Nissan is celebrating the production of one million Nissan Qashqais at the Nissan plant in Sunderland. It seemed somehow a bit of an oddity, the Nissan Qashqai, when Nissan first rolled it out. What was it? A small SUV? A tall hatch? Something else altogether? What the Qashqai was is now clear. It was the first Crossover, a […]
New Nissan Qashqai to be designed & built in the UK
Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn has announced a £192 million investment to design, engineer and build the next generation Nissan Qashqai in the UK. The Nissan Qashqai created the crossover niche almost single-handedly, and has gone on to be Nissan’s best-selling model. Now in its facelifted iteration, the Qashqai has been a huge money-spinner for Nissan. […]
Top Gear Nissan LEAF & Peugeot iOn Electric car episode spoofed
Two young English guys have put together a 10 minute spoof of Top Gear’s May and Clarkson testing the Nissan LEAF and Peugeot iOn electric cars. Yes, boys and girls, there is a new series of Top Gear looming, with the boys back on the box this month. And already a so far unseen episode is […]
2011 Nissan GT-R gets 3 years free servicing
Nissan has introduced three years free servicing and RAC for buyers of the 2011 Nissan GT-R. But only if you finance the GT-R with Nissan. The 2011 Nissan GT-R is an astonishing car. It’s also a real bargain in comparison to any other supercar. And be in no doubt, the GT-R is a supercar. Is […]
Nissan LEAF gets 5 Star Euro NCAP
The Nissan LEAF has become the first electric car to gain a 5 start NCAP rating, just a month after getting Top Safety Pick rating from the IIHS in the US. We moan about the Nissan LEAF. But only because it’s an inferior product to the cars we already enjoy, and at an inflated price. But we’ve never said it was a […]
Nissan 370Z GT Edition launched
Nissan has churned out a limited edition 370Z – the Nissan 370Z GT Edition – evoking Nissan’s GT Racing with a focus on high speed handling. It’s not always the first thing that springs to mind when you think about Nissan, but they have had a fair chunk of success in GT racing, going all the way […]
Top Gear’s Clarkson & May run out of charge in a LEAF & iOn
Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson and James May have been testing the Nissan LEAF and Peugeot iOn in Lincoln, and appear to have run out of power. Top Gear and electric cars don’t really mix. Unless of course they build the electric car themselves, and then you have a world-beating product in the Hammerhead Eagle i-Thrust. But Top […]
Nissan LEAF World Car of the Year 2011
In another astonishing case of worshipping at the alter of false hope, the World Car of the Year has been awarded to the Nissan LEAF. Just as the European Car of the Year Award was. Why do judges on COTY Award panels persist in considering a car like the Nissan LEAF for such awards? How can it […]
Non-starting Nissan LEAFs to be reprogrammed
Nissan has developed a software patch to fix the problem when the new Nissan LEAF refuses to restart. Owners will be messaged to get the fix. They’re not exactly thick on the ground but, as we reported just a week ago, Nissan has already got problems with the Nissan LEAF, which has been refusing to restart once it’s […]
Nissan LEAF won’t start
It’s being reported that a significant number of Nissan LEAF electric cars are failing to start. The issue has been reported in the US and Japan. Perhaps the most disconcerting thing about stepping in to an EV for the first time – or even a hybrid – is that the car gets turned on rather than being […]