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Nissan’s 370Z has twisted heads and altered minds when it comes to the future of the Z-cars. The company wants to push its sporting reputation even further.
To achieve this Nissan has unfolded a shop boasting the car along with the already established GT-R at the recognized Nurburgring.
In the fall of Fiat and Chrysler’s union subsequent to Chrysler’s bankruptcy, the future of the Viper became a back-burner issue. In spite of this Mike Accavitti who is the Dodge President and CEO today, declared that the Vipers’ production will carry on under the company’s new leadership.
He added that “The Viper lives. The new leadership team the Chrysler Group gets it.”
Now the Chrysler Group comes under the leadership of Fiat and Sergio Marchionne’s and due to this the Viper will persist forward. It will serve its niche of quality performance fanciers. (more…)
A new limited edition is to be launched by Nissan. This limited edition version is of its 370Z car, creatively coroneted as ‘Yellow’.
The car to be unveiled is yellow in color. It is said that yellow is the inspiration of the Japanese car maker’s European GT4 serial racers.
The car titled as Yellow will have 19″ forged alloys, black leather and suede interior. In addition to this the car will also have lighted door window sill plates and floor mats.
The fresh 4 door from Porsche would dislocate the Cadillac CTS-V as the tussle between
Porsche’s intense rivalry with Nissan over Nurburgring lap times have cooled.
A new rivalry emerges with Cadillac this time and the CTS-V. A statement up-and-coming from Germany today says that the Panamera Turbo overlapping the
Nurburgring in 7:56 minutes which is only above 3 seconds quicker than the American umber-sedan. Alternatively, lap times at the Nurburgring are no doubt a good measure of real-world performance, but it cannot be considered as the end-all-be-all. (more…)
General Motors Corp registered for insolvency on Monday. This has forced the 100-year-old automaker which was formerly a sign of American economic strength and dynamism into the wilderness of a doubtful age of government ownership. This is the third largest bankruptcy filing in the history of the US and biggest ever in US manufacturing.
This filing of bankruptcy in order to render an extra taxpayer fund of $30 billion is an enormous speculation for the Obama administration. This was done in order to bring in some restructuring for the automaker.
The immediate allegation is that GM will get smaller and thus reducing its market share to a lesser competitive structure. This will give an opportunity for rivals like Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Hyundai to take advantage of the situation and rise up and affix their stamp in the auto industry.
Nissan Japan has removed the curtains off an all novel delivery van and 7 seat Combi MPV. The vehicles are expected to arrive by this autumn.
The next generation vehicle is commercial and is known as the NV200 Vanette. It is powered by a 1.6-litre petrol engine that that gives an average of 40mpg.
The Inside of the vehicle is light and it has a spacious cabin with enough profile and, maybe this is not common in a van. The materials used for the inside of the vehicle are of ‘high quality’ materials.
In the meantime Nissan states that the van uses extraordinary engine mounts and so it gives a car-like refinement. The van is also fitted with a vibration curbing material to decrease noise. The vehicle is also fitted with an optimum gearshift indicator to aid in reduction of fuel consumption.
The price of the 7 seater is expected to start approximately at £16,000.
Nissan NV200 Vanette fresh models of Nissan.
Nissan’s newly created NV200 van, which had made its first appearance at the Geneva Motor Show in March, will be due to go on sale in the UK in mid-May.
The NV200 Vanette is being offered in double constellations. One is the Van GX which is a light commercial van and the other one is the Wagon 16S people carrier.
The packed together van will provide 4.1 cubic of consignment blank space and on the other hand the Wagon is a 7 seater people-carrier. It will have all the comforts that one expects in a car. The features of the van are also in line with that of a car.
Both the versions of the NV200 Vanette interpretations will be supplied with a 1.6-litre petrol engine.
Nissan is to sell its Cube mini-MPV in North America, unveiling it at the Chicago Motor Show this week.
For the US, the car will include a 1.8-litre, 122bhp petrol engine and CVT gearbox, and a broad range of add-ons and custom-made alternatives to select from – including an LED kit for the interior and shag-pile carpeting.
Nissan Specialty Vehicles has also created a fixed-run version known as Krom, which has a unique badge, chrome grilles, a rear roof spoiler, 16″ alloys, an up rated stereo, Bluetooth connectivity and iPod-compatible stereo.
US prices start from $13,990. The Cube will enter Europe markets later this year.
Renault-Nissan has signed a deal with Swiss electricity provider Energie Ouest Suisse to develop a recharging infrastructure and promote electric vehicle use.
Renault-Nissan intends to supply EOS with electric vehicles for its fleet.
EOS says that transportation accounts for 33% of Switzerland’s greenhouse gas emissions and that replacing 15% of Switzerland’s cars with electric vehicles by 2020 would save 1.1million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year. 85% of the electricity it produces is from hydropower generators.
Nissan has pulled out of the 2009 Detroit Motor Show – just eight weeks away – in a bid to save money.
The proclamation follows similar decisions by Mitsubishi, Suzuki, Land Rover, Ferrari and Rolls-Royce. Porsche pulled out of the 2008 show and won’t attend the 2009 event either.
Nissan is the largest of the non-attendees: it sold over a million Nissan and Infiniti-branded vehicles in the US last year and holds 9.6% of the US car market.
However, it has already shown most of its upcoming new models for 2009: the Nissan 370Z Coupe, Cube mini-MPV and Infiniti G37 Convertible were on display last week at the Los Angeles Auto Show, leaving little to be unveiled or announced in Detroit.
Nissan has also decided not to attend the Chicago Auto Show later in the spring.
