A total of 79,097 new vehicles were sold in April, official VFACTS numbers show. That’s an increase of 6.6% (4,833 sales) compared to same month last year. While the demand for SUVs continues (27.6% of all monthly sales) there is an increasing trend for diesel powered SUVs, up 56% on the same month in 2011. [...]
Aha, now Nissan’s Desert Nemesis flick makes a bit more sense. Nissan has just confirmed they will build a limited number of Juke-Rs, with the first three cars to be delivered some time around August. Nissan has also said two of the first cars to be built will be heading to “a high-profile and well-respected [...]
Following yesterday’s preview, here is the full version of the Desert Nemesis short film, featuring the Nissan Juke-R. It runs for about six minutes and the official intro reads: The film, which is reminiscent of the ‘Need for Speed’ movies, Desert Nemesis follows GT Academy winner Lucas Ordóñez as he takes the one-off Juke-R to [...]
Nissan Europe has sent in a couple of preview clips for a new short film featuring the equal parts awesome and oddball Juke-R. The flick, titled Desert Nemesis, was filmed back in February when the Juke-R was showing a trio of supercars what its GT-R drivetrain can do on the streets of Dubai. Here’s a [...]
Bloody fast! According to the DragTimes website this stock MY12 (2013) Nissan GT-R completed the standing quarter mile in 10.8 seconds. Not once, not twice, but three times. The sprint from 0-60mph alone took a mere 2.7 seconds. The times were set at the Palm Beach International Raceway in the US and video of the [...]
You might think a video comparing a 2013 Nissan GT-R Black Edition with a 997 Porsche 911 Turbo S would be pretty entertaining. Especially when you consider the test involves some stunning mountain roads before a balls out drag race on an empty airfield. Well, we’re not so sure. Take a look at Jonny Lieberman’s [...]
A little while back you may have heard the news that Nissan will be coming back to top level touring car racing in Australia next year. But they don’t really have a V8 sedan, so what car would they enter? We can tell you they will be using a Nissan Altima and Speedcafe.com has produced [...]
Fifth Gear luminary Tiff Needell moonlights for Evo in his latest track comparison. His weapons of choice are the MY12 Nissan GT-R and the 991 Porsche 911 Carrera S. Nissan v Porsche, it’s the Ford v Holden of the supercar world. In many respects it’s an astonishing question to ask, but can the 394bhp normally [...]
This is the Nissan Juke-R. If you’ve not been playing at home, Nissan has taken its, frankly quite ugly, Juke crossover, ripped the guts out and stuffed in a GT-R drivetrain. The twin-turbo V6 has been pegged back a bit to around 480hp (the latest GT-R now has 540hp) but that doesn’t seem to have [...]
Nissan Australia advises the MY12 spec GT-R, announced last November, officially goes on sale this week. You’ll need $170,800 if you want to get yourself the world’s best 1:1 scale PlayStation driving simulator. It really is a technological marvel, the GT-R. Headline stats for the 2012 model say the twin-turbo V6 now produces a healthy [...]
Carlos Ghosn, Nissan CEO, has announced they will be reviving the Datsun brand for use in new growth markets. From 2014 you’ll be able to buy a Datsun in India, Indonesia and Russia. We reckon this is pretty good news, although bemoan the fact that a new 21st century logo has been created for the [...]
Last week Nissan revealed its radical DeltaWing concept. The idea behind the car isn’t actually to see how odd a racecar can be, rather to try and halve the weight, engine size and fuel consumption while maintaining a cracking pace. Indeed, when the DeltaWing races at Le Mans later this year Nissan expect it to [...]
This crazy looking creation is called the Nissan DeltaWing and it will be racing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans this year. It’s an experimental car and has been invited to race by Le Mans organsiers the ACO. It won’t be eligible for any class honours and as such will carry the 0 number. [...]
Here’s the second and final part of our 2012 Geneva Motor Show photo gallery, featuring manufacturers from L–Z (well V actually). Highlights include the Aventador J pictured above along with a reappearance of the stylish Mazda Takeri concept. The awesome Pagani Huayra is also on show, check the raw carbon fibre model, it looks sublime. [...]
Last month Australians signed off on 85,723 new vehicle sales, that’s almost 5000 more than February last year. A bit over half of all vehicles sold were classified as passenger cars. Fair enough. But around one quarter, that’s one in every four sales, is now an SUV. Shame on you people! FCAI Chief Executive, Ian [...]