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. […]
Nissan Juke – revealed on Wednesday
Nissan has announced that it will be revealing details and photos of the sub-Qashqai Nissan Juke Crossover on Wednesday, ahead of the public reveal at the Geneva Motor Show in March. Nissan revealed at the beginning of January that the Qazana Concept from Geneva ’09 was finally going to see the light of day as a sub-Qashqai Crossover […]
Nissan Qashqai production increased – jobs created
Nissan is to increase production at their Sunderland plant to cope with demand for the 2010 Nissan Qashqai creating 400 jobs. We thought the original Nissan Qashqai was a decent car. It looks set to improve in a number of important areas when the 2010 Qashqai hits showrooms in March, and it seems that the […]
Nissan Juke – the production Qazana
Nissan has revealed their new compact crossover – based on the Qazana Concept – will be the Nissan Juke. The Nissan Qazana Concept was previewed last Spring at the Geneva Motor Show and – despite its rather outlandish looks – was something of a hit. It had originality and seemed to hit the mood of […]