A zero-emission Nissan LEAF will challenge convention on June 26 when it competes in the 89th Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with veteran Nissan off-road truck racing champion Chad Hord at the wheel. The Nissan LEAF will compete in the Production Class for electric vehicles and, other than the removal of some interior parts like [...]

The Nissan GT-R has scored its first major GT1 World Championship victory in Portugal at the weekend with Germany’s Lucas Luhr and Michael Krumm taking victory in Round 3 of the 2011 series at the Portimã circuit ahead of an International field of Italian, British and American GT cars. The Nissan GT-R swept to victory [...]

The April holiday season of Easter and Anzac Day has contributed to a slowdown in new motor vehicle sales for the month of April. Official VFACTS data released by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) today showed that 74,214 new vehicles were sold in April, down 8.8 percent compared with April 2010. “It seems [...]

The zero-emission Nissan LEAF has now won two major accolades, being named 2011 World Car of the Year and then earning the top rating in the respected IIHS safety awards in the USA. An international panel including Australian motoring journalists voted for the LEAF, edging out the new BMW 5-Series and Audi A8 for top [...]

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. has announced an all-new hatchback model at the 14th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition. This new model will be the new generation Tiida in China. The Tiida was introduced in Australia in January 2006 and is sold globally in 165 countries. The Tiida has found nearly 50,000 Australian owners since its [...]

The all-new Renault Latitude brings the best of the global Renault-Nissan Alliance to life in Australia, offering a medium luxury sedan, impressively equipped, sophisticatedly styled and attractively priced. With a focus on the well-being and comfort of drivers and passengers, the new Renault Latitude cossets and entertains in equal measure, providing the Australian medium car [...]

Nissan’s two-seater sportscar range is now even more appealing with the arrival of Model Year 2011 versions of both the Nissan 370Z Coupe and Roadster. Since launch in 2009, sportscar buyers have eagerly accepted the 370Z’s blend of exhilarating performance, design, innovation and technology. The 370Z has won multiple awards since its debut and has [...]

The Nissan GT-R R32 made history in October 20 years ago (1991) when it became the first Japanese vehicle to win the iconic Bathurst event. But that was just the final blow in a sledgehammer year in which Nissan also finished 1-2 with Jim Richards and Mark Skaife in the Australian Touring Car Championship and [...]

Infiniti, the luxury automotive brand from Japan, yesterday announced that it plans to begin sales of its range of sedans, coupes and cross-overs in Australia starting in 2012.  Infiniti was the fastest-growing import luxury brand in the United States in 2010 and is expanding rapidly across the globe. The Australian introduction follows the UK, Western [...]

Signatech Nissan enjoyed a podium finish upon its debut in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC) at the weekend, with the team finishing an impressive second in the LMP2 class at the Mobile One 12 Hours of Sebring in Florida, the opening race of the 2011 ILMC season. Sebring marks Nissan’s first participation in international [...]