Nissan Navara got a special version «Salomon»

Nissan's market specialists suggested to the British amateurs of active rest to become the owners of the new version of the Nissan Navara pick-up «Salomon» produced by Japanese car manufacturer in cooperation with the famous brand Salomon, producing clothes and sports equipment. The machine is based on the previous-generation car and will be produced in 500 examples. Exterior of the new pickup has become more interesting because of the use of new chrome accents (grille, door handles and edging fog lamps), and the corresponding markers. Navara Salomon will be offered in four liveries of the bodywork. Changes in the Interior were minor and come down to the emergence of new metal polished thresholds and branded rugs. In addition, the buyers will be able to order more advanced multimedia system Nissan Connect Premium with navigation system, rearview camera and music playback. Such a system will cost 1 thousand 650 British pounds.

Under the hood the Navara Salomon has diesel engine with capacity of 2.5 liters and rated 190 horsepower, which works in tandem with a manual transmission. The company suggests also the car with automatic transmission , but the amount of extra payments will equal to 1 thousand 750 pounds.

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Nissan X-Trail is a “car of the year” in China

Crossover Nissan X-Trail new generation was announced as a “car of the year” in China. This title was awarded by the Chinese Media, which is mainly focused on writing about the car productions and brands. 

The representatives of media noted that new Nissan X-Trail, which entered to China’s auto market last March, was perceived in a good way by Media as well as by clients and dealers.

In Russia the crossover will go on sale only this year. Last year this car model’s sales were on the top ten position and it is the most popular SUV in Russia.

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Nissan Leaf will become stronger

An electric car Nissan Leaf is able to drive without charge 135 km. More optimistic, but the results can be in real 199 km in ideal conditions, NEDC driving cycle. Company officials, however, are convinced that the need to ensure the autonomy of almost 300 km. The manufacturer, however, goes even further and allow the Leaf’s future owners forget about charging for 400 km through new technology batteries! So this small electric car will bring the solution of the problem when people are afraid to buy an electric cars or have psychological barrier to stay without charge on the road. New Leaf will be released approximately in 2017 year. Probably, it will look like Infiniti and will attempt to hide its environmentally responsible entity in more traditional design. Modern Leaf looks like an electric car. Tesla is a pretty, athletic and very authentic, "the laments on the appearance of Nissan Mamoru Aoki, Chief of global design of the Japanese company. Until the next Leaf is born, engineers will continue to improve the car's current generation. In particular, the battery will be adapted to the hot climate.

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Alliance: Renault-Nissan has sold 200 thousand electric vehicles

The Renault-Nissan Alliance has managed to sell 200 thousand cars in a year. The Alliance currently holds 58% zero emission car segment. Electric vehicles Renault and Nissan together drove more than 4 billion miles. Thus it saved 200 million liters of fuel, and the atmosphere didn’t get 450 million kilograms of carbon dioxide. From January to November of this year, Renault-Nissan sold 66 500 electric cars, which is by 20 percent more than the same period last year. Thus, two of the three top-selling electric vehicles is made by Renault-Nissan alliance. The most successful electric vehicle in the world is still Nissan Leaf. Just coffee range includes 6 models of the Alliance, including the urban «hypermini» from Nissan, Renault Twizy and e-Nissan NV200 van. We remind that Nissan can reduce the production of batteries for electric cars because of the developing cooperation between Renault and LG Chem. Nissan company recognizes that by its capabilities is behind the LG Chem for at least six months in terms of price and battery life. And while the decision on the reduction has been made, according to some sources, the Guide Nissan already is negotiating with other producers to give them expiring power. One of such partners can become LG.

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Two million units of Qashqai

For the British Qashqai is a multimillion-dollar investment and over 11000 jobs.

Nissan has already produced two million units of Qashqai. Nissan was proud to announce that its fabric in Sunderland, which has been in operation since 1986, passed the two-million production number of British Qashqai. The research showed that the most popular colors for Qashqai are black, white and on the third place is silver. And the main export market is Russian one. 

"Qashqai" so easily and fast became a local record, but for MINI from BMW it was needed 10 years for taking the same 2 million barrier, moreover the compact Ford Fiesta, now the most popular car in the United Kingdom, for the same record needed 18 years.

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Virtual car of Alpine brand

The first car of the forthcoming revival of the brand Alpine will be the sports car racing simulator developed for Gran Turismo 6 on the base of the PlayStation console. The image of a virtual machine was published in the official Twitter page of the French brand. Previously their virtual racing prototypes for Gran Turismo 6 were prepared by Nissan, Aston Martin, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi, Volkswagen, Lexus, Honda and Red Bull.

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Nissan LEAF the most sold car in UK

Again it was proved that Nissan LEAF, moving solely on electricity , is considered to be the most popular electric trolley in the UK. Nissan LEAF sales in September 2014 broke the national and European record values ​​. Only in September were 851 electric Nissan LEAF were sold, which is 156 % more, comparing with the sales of September last year and higher than sales in March 2014 , when it was launched.

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