The Latest News, Announcements And Rumours From The World Of Cars
This is the newly revealed Nissan Hi-Cross concept at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. It previews the possible design language for the Nissan Crossover portfolio. And we all know that Nissan rarely does a concept just for fun. So you could be looking at the new Juke, Qashqai, Murano or even the next-generation X-Trail SUV. [...]
Amid all the pre Geneva hype Nissan has been rather quite, until now. All of a sudden, we’ve been inundated with a picture and a statement; “Nissan is the undisputed leader in the crossover segment. See how it is exploring ideas to expand its award-winning range at the Geneva Motor Show, 6th March.” That’s it. [...]
This is the new 2012 Nissan Note, freshly upgraded to continue the battle for supermini MPV supremacy. It’s got new styling on the outside, new trim on the inside. extra equipment and a new luxury N-TEC+ trim level. Let’s find out what it has to offer. Styling On the outside, there are new body-colour door [...]
A total of 119,188 new cars found a UK home among the mince pies and Christmas jumpers during December 2011. But the figures published by SMMT show that new car sales in Britain fell by 3.7% compared with December 2010. As expected, the Ford Fiesta was the best selling car of the month. It also [...]
Concept cars are designed by manufacturers to show ideas they have for future production cars. They use the concepts to get feedback on design ideas, market fit and new technology. The problem is that many concept cars looks great, but then the production cars that follows later looks absolutely nothing like their concepts did! We [...]
Autocar has revealed the winners of its annual long-term Test Car Awards. During the course of 2011 Autocar staff lived with 17 cars day in day out, covering more than 250,000 miles on UK and European roads. If that doesn’t allow them to work out the good and bad points of these cars, nothing will. [...]
Standard Nissan GT-R not hard enough for your tastes? Well help is on the way in the shape of the Nissan GT-R Track Pack. Designed for “drivers who want an edge on the race track” it features a range of dynamic and visual upgrades to help you go harder and faster for longer. Make no [...]
A total of 134,027 new cars were sold in the UK during November 2011. Figures published by SMMT show that new car sales fell by 4.2% compared with November 2010. Top 10 Best Selling UK Cars – Nov 2011 1. Ford Fiesta – 6,195 Sales 2. Vauxhall Corsa – 5,234 Sales 3. Volkwagen Golf – [...]
Nissan has announced that its Nismo tuning division will bring its racing experience to the range of Nissan road cars. Until now Nismo (short for Nissan Motorsports) has been limited to motorsport and the occasional Z series car in selected markets. But that’s set to change. An ambitious expansion programme will see Nissan’s tuning arm [...]
First there was the Nissan Juke, then the bonkers GT-R powered Nissan Juke-R. This is the new Duke Nismo concept which has been unveiled at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show and it sits somewhere between the two extremes. According to Nissan, the Juke Concept gives “an idea of how a premium sports version of the [...]
