Following its international unveiling in July, Nissan Australia has today announced availability of its updated-for-2011 X-Trail line-up, bringing a number of modest styling and equipment updates.
Available from September, the 2011 X-Trail benefits from an almost range-wide price drop, with only the manual and automatic diesel-powered TL grade unchanged.
Styling
On the styling front, the updated X-Trail gets an updated front grille, bumper and headlights, while the rear-end also gets a new bumper, along with new LED taillights.
Nissan's Z-Series car tradition goes back to 1969, when the company was called Datsun. In the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show, the latest Z-Series came out as the 2009 Nissan 370Z which signifies a bigger engine and the long ago jettisoning of the Datsun brand. In all these years, Nissan stuck to a naming convention representative of the car's engine displacement, putting the 370Z at 3.7-literss, the biggest engine yet in a Z-Series car.
The 370Z is Nissan's third offering in the Indian car market. The iconic Nissan 370Z is a two seater sport coupe that comes with breath-taking performance, cutting edge technology and stylish flowing design. This sports car manifests the famous quality of “Z-ness”, meaning a rear-wheel drive configuration and an emphasis on user-friendly considerations.
The design features of 370Z with is signature Z elements - the long nose, canopy cockpit, muscular fenders, vertical door handles is a more wheel-oriented, organic design with a sense of precision and agility. It features a front aluminum sub frame, aluminum-alloy engine cradle, aluminum door panels, an all-aluminum hood, and an aluminum hatch. It comes in eight attractive colours with two interior leather colour options - Persimmon Orange and Black.
All you need to know about this new Nissan 350Z is that when it comes to its price-and-performance quotient, it is a re-creation of the segment-busting Datsun 240Z that set the sports-car world on its ear in 1970.
When that original Z-car appeared, sports-car aficionados basically had two choices. On the one hand, they could spend less than $4000 and choose from an assortment of Fiats, MGs, Opels, Triumphs, and the Porsche 914/4, all of which had about 100 horsepower and not enough performance to keep up with a Chevy Impala that didn't know it was racing. On the other hand, if they wanted serious speed, they had to spend well over $5000 for a Corvette, Jaguar E-type, or Porsche 911. The 240Z, which came with a 150-hp, 2.4-liter in-line six and a price of $3601, neatly split the difference and established a new category all its own.
As if the first-gen GT-R wasn't steroidal enough, the 2012 update injects even more testosterone into the all-wheel-drive beast from Japan, boosting horsepower to 530 and torque to 448 lb-ft. The GT-R can now blast to 60 mph in 3.2 seconds, but revised suspension geometry and improved structural stiffness enable more finesse when it comes to wiggling the 3829-pound four-seater through turns. Aesthetic changes are mild—among them LED running lamps, a new front fascia with larger openings and a redesigned rear diffuser—but the benefits include a drag coefficient drop to 0.26, and 10 percent more downforce at speed. A new Black Edition package adds lightweight six-spoke Rays wheels, leather-trimmed red and black Recaro seats and a dark headliner for a $5150 premium.
The Nissan Skyline GTR R34 has elvoled and fine-tuned through 11 years of competitive racing and extensive testing, which has resulted in one of the best race-bred coupes on the market.
The R33 which it replaced was a great car but the R34 GTR is much more advanced in every area. Under the hood are twin ceramic intercooled turbochargers, which effectively eliminate turbo-lag. The RB26DETT in-line, 2568cc six-cylinder engine retains the 280PS at 6,800 rpm of the R33 it replaced. It also has better power delivery and more torque than it predecessor. Also the R34's body is stiffer and the aerodynamics of the car have been improved.
The 2012 Nissan Versa is a tale of two cars. The Versa sedan has been completely redesigned for 2012. It's more efficient, spacious and refined, while its styling is less bulbous. The Versa hatchback, however, soldiers on in its previous guise with only standard feature upgrades on which to hang its hat. This certainly tips the scales in the newer sedan's favor, but those looking for the added versatility of a hatchback will still find it an appealing choice.
In terms of exterior size, the new 2012 Versa sedan is largely unchanged. Under the hood is a new 1.6-liter engine good for 109 horsepower. It's actually less powerful than the previous 1.8-liter engine still used in the hatchback, but it has less weight to move around, as the sedan weighs 150 pounds less this year. Fuel economy is up, and when equipped with the revised continuously variable automatic transmission, the Versa sedan achieves an impressive 33 mpg combined EPA estimate. That's better than a Honda Fit and tied with the Ford Fiesta and Hyundai Accent (with automatic transmissions). The sedan's also between 3 and 6 mpg better than the hatchback depending on transmission.
The last electric car tested by AutoGuide was the Tesla Roadster 2.5S, a six-figure sports car that was really just a two-seat roadster that happened to have an electric motor in the back of its Lotus Elise-derived chassis. Car guys would call the Tesla a “no-compromises sports car,” which in plain English means a “useless, impractical toy.”
We won’t disagree with either assessment, but we came away from our Tesla test drive smitten with the idea of electric vehicles. We say idea because we’d be fools to disregard the many issues surrounding EVs. The limited driving range means that electric vehicles aren’t quite for everyone, plus their sticker price puts them out of reach for most new car buyers. Manufacturers generally lease EVs to customers for a short period (roughly three years) in small batches, as a sort of customer-driven R&D program, but Nissan is set to bring EVs to the mainstream with the introduction of the Leaf, a fully electric vehicle that is available for outright purchase right now.
The Nissan Almera was a small family car built by Nissan from 1995 to 2006. The Almera name was essentially the European export-market name for the Nissan Pulsar / Nissan Sentra / Nissan Bluebird Sylphy.
The Nissan Almera was designed to offer best-in-class equipment and technology and was always considered a very road capable car offering sharp, precise handling, minimal bodyroll and decent tyre grip, especially in the GTi and post 2003 versions.
N15 (1995–2000)
The first Nissan Almera rolled off the production line late in 1995, as replacement for the Nissan Sunny, a nameplate which had been in use for nearly 30 years. It was mostly identical to the N15 Nissan Pulsar sold in Japan, except with different trim and petrol engine range.
Power came from 1.4 GA14DE and 1.6 GA16DE petrol and 2.0 CD20 diesel engines initially in 1995, but a year into production a 2.0 SR20DE engined GTi was added to the range. The Nissan Almera was ungainly in appearance but beneath its bland exterior lay an excellent chassis which gave perhaps the best ride and handling of any small medium car on sale in Europe. 1.4 and 1.6 models were sold in 3, 4 and 5 door versions, whereas the GTi was 3 door only, differing from the Almera's main competitor, the VW Golf, whose GTi was sold in both 3 and 5 door configurations.
The 2011 Nissan Armada ranks 8 out of 8 Affordable Large SUVs. This ranking is based on our analysis of 52 published reviews and test drives of the Nissan Armada, and our analysis of reliability and safety data.
The 2011 Nissan Armada offers rugged construction and a strong engine, but a lackluster interior means that it doesn’t standout in the class.
On paper, the Nissan Armada seems like a good choice for an Affordable Large SUV. Powerful V8? Check. Seating for eight? Check. Strong, truck-based construction? Check. Available luxury features? Check. So, given what it looks like on paper, why don’t car reviewers like the Nissan Armada?
The 2011 Nissan Altima comes with a choice of either gasoline or hybrid engines, the front-wheel-drive 2011 Nissan Altima 2.5S sedan has a 2.4-liter in-line 4 cylinder with direct-injection gasoline engine, giving it ample power, however the Nissan Altima also provides you with a luxurious feel in the interiors with top of the line finishing, electronics and fabulous design making the Nissan Altima a complete package when compared with the price of the car.
The Nissan Altima has been and is a true family car, Nissan have never meant the Altima to be a sports sedan and do not shy away from admitting to that fact. However as a family car the Nissan Altima scores maximum points. The 2011 Nissan Altima has been given a makeover with changes to the hood, front grille, front bumper and rear license plate area of the car along with 16- and 17-inch wheels.
Let’s not ignore the elephant in the room. The Nissan Juke is ugly. On one hand, Nissan should be commended for going out on a limb and not producing yet another two-box crossover. On the other hand, it’s difficult to find a good angle from which to view the Juke at.
While it does look masculine and assertive, the design is a bizarre pastiche of different shapes and surfaces which are visually jarring. The only possible explanation is that the Nissan stylist responsible for the exterior decided to sketch his vision of what a Suzuki SX4 would look like when crossed with a blowfish.
As our day with the Juke wore on, the initial shock of its styling began to fade, but there is a real danger of this car being perceived as the Son of Aztek. Nissan’s target demographic of “young, urban, connected males,” who are obsessed with signaling their social status with ostentatious Polo shirts may also react negatively to a vehicle that’s “so ugly, bro”.
Nissan Sunny is an upcoming sedan from Nissan Motors India. It was first showcased its upcoming sedan at international Automobile Exhibition in Guangzhou (china) in 2010. It will be a global sedan which is going for sale first in China in the beginning of 2011 and across 170 countries globally. When it comes to India, The all-new global sedan will be the second brand built under Nissan’s ‘V’ podium. According to Nissan’s official statement, the new sedan will be launched in the mid-2011 in Indian market. Nissan’s Oragadam plant which is near to Chennai will manufacture the engine of the new sedan. It will compete with the sedans like Volkswagen Vento, Mitsubshi Lance, Toyota Corolla Altis, Honda Civic Maruti SX4 Diesel, Toyota Etios, Hyundai Verna and other similar sedans in India.
Nissan Micra is a small car from the Japanese auto manufacturer Nissan. Company started production of Micra since 1982 and launched in Indian in July 2010. This is the first hatchback from Nissan stable in India. Company already setup a well-equipped production plant at Oragadam, a small place near Chennai with production capacity of 400,00 Micra units every year.
