Chevrolet enters the small cargo van segment with a rebadged Nissan NV200

The City Express is the vehicle with which Chevrolet will attack the North American and Canadian markets. This small cargo van is designed for everyone that is searching for a small, fuel-efficient, cargo carrying vehicle. It will be available in LS and LT trim levels.

The Nissan GT-R will get a Nismo version

We suspected that sooner or later Nissan's Motorsport division (Nismo) was going to create a more powerful version of the GT-R, but only now, Nissan's vice-president Andy Palmer confirmed this when he said he recently tested the prototype in Japan, adding that it is the fastest GT-R ever.

DongFeng Nissan reveals the VIWA Concept at the Shanghai Motor Show

Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Company (DFL-PV) revealed yesterday the small VIWA EV Concept under the VENUCIA brand. VENUCIA sold over seventy thousand vehicles since the introduction of the D50, in April 2012. Today, that brand sells the D50, R50 and the electric car, e30.

Nissan Friend-ME Concept caught in what seems to be a large advertising banner

Nissan showed two teasers previewing a car that i still cannot say if it's a hatchback or a fastback, but is aimed at a younger generation in China. This car was completely developed in China at the Nissan Design China in Beijing and is going to be revealed at the Shanghai Motor Show this Saturday.

Second teaser of the Nissan Friend-ME Concept

Ten days ago, Nissan showed the first teaser of a what seems to be a hatchback or possibly a fastback that will be introduced at the Shanghai Motor Show, and today we get to see a seconds teaser which shows the back of this concept that was created by Chinese designers from the Nissan Design China in Beijing.

Nissan FRIEND-ME concept. Weird name

On April 20, Nissan will unveil their new concept, the FRIEND-ME, at the Shanghai Motor Show. The new car was created by Chinese designers from the Nissan Design China in Beijing to appeal to the young generation in China. In Shanghai you will also be able to view the Nissan GT-R, Quest, Murano and Teana, besides the Innovation Wall.

2014 Nissan March (aka Micra in some markets) revealed in a video

A video of the improved and slightly redesigned Nissan March (Micra in Europe and Japan) appeared on Youtube. The video, which seems to be a television commercial from Thailand, now shows the facelifted small city car. Meanwhile, Nissan's Thai page also revealed the new Nissan March.

Nissan introduces the European Note. Will be at the Geneva Motor Show [Video]

The Nissan Note is already known from the Japanese and is basically the production version of the Invitation concept shown last year at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. And in this year edition of the Geneva Motor Show we will see the European version of the Note.

Nissan Deltawing will lose the Nissan part

You've probably heard of the DeltaWing which used a Nissan engine but now it seems Nissan left the project. Why? Nobody knows. What we do know is that the Deltawing will have a new 1.9liter Mazda engine replacing the Nissan 1.6liter prepared by RML.

Nissan will build a new C-Segment car in Barcelona, Spain.

In total Nissan will invest 110 million euros, almost 150 million dollars, in their factory located in Barcelona, Spain, so they can start building a new passenger car from July 2014. The vehicle is rumored to be a new C-Segment car, possibly with some styling cues taken from the Nissan Invitation concept shown almost a year ago (In reality this concept gave birth to the Nissan Note).

Nissan reveals the 370Z Nismo for the European market

Nissan surprised everyone by showing the Nismo version of the 370Z during the official presentation of the European Juke Nismo that took place in Barcelona. The new 370Z will be sold starting from July.

Spain will get another major investment from a carmaker

The German company Volkswagen said last week it would invest around 785 million euros ($1 billion) in a plant in northern Spain over the next five years, making it the third company in recent months that announced a major investment in that country with severe economy problems.

Nissan confirms Nismo version of the Leaf

Shoichi Miyatani, President of Nissan Motorsport International Limited (Nismo) said to Autocar that the Leaf Nismo, which was recently introduced at the Tokyo Auto Salon, will enter production in Japan this summer, and depending on how it performs it may also be sold in Europe and/or in the United States of America.

2014 Nissan X-Trail 3 revealed in patent drawings

My Chinese isn't that good but it seems (and it surely looks) like the Hi-Cross concept will serve as a base for the next-generation X-Trail that could be introduced at the Geneva Motor Show next March.

Nissan Resonance Concept. Preview of the future Murano III

Nissan took advantage of the Detroit Auto Show to reveal the future direction of Nissan crossovers, but I suspect that will only serve to show the lines of the Murano III.

Short News: Nissan confirms next generation Murano concept for Detroit [Video]

Nissan will preview the next generation Nissan Murano at the Detroit Auto Show starting next week, and promisses a design that will be as surprising as the original.

Short News: Nissan-Renault will buy 67,13% of AvtoVAZ

 

This will mean the Franco-Japanese alliance will take over Lada and have a voting stake of 74.5% in AvtoVAZ, and all of this will cost €570.000.000.

Short News: Customization program for the European Nissan Juke

 

The Nissan Juke has had many different versions, the Nismo edition, Batman, R, Kuro, Shiro and possibly some more that I can not remember. But now each buyer can further customize their car.

Short News: Sales of the Nissan Sylphy start today in Japan

This new sedan will be sold in over 120 countries all over the world, from the USA to China, but fails to really impressive. The wheels look to small and the side profile looks like the Peugeot 301, only worst.

Nissan Hi-Cross Concept. The future crossovers will look like this.

This isn't really a new concept because it was already displayed at the Geneva Motor Show in March, but Nissan also brought it to Los Angeles to preview "the next-generation of Nissan crossovers".