About Nissan

Glady Reign asked:



The Japanese car company of Nissan has become very successful in creating a global market, though this did not happen overnight. Nissan vehicles were formerly marketed under the Datsun brand name. Nissan has become very successful that the company has been placed in one of the top three Asian rivals to compete with the “big three” of the US automakers. Presently, Nissan is the third largest Japanese car manufacturer in the world. The company gained this status with its production of high quality Nissan car parts installed in each and every vehicle model Nissan introduces into the market.

One of these is the popular Nissan VQ engine. The V6 engine is one of the many Nissan car parts that received recognition in the car industry. In fact, it has been featured as one of Ward’s 10 Best Engines for 12 straight years, since the award was first given. The new generation VQ series engine premiered on the 2007 Infiniti G35 and the 2007 Nissan 350Z. It’s been said that a larger 3.7 VQ engine will be used in the G37 coupe and there is a possibility that a twin turbocharged version will be used on the Skyline. The Nissan name was actually first used in the 1930s as records show. It was an abbreviated form for Nippon Sangyo.

Producing top performing Nissan car parts was the company’s goal as shown in their constant search for the latest cutting-edge automotive technology. This ultimately prepared the company for its plans to enter the global automotive market. By the time 1958 came around, Nissan was already introducing cars in the U.S. market, starting from the first time the company showed its vehicles at the 1959 Los Angeles auto show. The company then formed a U.S. subsidiary, Nissan Motor Corporation in U.S.A. By 1989. Continuous improvement on Nissan car parts—making these parts more durable, longer lasting and infinitely better than other car parts—helped establish the company’s name in the US market.

Jay

RyanThomas asked:



It is widely known that Nissan is in the auto industry a long time and through the years, Nissan has introduced some of the most memorable auto models. These vehicles are now being showcased at the company’s auto museum in Tokyo.

The Ginza Gallery as it is called is located right in the middle of Tokyo’s shopping and business district. It combines the heritage of Nissan and the new auto models in its showroom. Unlike many auto museums, the Ginza Gallery is open to the public and is conveniently located in front of Nissan’s headquarters in the said city.

One of the vehicles on the gallery is the Nissan X-Trail - the compact crossover SUV that Nissan sells in the United States auto market. Its presence at the museum is proof that the gallery not only displays classic cars but also the new vehicles that Nissan produces. The X-Trail’s direct competitors are the Toyota RAV4 and the Honda CR-V. The X-Trail is assembled at Nissan’s facility in the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, and Taiwan.

A classic Nissan car displayed at the museum is the Fairlady. The roadster is considered as one of the best looking convertibles of its time. The Fairlady is the direct ancestor of the Z car which Nissan is known for. It was first produced by the car manufacturer in 1959 and was discontinued in 1970. Throughout its stint in the market, Nissan produced 40,000 units of the roadster. The Fairlady badge though is not used in other markets. Instead, it was marketed under the Datsun Sports name. The popularity of the Fairlady is due to the fact that they are a cheaper alternative to European sports cars.

Another classic Nissan car at the Ginza gallery is the 2000 GTX. The Skyline 2000 GTX benefited from the success of the Fairlady in the sense that the capability of the company to produce high performance vehicles is already made known to the car buying public. The 2000 GTX is rated to have a top speed of 120 miles per hour. The reputation and the power of the 2000 GTX made it a big success since like the Fairlady, it is competitively priced. In fact, the 2000 GTX is used by celebrity racing enthusiasts.

Another classic model showcased at Nissan’s auto museum is the Nissan Silvia introduced in 1964. The sport coupe debuted at the Tokyo Motor Show that year and is known to be hand-built and based on the Fairlady. The fact that every Nissan Silvia was hand-built made the coupe an expensive one. From 1964 to 1968 when production was discontinued, there were 554 units of this car that was produced. Most of these cars were sold in Japan while 49 units where exported to Australia and ten more were sent to other parts of the world.

While production for the vehicle was discontinued in 1968, the Silvia will return once again to Nissan’s lineup in 1974 and was once again discontinued in 2002. In its first stint in the market, the Silvia did not attract much attention from car buyers, but in its revival in the 1970s, its popularity took off giving Nissan’s S chassis its place in the annals of the auto industry.

Another classic car displayed at the museum is the Datsun Cherry. The car family is the first Nissan vehicle to use a front-wheel drive configuration. The subcompact car is later named as the Nissan Pulsar although in some markets, it is still called the Cherry. Like its contemporaries in Datsun’s lineup, it is also engineered to be a fast car. In fact, a coupe version of the Cherry made appearances in the Japanese race circuit in the early 1970s.

Another classic model in display at the museum is the Nissan Laurel which was introduced by the company in 1968. It was intended to fill the gap between the Bluebird and the Nissan Cedric during that time. The Laurel is only marketed in select Asian and European car markets. Through its stint in Nissan’s lineup, the Laurel underwent ten generation of redesigns. Unlike the Cherry, the Laurel used the rear-wheel drive configuration.

The last vehicle on display at the museum is the Nissan Cedric. The Cedric was first introduced in 1960 and remains in Nissan’s lineup to this day making it one of Nissan’s longest running models. The Cedric is a large luxury car and is easily recognizable as a Nissan car. Its present model uses the same design concepts used by other Nissan cars from the nose, fender, Nissan door handles, and rear bumper.

Jerry

jacob G asked:


Where i live all we have is a nissan dealership and so i was wondering if nissan will work on infiniti cars

Travis

MS.B asked:


I’m hearing a noise in my car. Someone told me I have water in my tank. Checked it out. No water. Someone told me I needed spark plugs or maybe its the oil I’m using. I always go to the Nissan Dealership to get oil changes. I just called them and asked them what type of oil are they using. They told me regular oil 530. Its time for me to get an oil change at this point (I hit 3000 miles) and I noticed this morning driving to work that I didnt hear the sound as much. Should I be using synthetic oil or what? How do you know which oil is better?

Clara

Jung k asked:


I just got a nissan altima 2002 and i want to install an audio system,a sub, and speaker that i could blast my music?
What is you guys best advices for me?

Shirley

dezski24 asked:


I am thinking of down grading to a Nissan Xterra 4×4 from my Chevy Tahoe 4×4. I am wondering how much better gas mileage the Xterra will get compared to the Tahoe? Any help would be great! Thanks!

Ellen

RyanThomas asked:



Nissan, the third biggest Japanese car manufacturer, is in danger of losing ground against Toyota and Honda. Experts in the industry cite Nissan’s lack of initiative towards developing cleaner cars which is currently the hottest commodity in the auto industry. To become a formidable foe in the U.S. auto market, Nissan needs to produce more green cars for their consumers.

It was not so long ago when Nissan is seen as the car technology leader in Japan, even better than Toyota and Honda in that department. Recently though Nissan seems to be unable to cope with Toyota and Honda’s advancement in car technology.

Toyota’s Prius is leading the hybrid technology revolution while Honda has the first fuel cell approved by the U.S. in the country. Last year, the company’s lack of green cars in their lineup is seen as one of the reason for their five percent sales reduction. It is only in recent months that Nissan seems to be doing well in the U.S. market.

Comparing Nissan to juggernaut Toyota, James Rubenstein, a professor at the Miami University, has this to say: “Toyota has created a green image for itself through aggressive marketing of hybrid vehicles. Nissan has not done this - it doesn’t have an innovation-oriented image. At the moment, Nissan is selling cars that try to look a bit different.”

The company admits that their image is not as good looking as that of Toyota and Honda. But Nissan affirms that they are expecting consumers to consider performance above perception and, in that case, they are almost at par with Toyota and Honda. In an interview with Reuters, Carlos Tavares, Nissan’s Executive Vice President for Product Planning and Corporate strategy expressed his opinion on consumers’ choice. “My guess is that three, five, 10 years from now, people will look at the actual figures for mileage rather than the technology behind it,” says Tavares. “As long as we’re on the shortlist in this regard, we can compete for customers as they make their final decision based on emotional values such as driving pleasure, craftsmanship and user-friendliness,” he added.

Nissan is already taking steps towards producing cleaner vehicles with better fuel efficiency. Last December, Nissan announced its “Nissan Green Program 2010”. Under the said program, Nissan aims to sell a million vehicles equipped with continuously variable transmission which cuts down fuel consumption this year. The said target, when attained, will provide carbon dioxide emission reduction that is approximately equal to the effect of 200,000 hybrid vehicles. The CVT is one of the latest fuel-saving technologies in the auto industry and perfectly works well with the various vehicle components like Nissan strut mount.

Virginia

KNIKO asked:


A friend of mine has just bought a used 1999 Nissan altima with 120,000 miles on it. What kind of servicing needs to be done for this car? What kind of a place would handle that?

Megan

Michael Koh asked:


With the advent of the Russian Federation after the fall of the USSR, a big market for automakers has been born. It provides a very big opportunity for various car makers from all over the world. The Russian Market has been a growing market for Japanese carmakers and especially for Nissan. The Nissan brand is one of the five most imported cars in the Russian Federation. However especially the success of SUV’s have been one of the major reasons why Nissan X – trail has become one of the most selling cars in the Russian Federation.

Especially in the last five years, SUV vehicles have become quite popular with the Russian elite. SUV type cars are especially suited to the road conditions and weather conditions in Russia. With the harsh winter conditions all over Russia, Luxury vehicle SUV’s like Nissan X – trail will continue to be the leading choice vehicles in the Russian Market.

It has a good carrying capacity, which makes it ideal for traditionally large Russian families. Nissan X - TRail provides the best elegance possible in a used imported car. However the name Nissan is also responsible for the popularity of X – Trail in the imported used car market in the Russian Federation. Nissan has sold over 110 thousand cars in the year 2007 and this alone shows the interest the Russian public has on Nissan cars. Thus this success has caused Nissan to invest in the Russian federation with a new car plant which will begin its operation in the year 2009. In fact, this plant will also manufacture brand new Nissan X – Trail starting in the year 2009.

In any case, Nissan X – Trail continues to be leading choice in used imported cars in to Russia. In addition, the fact that the spare parts are found easily in the Russian market also creates an advantage for the Nissan X – Trail. Compared to other luxury style SUV’s; Nissan X-Trail provides a more family like interior for the Russian market. Thus for many years to come, X – Trail will continue to lead the imported used car market in Russia.

Japanese used car has been proactively recommending such Nissan SUV for export as it proves to be one of the more reliable and durable used Japanese car in Russia.

Charlotte

Tom Bailey asked:


Just this week, the largest symposium on electric vehicles in the world was launched and opened in Japan’s Yokohama area. And this one is actually the 22nd International battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exposition. And during such a coveted symposium, auto manufacturer Nissan went out of its way to show a kind of vehicle that was created with the elderly in mind.

This special vehicle is the Nissan Micro UV and it was shown off at the mentioned electric vehicles symposium along with the Nissan Hypermini. The Nissan Hypermini is just a small vehicle that can run up to 100 kilometers per hour. But this article is not about it.

Anyhow, the Nissan Micro UV was actually developed under the Nissan tutelage by the company’s subsidiary, the Autech. Along with that, there was also some sponsorship that went into the creation of the vehicle from the New Energy and Industry Technology Development Organization, or NEDO. The NEDO, if you did not know, is actually a group that was organized and created by the Japanese government back in the year 1980 so as to develop technologies that would be alternative sources of energy. And the Nissan Micro UV was the product of the team work and coordination between all these groups and businesses.

Nissan did claim that the creation of the Nissan Micro UV was mainly targeted towards the elderly drivers of its native land, Japan. After all, there is a huge increase of elderly in the mentioned area. And the Nissan Micro UV, outfitted in all its Nissan auto parts glory, would be now able to help out the elderly ones. In fact, the vehicle has been fitted with the right kind of active interface technology that would greatly help out elderly drivers. After all, the elderly really does have motor abilities that are failing, has a slow response time, and impaired driving capabilities at the very worst.

With such a kind of vehicle on the streets, elderly people would still be able to drive around their place without having to worry much about their safety. After all, Nissan sure did design the Nissan Micro UV to be the best kind of driving companion there would be in the industry.


Douglas