Japan: Production at Nissan is running slow again

Although all Nissan plants - with the exception of the Iwaki factory - could be carried out necessary repair work before, it will take some time for the reliable supply of parts is guaranteed by the supplier. Therefore, the production is there is slow again. Iwaki plant in the construction work will take because of strong aftershocks in the region over time.

In the work Oppama, Tochigi plant, plant Yokohama and Nissan Shatai a production stoppage is to Sunday (20/03/2011) is provided. Part of the work Yokohama on 13 March was taken back into service. In the Kyushu plant today, the limited production start due to lack of parts is started, the full production capacity for Saturday (19/03/2011) planned.

Nissan is free for all E10 models from 2000

All models of Nissan from year 2010, provided for Super 95 RON can be fueled with E10. For vehicles produced before 2000, the Japanese manufacturer not exclusively injury by biofuel. Therefore, these cars will be fueled in the future with Premium Plus, which still contains only five per cent ethanol, the company stated.

The sports car Nissan 350Z, 370Z and GT-R must of course continue to be fueled with Super Plus (RON 98) or 100-RON fuel. (Ampnet / jri

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Nissan Qashqai celebrates one million units produced

The Nissan Qashqai has reached 1 million. After the release on the European and Japanese took just over four years ago, in January 2007, January 31, 2011 the millionth copy was sold to Nissan Qahsqai. The Japanese SUV was immediately successful and in post-marketing in the Old Continent and in Japan it was the turn of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Oceania and Latin America.

The Nissan Qashqai will be produced at Sunderland in the Japanese island of Kyushu and in those of Chinese Huadu Dongfen and Zhengzhou. The largest numbers of sales of the Nissan Qashqai have occurred in Europe because in 4 years have been delivered well 760mila Qashqai and Qashqai +2 111mila in the United Kingdom, Italy and 89mila 103mila in Russia.

Nissan is represented by four GT-R at World Cup

Nissan goes again with four GT-R in the second year of the FIA GT Championship. In one of the two changes from the team JR Motorsports cars used the long-time Nissan works driver Michael Krumm with the already successful working for Porsche and Audi Koblenz Lucas Luhr (31). In the second JR-car team boss James Rumsey is equal to drivers Nation: Peter Dumbreck and Richard Westbrook, both from England.

Geneva 2011: Nissan shows new electric sports car Esflow

Nissan shows at the Geneva Motor Show (1st-13.3 2011), the world premiere of its electric sports car concept Esflow. It is based on the technology of Leaf. The Esflow has a long hood, a wrap-around, standing flat windshield and a compact car with seats close to the gravity of the car. As the Leaf is also the Esflow no existing model based on an internal combustion engine version.

Rather, the Nissan sports coupe as well as before the Leaf designed from the ground up as an electric vehicle. The Esflow is centered between the two rear wheels installed electric motors powered reaches its power to the rear wheels. Siesteuern independently the right and the left rear wheel, which allows excellent directional stability and an efficient energy recovery.

Nissan GT-R brings Egoist

Nissan has unveiled his customized supercar GT-R egoist. The GT-R has been customized according to the specifications of its future owner. The fine art of sports car production à la place under the Nissan name egoist thus strengthen their form of expression. In Germany cost the GT-R is selfish to the 180 000 €.

The GT-R is individually finished with the finest and only hand-processed materials. The result was the egoist the exclusive GT-R of all time, said Simon Thomas, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Nissan International SA. How the "father" of the GT-R, Kazutoshi Mizuno, designed version of the 390 kW / 530 hp vehicle flaunts a specific according to the wishes of the future owner custom interior.

The first Nissan Leaf come to Europe

The first specific European retail Nissan Leaf scheduled to arrive today by ship in the North East of England. The 67 vehicles on board the "City of St. Petersburg", the new energy-saving vehicle transport vessel from Nissan, are destined for customers in the UK and Ireland and will be unloaded in the port of Tyne.

UK customers can pre-order the electric car from Nissan since September 2010. The deliveries will begin in the coming weeks. Worldwide, there are currently more than 27 000 orders from the Leaf. The vehicle provides space for passengers and can travel in the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) up to 175 miles on a battery charge.