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Nissan

Nissan is one of the world's fastest-growing automakers with a full product line. The company makes nearly every vehicle sold in the U.S. in its American plants. This page publishes the latest news and breaking stories on Nissan, including its iconic Nissan Leaf battery electric car.

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The IIHS has given the 2013 Altima a "Top Safety Pick Plus" designation, recognizing the car for its excellent performance in five-passenger safety tests.
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In 2013, milestones will be surpassed as Nissan celebrates a decade of building American-made cars in Mississippi.
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In 2012, sales of the Nissan Leaf did not meet expectations, and apparently Nissan's management thinks it was due to their arrogance, but there are several more factors at play.
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Nissan's Innovation Garage social media-based design competition ends with three winners and over $100,000 in prizes and grants awarded.
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The Renault-Nissan alliance announced today it will gain the majority stake in a joint venture with Russian Technologies to accelerate product development and technology with AVTOVAZ, Russia's largest carmaker and owner of the LADA nameplate.
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With what will be the largest lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in the U.S., Nissan is preparing for mass production of the Leaf.
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When the electric Fiat 500e debuted last week at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show, Fiat/Chrysler executive Olivier Francois made an off-the-cuff comment that seemed to be directed at the exterior styling of the Nissan Leaf – a joke that has seemingly hurt the feelings of front office folks from the Japanese automaker.
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All good things must come to an end and for the folks at General Motors, November 2012 brought about an end to the 9 month long beating that the Chevrolet Volt has handed the Nissan Leaf in the battle of the mainstream electric vehicles – although the electric Chevy still has a massive lead in overall 2012 sales.
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The Nissan LEAF is in the record books.. again. This time beating a record held by Chrysler for the largest parade of electric vehicles.
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An electric version of Nissan’s NV200 taxi is being tested in Spain. Nissan plans production by the end of 2013.
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In a brilliant marketing move, Nissan is using a pair of new 2013 Nissan Altima sedans and a 2013 Nissan Quest to give Black Friday shoppers a warm refuge as they wait in line and brave the cold.
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Visteon has a vision on how transportation should look like in the very near future. C Chances are, it will also fit your needs.
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The Japanese version of the 2013 Nissan Leaf will offer better efficiency, more features, longer driving range, and a lower entry price, and if this holds true for the American version, it will mean a whole new ballgame for the Leaf.
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Sources indicate that Nissan will soon be heading back to the Nürburgring with the 2014 Nissan GT-R supercar to see if they can set the new standard for production cars currently held by the 2010 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR – a feat that would require Nissan to shave some six seconds from the 2013 GT-R’s previous best.
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The Nissan Leaf posted its best month of the year and one of the best of its existence in the US through October 2012 but the electric Chevy Volt answered with its best month ever – helping the Volt to widen its already massive lead in annual sales over the Nissan EV.
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Nissan has unveiled the Extrem concept car in Brazil and is a manufacturer to watch around the globe in the future.
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Nissan has unveiled a very special 2013 Altima V8 supercar that will compete in Australia's V8 Supercars Championship and here in the U.S. next season.
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The new Nissan GT-R has been revealed and features enhancements throughout for increased performance, improved ride and handling, and greater customization.
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Nissan North America will offer employee pricing and discounted financing on both Nissan and Infiniti brand vehicles for people whose vehicles were lost or destroyed in Hurricane Sandy.
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Just in time for Halloween, Nissan has announced that its researchers are currently creating a semi-aniline leather that feels like human skin.

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The Nissan Leaf, as the most widely available all-electric car, is a vision of what may be the future of transportation, and a new commercial from Nissan is a breath of fresh air after a series of curious electric car advertisements in the past. (hugging a polar bear? really?)
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The Nissan DeltaWing captured our hearts at the 24 hours of Le Mans when it got ran off the track by a young driver. This time, it came back with a splash at the Petit Le Mans in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Nissan has unveiled a system that takes the wheel when all else, even autonomous braking, has failed
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The company has promised to build the all-electric Leaf in the USA starting next year. To make that happen, they've begun testing motor building for the car at their Decherd, Tennessee facility.
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The recall comes just one year after Nissan recalled 20,000 model-year 2011-2012 Altimas due to an identical suspension issue.
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Nissan is adding a third vehicle shift and a total of more than 800 new jobs to its Tennessee manufacturing facilities in partnership with the state's government.
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Also known as “independent control steering technology,” Nissan's "steer-by-wire" system replaces mechanical steering through an innovative computer controlled unit.
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Since cars can already drive themselves why bother with hassles of city parking?
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The first production version #001 Nissan Juke-R has emerged in the real world and stars in the virtual world with the Juke NISMO in Gameloft Asphalt 7: Heat.
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Our favorite car nut, who subsidizes his auto addiction with a cool day job, sees for himself how different the Japanese car culture really is.