Nissan Articles

It's been more than a year since Nissan revealed the Nismo variant of its Leaf, featuring some aggressive new body panels. Now the firm has taken the electric car to the next level by transforming it into a fully fledged racecar. Meet the Leaf Nismo RC.Boasting an electric motor on each axle (and thus ...

Nissan has released a statement confirming that its board of directors had “voted unanimously” to discharge Carlos Ghosn as chairman and representative director.The board furthermore announced the firing of Greg Kelly as representative director.The news comes after an internal investigation revealed ...

A Nissan executive says the next-generation Patrol will stick with its hefty V8 petrol engine rather than switching to diesel or hybrid power.Speaking to Drive, Ismail Sethi, deputy general manager of product marketing at Nissan Middle East, revealed the Japanese brand would continue using its 5,6-litre ...

A Nissan official has confirmed the Japanese automaker is keen to offer its full-size Titan pick-up in “several markets” outside of North America.Speaking to Drive, Nissan’s chief product planner Pedro de Anda said the wheels were in motion for the second-generation version of the big bakkie to ...

A high-ranking Nissan executive says the Japanese automaker is aware of “customer interest” in a V6 powertrain for the Navara, but adds no plans for a six-cylinder bakkie have been finalised.Speaking to Drive, Nissan’s chief product planning manager, Pedro de Anda, admitted some customers were ...

Nissan has released a statement confirming it plans to remove Carlos Ghosn as chairman after an internal investigation revealed the 64-year-old had been involved in “misconduct” over “many years”.The statement said the Japanese automaker had been conducting an internal probe over the past “several ...

Earlier in November 2018, the head of Mitsubishi Motors suggested the Japanese brand would “take the lead” on the development of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance’s next-generation bakkies and ladder-frame SUVs. But now Nissan says this won’t necessarily be the case.Pedro de Anda, Nissan’s ...

Global NCAP and the Automobile Association of South Africa have released a statement calling for “urgent action” by African governments to prevent the sale of zero-star vehicles such as the Nissan NP300 “Hardbody”.The news comes after the SA-built bakkie scored zero stars for safety during the second ...

The head of Mitsubishi Motors has suggested the Japanese brand will "take the lead" on development of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance’s next-generation bakkies, shooting down talk that the next Triton will be based on the Navara (which itself already provides its platform to the Renault Alaskan ...