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Nissan plans to re-enter some of the heartland markets it departed with the loss of the Almera and Primera, CAR can reveal. It's a U-turn from a strategy that saw Nissan desert mainstream models in favour of crossovers and niche cars such as the Qashqai and Note. In an interview at the signing of the Daimler-Renault-Nissan cooperation yesterday, the Japanese ...

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Nissan rekindles Almera with new Golf rival

Tim Pollard, 08 April 2010 09:26

Nissan GT-R sets new Nurburgring lap record

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Tim Pollard, 14 May 2009 15:45

Nissan today revealed it had smashed its own internal lap record of the Nurburgring in the new R35 GT-R. For some this is manna from anorak heaven; of course, others will dismiss it as yet more hype about a rare-groove racetrack with little relevance to the man on the street. Whatever your view, it’s still pretty impressive. The new Nissan ...

Nissan Qazana: how the production car will look

Ben Pulman, 18 March 2009 12:45

Nissan’s Qazana might seem like an out-there concept, but Nissan Design Europe’s vice president Alfonso Albaisa has told CAR Online that it'll keep many of the show car's cues when it goes into production at the company's Sunderland plant in the summer of 2010. For the full story of the new Qazana, check out the new issue of CAR Magazine ...

Nissan 370Z prices announced

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Ben Pulman, 27 January 2009 12:21

Nissan has announced prices for UK-spec 370 Z sports cars, and punters will be pleased to learn that the entry-level Zed will cost £26,895 – a mere £166 more than the 350Z. So what goodies do I get on my £27k Nissan 370Z? All cars of course come with a rear-wheel drive chassis and 328bhp 3.7-litre V6, but base-model 370Zs ...

Nissan GT-R tweaked for 2009 with more power

Ben Pulman, 09 December 2008 11:30

The Nissan GT-R still hasn’t gone on sale in Europe and it's already been treated to a few tweaks - new for 2009 will be more power, revised suspension, different wheels and tyres, plus a price hike. More power? Surely that’s the last thing the Nissan GT-R needs… Quite, but the increase is a mere 5bhp, taking the output of ...

Video of Nissan GT-R’s record lap at the Nurburgring

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Tim Pollard, 02 June 2008 10:15

Remember we brought you news of the new Nissan GT-R setting a new Nurburgring record of 7min 29sec? Well now you can see the hot lap on video, courtesy of our Youtube film below. It’s not the best quality (it seems to have been filmed from a TV monitor at a Nissan event), but you can see test driver Tochio ...

New rival to Tata’s £1250 car

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Tim Pollard, 12 May 2008 11:29

Move over, Tata Nano. There’s another bargain basement car in town. Renault-Nissan and Bajaj Auto today confirmed their new people’s car would cost from just $2500 (£1250). Codenamed ULC (ultra-low cost), the new car will be built in Chakan in India with around 400,000 units expected in the first year. However, the new joint venture is some way behind this ...

Nissan GT-R to be revised for Europe

Tim Pollard, 01 May 2008 18:14

Nissan is fettling its GT-R before it goes on sale in the UK in April 2009. It might have just announced a new lap record at the Nurburgring – chief test driver Tochio Suzuki shaved nine seconds off the GT-R's previous record of 7min 38 – but Nissan's engineers are already working on upgrades to the everyman's supercar.Chief vehicle engineer ...

Nissan GT-R import fears

Anonymous, 03 December 2007 09:43

Bargain hunters rejoice! Nissan's new GT-R costs just £34,400 in Japan - spelling out juicy savings for grey importers in the UK, where the super-coupe is tipped to cost £60,000. Even after the cost of shipping and import duties, that means you could land a Japanese-spec car for around £42-£45k. However, Nissan GB says imports won't necessarily match the full ...

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