Nissan News

Nissan has announced an additional new service for its popular CARWINGS navigation system. In line with the objectives of the Nissan Green Program 2010 to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions, they will be introducing a new service dubbed “Eco-Drive and You” (Anata mo eco-drive) to promote “eco-driving” habits in Japan.

Nissan announced financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2007, ending March 31, 2008, as well as for the first nine months. In the third quarter, consolidated net income after tax came to 132.2 billion yen (US $1.13 billion, euro 0.81 billion), up 26.6% compared with the same period a year ago.

Nissan is to recruit 800 additional staff and implement a third production shift at its manufacturing plant in Sunderland in response to a record production year and continuing high demand for the award-winning Qashqai.

Nissan has announced production, sales and export results for December and calendar year 2007.

Nissan has announced that its eco-driving service available on its CARWINGS navigation system has won the ANRE (Agency for Natural Resources and Energy) Director-General's award in the 18th annual Energy Conservation Prize.

The GT500 specification Nissan GT-R racing car, which will vie for the 2008 SUPER GT series, will make its public debut at the upcoming “Tokyo Auto Salon with NAPAC” (January 11-13, 2008 at Makuhari Messe), followed by the “Osaka Auto Messe 2008” (February 9-11, 2008 at Intecks Osaka), the country’s two largest annual custom car shows.

Nissan’s QASHQAI has picked up another gong, rounding off a great debut year for the compact crossover whose all round qualities have captured customers’ imaginations. The BBC Top Gear magazine team have named it best SUV in their 2007 Awards issue, on sale now.

Whether it’s coping with the credit crunch or the crunch of snow beneath your feet, Nissan has a range of deals to warm the cockles of your heart this winter.

Nissan will launch a special version of the 150PS 2.0dCi X-TRAIL known as ‘ARCTIX Sports Adventure’ providing additional specifications and automatic transmission for a price close to the standard manual version.

Nissan has announced that its Oppama Plant reached the 15 millionth units milestone on December 19, 2007, 46 years after the plant’s inauguration. The 15 millionth unit – a Tiida hatchback – was bound for the African market.