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Nissan Renault News
Anyone following the recent Nissan Renault scandal? It's been somewhat overlooked by the devastation caused in Japan from the March 11 earthquake.
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Quake Aftermath Severe, Deep Auto Sector Impact (AutoObserver)
The Leaf is hard hit.
"The auto maker said that a ship with 600 of the electric vehicles left port in Japan on Thursday, just before Friday's devastating quake and tsunami, but the plant in Oppama that builds the car is now closed through at least Wednesday, and Nissan isn't sure whether a more significant supply disruption may occur."
Nissan Faces Blow to Leaf (Wall St. Journal)
Renault Scandal Turns Sour For Ghosn (AutoObserver)
Despite Quake, Nissan on a Roll for 2012 (AutoObserver)
Report: Nissan GT-R Guts Get in a Juke
According to a recent report by Jalopnik, Nissan Europe is conducting a wicked science experiment with the Juke crossover. Described as the 'Super' Juke, the sketch here shows the little SUV with a serious secret: GT-R guts.Now, stopping short of screaming 'it's alive!' manically, the souped-up Juke will undoubtedly be the creme-de-la-creme of crossovers. Jalopnik has learned from sources inside the Japanese automaker that the car will recieve a stripped lightweight interior for added performance.
Nissan Again Signaling Shift Away From Japan (AutoObserver)
Why Nissan's Disaster Recovery Bested Rivals (AutoObserver)
Consumer Reports Car-Test Boss David Champion Joins Nissan (WSJ)
That Datsun is part of any Nissan power play, especially one this large, is an ironic twist for a company whose very decision to extinguish the car brand in the early 1980s was heaped in controversy. The nameplate was still popular at the time—it was the second-biggest selling foreign brand in the U.S. in 1981, with 580,000 cars sold—but Japan-based executives decided that year to stop using Datsun and replace it with Nissan to unify the corporate identity. The move, which caused widespread confusion among dealerships and buyers, contributed to Nissan's decline at the time and is still considered one of the worst marketing decisions in automotive history.
Other critics point to a similarly bold campaign by Mr. Ghosn—the pioneering battery-powered Leaf. Despite great fanfare as the car was rolled out, the Leaf has stalled out over the past year"
For Datsun Revival, Nissan Gambles on $3,000 Model (WSJ)
Reminds me of the odors that Taco Bell injects onto the street to try to lure customers in.
"This week, Nissan showed off the answer to this traveler’s nightmare with its ultralight DIG-T R 1.5 liter, three-cylinder petrol engine that is small enough to fit in carry-on luggage and boasts a power-to-weight ratio better than the engine of a Formula 1 racer."
Nissan's new 400 bhp engine fits in carry-on luggage (gizmag.com)