new Nismo performance models.... Read More »

 

Ghosn's demand: Double Nissan's U.S. sales

12:01 am U.S. ET | May 12, 2013
Meager U.S. growth was Carlos Ghosn's biggest disappointment last year, and Nissan's CEO has responded by giving his team a big order: Double the brand's sales by 2017.... Read More »

 

2nd lives for EV batteries could cut prices

12:01 am U.S. ET | May 6, 2013
Lithium ion battery packs that power some electrified vehicles could end up feeding juice into the electrical grid -- a development that could cut EV ownership costs.... Read More »

 

Mid-sized sedans, hot in 2012, cool off

5:11 pm U.S. ET | May 1, 2013
For the third straight month, a different car has topped the giant mid-sized sedan market, a segment that has significantly slowed this year as competition intensifies. Sales declined in April for seven of the 10 top mid-sized cars. Overall, mid-sized car sales fell 1 percent in the month and are up just 2 percent so far this year.... Read More »

 

Nissan cuts prices on 7 key models to score in Web searches

10:48 am U.S. ET | May 1, 2013
Jockeying for better position in Internet shopping sites, Nissan will cut the manufacturer's suggested retail prices on seven key models, effective Friday. The price adjustments affect vehicles that represent two-thirds of the brand's sales volume in the United States.... Read More »

 

Nissan brand sales rise 25% amid shift to retail

3:38 pm U.S. ET | May 1, 2013
Redesigned core models gave Nissan a boost in U.S. sales in April, pushing the brand 25 percent ahead of April 2012. Nissan Division posted sales of 80,003 for the month, pumped by its restyled Altima, Sentra and Pathfinder.... Read More »

 

Nissan pushes chargers to boost sales of Leaf EV

12:01 am U.S. ET | April 29, 2013
To attract a bigger audience to electric cars, Nissan officials say they must get more public EV chargers in place -- particularly the more powerful and expensive fast-charging stations. Nissan has assigned a five-person "infrastructure" team to spur charger-station installations.... Read More »

 

Nissan recalls 123,308 Altimas for spare tire issue

9:36 am U.S. ET | April 29, 2013
Nissan is recalling 123,308 Altima sedans in the United States to adjust the inflation of the spare tires, which could be over- or under-inflated.... Read More »

 

Automakers pitch green cars for saving money, not the planet

8:23 am U.S. ET | April 28, 2013
Nissan is joining General Motors and Tesla Motors, the largest sellers of rechargeable autos in North America, in promoting the money-saving benefits of battery-powered cars over saving the planet.... Read More »

 

Renault will build next Nissan Micra in France

April 26, 2013 11:48 CET
Renault said it will build the next Nissan Micra at its plant in Flins, near Paris. Production will begin in 2016 at an estimated annual volume of 82,000 vehicles.... Read More »

 

Nissan to pitch cost savings of Leaf EV in new ad push

11:34 am U.S. ET | April 24, 2013
Nissan is readying a new U.S. ad campaign for its battery-powered Leaf hatchbacks that puts more emphasis on saving money than on saving the planet.... Read More »

 

Nissan refocuses on Canton

12:01 am U.S. ET | April 22, 2013
Nissan North America is eager to put a season of manufacturing glitches behind it as it prepares to turn its Canton, Miss., factory into a global export base for the next-generation Nissan Murano.... Read More »

 

Mid-sized crown up for grabs

12:01 am U.S. ET | April 8, 2013
The Nissan Altima and Ford Fusion have entered the thick of the mid-sized sedan sales chase -- long a battle mainly between the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord -- leaving the rest of the pack a few laps behind.... Read More »

 

How the Altima topped the Camry

12:01 am U.S. ET | April 8, 2013
"You knew this day was coming," boasted Nissan brand's U.S. sales boss Al Castignetti after hearing the news that his Altima had eclipsed the Toyota Camry to become the best-selling car in America in March. "You just didn't know when it would happen."... Read More »

 

Nissan weighs diesels for U.S. -- again

12:01 am U.S. ET | April 8, 2013
Five years ago, Nissan Motor Co. liked the idea of introducing a clean diesel engine into its U.S. powertrain lineup -- but canceled its plan to do so. Now it likes the idea again.... Read More »

 

Japan automakers' China sales continue to struggle

3:38 pm U.S. ET | April 3, 2013
Japanese car makers' sales in China in the first three months of the year have yet to recover fully from last year's slump, and foreign rivals are capitalizing in a market which expects 7 percent growth in 2013.... Read More »

 

NICK GIBBS

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 »

 

U.S. sales climb again, reach volume last seen in '07

5:08 pm U.S. ET | April 2, 2013
In the highest-volume month since August 2007, automakers broadly advanced to sell 1.45 million light vehicles in March. That's only 3 percent higher than strong year-earlier results. But the seasonally adjusted annual selling rate of 15.3 million made March the fifth straight month above 15 million and signaled a continued industry rally.... Read More »

 

Accord fuels Honda gains in March

4:40 pm U.S. ET | April 2, 2013
Boosted by strong Accord sales and new Acura products, American Honda's March sales of 136,038 units rose 7 percent over last March's numbers.... Read More »

 

NEW YORK AUTO SHOW

Nissan sales chief Munoz aims for 10% U.S. share

12:01 am U.S. ET | April 1, 2013
Jose Munoz, who led Nissan's market leading team in Mexico, comes to the United States with a big sales bogey. His boss, Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn, wants the automaker to increase its share of the U.S. market to 10 percent by 2016.... Read More »