The Nissan LEAF NISMO has been revealed in Japan and goes on sale at the end of the month, but it doesn’t appear to be based on the LEAF E-Plus. The arrival of a Nissan LEAF NISMO was previewed with the Leaf Nismo Concept last year, and it’s now arrived in production guise before going on […]
Nissan Juke joins Qashqai, Micra and Primera in the ‘Million in Sunderland’ Club
The Nissan Juke is the latest model from Nissan’s Sunderland Plant to hit the million produced milestone, joining the Qashqai, Micra and Primera. It’s more than thirty years since Nissan hit the ground running as a UK car maker, with its Sunderland Plant built on the site of a former RAF base and bringing much […]
Nissan GT-R50 heading for Goodwood FoS – and in to PRODUCTION?
The Nissan GT-R50 – a one-off creation to celebrate half a century of Italdesign and GT-R – is heading for Goodwood and maybe in to production – with an £800k price tag. Just over a week ago we revealed the Nissan GT-R50, a one-off celebration of the 50th anniversary of GT-R and of Italdesign. And […]
Nissan GT-R50 by Italdesign celebrates 50 years of GT-R and Italdesign
The Nissan GT-R50 is the one-off result of the first collaboration between Nissan and Italdesign as GT-R and Italdesign hit the big 5-0. Italdesign has delivered some stunning concept cars over the years, working with everyone from Alfa Romeo to Bugatti and Aston Martin to Daewoo. But Italdesign has never worked with Nissan – until now. […]
Nissan WINS the Excellence in Climate Solutions Award
Nissan has won the Excellence in Climate Solutions Award for its commercially viable work, especially its Vehicle-to-Grid and second-life battery storage systems. When you think of the modern genesis of electric cars, it’s easy to think that it’s Tesla rocking the world with its EV offerings, and in the process driving premium car makers – like […]
Nissan Navara OFF-ROADER AT32 – the perfect Beach PLASTIC clean-up Volunteer
The Nissan Navara OFF-ROADER AT32 – Nissan’s most butch pick-up – is on a volunteer mission on UK beaches to clean up rafts of plastic waste. The latest planet pollution by mankind headlines are all about the real damage we’re doing to the planet with waste plastic, and the world is finally sitting up and taking […]
New Nissan LEAF hits 37,000 orders in Europe – total European LEAF sales pass 100k
The new Nissan LEAF EV has already secured more than 37,000 orders in Europe since it launched, and propelled sales of the LEAF EV to over 100,000 in Europe in the process. The new Nissan LEAF is a big jump forward on the rather quirky first generation car, and now offers properly mainstream design and […]
Nissan LEAF Open Air. Yes, it’s a LEAF EV without a roof.
Nissan has created an ‘Open Air’ LEAF as it celebrates sales of 100,000 electric LEAFs in its home market of Japan. But it doesn’t preview a new Nissan LEAF Convertible. Probably. There are plenty of cars which look exceptional as a convertible, but they’re usually sporty numbers. There are equally as many cars which look […]
Nissan Energy SOLAR goes on sale in the UK
Nissan Energy Solar, Nissan’s battery storage system for solar power, goes on sale in the UK with a range of power options and costing from £3,881. A few months ago we revealed that Nissan was joining the home power storage game in the UK with the Nissan Energy SOLAR storage system – just like Tesla’s […]
Nissan to END Diesel car sales in UK and Europe
Nissan are the latest car maker to declare the end of diesel engines, with the Japanese press reporting Nissan will not deliver any more new diesel-engined cars in the UK and Europe. The writing on the wall for the future of diesel engines in Nissan cars was writ large a few weeks ago when Nissan […]