Nissan

July 22, 2015

Nissan Bluebird Coupe is an Epic Little Car

Nissan Bluebird Coupe is an Epic Little Car
Back in the day, my dad had a few Datsun Z cars and I thought they were cool. Other than those cars, the only other Datsun/Nissan early car that has ever caught my eye is the Bluebird, or 510 as it was known in the U.S.…
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June 29, 2015

Driver Does Goodwood Hill Climb with Two Wheels off the Ground

Driver Does Goodwood Hill Climb with Two Wheels off the Ground
At this past weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, a world record was set that wasn’t all that fast, but it was mighty damn skillful. Renowned stunt car driver Terry Grant got into the Guinness Book of World Records when he got behind the wheel of the GT-R powered Nissan Juke Nismo RS and drove it up the very challenging 1.16-mile course, averaging a very respectable 30 mph along the way – on two wheels.…
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June 25, 2015

Nissan Juke-R 2.0 Packs 608hp

Nissan Juke-R 2.0 Packs 608hp
A few years back, Nissan took their Juke crossover and completely revamped it by giving it the drivetrain found in the GT-R. The new Juke-R 2.0 is even more of a badass, sporting an upgraded engine – based 3.8L twin-turbo V6 from the GT-R NISMO –  tuned to push out about 608hp – a 26% increase over the original Juke-R’s 480hp engine.…
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June 24, 2015

Nissan GT-R Wagon Turns up on eBay

Nissan GT-R Wagon Turns up on eBay
I am a big fan of the Nissan GT-R in its older forms that were never officially offered in the U.S. Those cars are slowing starting to turn up here as imports as they age enough to be legal in the States.…
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June 13, 2015

A Nissan GT-R Killing It at Le Mans

A Nissan GT-R Killing It at Le Mans
Odds are you… nor I… will ever get a chance to actually drive Le Mans, which is going on as I write this. So we’ll have to make do with this video of a Nissan GT-R tearing up the Circuit de la Sarthe, in advance of the 2015 Le Mans.…
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May 6, 2015

This Week In Off-Brand Top Gear: Juke NISMO RSnow vs. Dog Sled

This Week In Off-Brand Top Gear: Juke NISMO RSnow vs. Dog Sled
Look, we’re all hurting. It’s been a long time since we got to see Clarkson, Hammond, and May act like asshats, play with cars, mock each other, and amuse us perfectly.…
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April 23, 2015

Nissan Skyline GT-R Makes 1000hp: Fast & Furious IRL

Nissan Skyline GT-R Makes 1000hp: Fast & Furious IRL
I am a big fan of the Fast & Furious movies, even if they are unrealistic and we all know that the cars we see on screen are just mules and lack the performance you see in the film.…
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April 22, 2015

2016 Nissan Maxima Production Kicks off

2016 Nissan Maxima Production Kicks off
If you liked what you saw when the all-new 2016 Nissan Maxima debuted, you will be glad to hear this. Production of the 8th-generation Maxima has now kicked off at the company’s Smyrna, Tennessee factory.…
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April 6, 2015

2016 Nissan Maxima Configurator Goes Live

2016 Nissan Maxima Configurator Goes Live
Nissan went official with the sexy new 2016 Maxima during the 2015 New York International Auto Show. The car is a massive improvement over the old Maxima and should prove much more popular than the outgoing model.…
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April 2, 2015

2016 Nissan Maxima

2016 Nissan Maxima
After teasing us with a brief glimpse of the car during their Super Bowl spot, Nissan has now fully revealed the new 2016 Maxima. The all new Maxima offers a much more modern look than the outgoing model, carrying across many of the design cues we saw in the Nissan Sport Sedan Concept last year.…
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March 28, 2015

Nerd Student Freaks out Driving Instructors

Nerd Student Freaks out Driving Instructors
I crashed during my driver’s license exam. Whoops. There was a narrow bridge that was covered in snow on an Indiana back road, and I tried to sneak by the car coming in the opposite direction.…
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March 28, 2015

Watch a 650hp Dodge RAM Pickup Smoke a GT-R

Watch a 650hp Dodge RAM Pickup Smoke a GT-R
While the Nissan GT-R is one of the fastest production cars ever made, this video proves that with the right engine and tuning prowess, even mighty Godzilla can fall at the feet of the right vehicle.…
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March 22, 2015

The Making of Nissan’s 2015 Super Bowl Ad

The Making of Nissan’s 2015 Super Bowl Ad
I wasn’t that thrilled by the ads which ran during this year’s Super Bowl, but the one spot that won almost universal praise was Nissan’s emotional clip about the bond between a child and his dad who races cars for a living.…
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March 17, 2015

Nissan Unveils 45th Anniv. Gold Edition GT-R

Nissan Unveils 45th Anniv. Gold Edition GT-R
Nissan has announced the pricing for the 2016 GT-R models and the good news is the pricing remains the same as it was last year. The GT-R Premium will sell for $101,770, the GT-R Black Edition is $111,510, and the Nismo version is $149,990.…
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February 27, 2015

Onboard the 2015 Nissan LMP1 GT-R LM NISMO

Onboard the 2015 Nissan LMP1 GT-R LM NISMO
Hop aboard for the ride of your life, as Nissan factory driver Harry Tincknell takes us around the track in the NISMO LMP1 car that will be raced at Le Mans 2015.…
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