Coming up with new models every now and then is top priority of automobile companies. Nissan Motors, for example, has just announced plans of starting a new line of Nissan vehicles for Brazil until 2009.

A total of US$ 150 million is allotted to shoulder the finances for the said two-year model lineup of the Japanese car company. Nissan said that it will work more on a new passenger car in its plant based in Curitiba, which is in southern part of Brazil.

Aside from coming up with a car fit for the country, the company also aims to produce one that will cost lesser compared to its counterparts from other brands. Passenger cars that are from Mexico usually cost a lot and Nissan wants to provide a new model that is cheap but effective on the road.

Without a name and tag price yet, the new model from Nissan is set to join two other great finds from the company, Nissan Xterra and Frontier. The passenger car, along with the two muscled vehicles, is set to lead the Japanese automobile brand in the new Brazil plant for next year. These vehicles, which are equipped with precision-engineered Nissan Parts, are also tasked to improve more the company’s sales in the country. Even before the year closes, Nissan is already confident of its good year. With 11,500 units under its name, things look bright for the brand in Brazil, thus a new model is needed to keep up the positive output.

“Besides the launches, one of the main highlights this year was the progress that we made in several fields that will provide support to the future increase in local production,” said Thomas Besson, who is the president of Nissan in Brazil. “We have reinforced our engineering and are working hard on the nationalization of parts and components, which will ensure cost reduction and increased speed and productivity in years to come.”

Source: Brazil-Arab News Agency.

The Japanese automaker Nissan is keen in putting a stop in some independent dealers that buy brand-new Nissan GT-R vehicles overseas and put these on sale in the United Kingdom even before the official release of the said muscle car from the company. For those who will be found guilty of selling these kinds of GT-R, Nissan will bring the case to the English courts for the necessary legal actions.

Despite sufficient warnings, there are still those private dealers that are engaging in such arrangements, thus Nissan plans to take the matter to the higher authorities. Doing this will allow potential customers to just purchase the legitimate Nissan GT-R vehicles, which are those for the motorists in the United Kingdom or other countries across Europe.

“We have been made aware of a significant increase in activity in the import trade of certain vehicles, particularly the Nissan GT-R, which warrants immediate action,” said Gary Frigo, who is the managing director of Nissan Motor in Europe.

The Nissan UK is closely monitoring any activities that are related to it. Moreover, the company is confident that the courts in Europe are there to back the automobile company in its pursuit to only sell the Nissan GT-R cars, which are laden with top of the line Nissan Parts, from legitimate dealers across the continent.

“Nissan’s number one priority is to ensure that the GT-R and its dealer network are in optimal condition to facilitate and support our customers,” said Frigo. “It will take until start of sales in March 2009 to do this. Until that time the UK will have no GT-R trained technicians, no established GT-R parts supply and, most crucial of all, the GT-R will not be covered by a manufacturer’s warranty.”

Source: Auto Industry.

Nissan Motor Company is keen in keeping motorists and automobile enthusiasts excited as it releases bits and pieces about its upcoming concept car christened as Nissan Forum. New sketches of the futuristic minivan came out as teasers to its debut introduction in the 2008 Detroit Auto Show in Tennessee this January.

Among the unique Nissan Parts the Forum Concept has is the ‘Turntable Seating.’ These middle seats are designed to be capable of a 90 or a 180-degree rotation. So, these can face the back row that makes the passengers more intimate in terms of the positions of the seats. Such feature of the Nissan Forum, however, is said to be similar to the American-made 2008 Chrysler Town and Country mini van with the ‘Swivel n Go’ seats.

Aside from the futuristic seats of the Forum, there are other Nissan Parts that are still kept undisclosed by the Japanese automobile company. This initiative taken by the company is meant to keep the highlights of the vehicle down low to avoid other automobile manufacturers in copying its ideas.

The few details being given away by the company is sure to make rear passengers-focused Nissan Forum one of the anticipated concepts in the annual auto show.

Source: Edmunds.

Nissan Motor Company, along with other automobile companies, is dead serious in its crusade to produce more environment-friendly automotive products. Some of these innovative Nissan Parts are set to be displayed at the Eco-Products 2007 at the Tokyo Big Sight from December 13 to 15.

In this year’s Eco-Products, guests and visitors alike are given the rare chance to try out Nissan’s vehicles that are equipped with alternative power sources such as electricity, fuel-cell, and diesel. Pivo2, CARWINGS eco-drive service, Fuel-efficient technologies, and Clean-diesels are among the highlights in the company’s display of green techies.

These carefully crafted Nissan Parts are part of the company’s green technology approach dubbed as the Nissan Green Program 2010 (NGP2010). Such products are made with a primary objective of minimizing or eradicating altogether the noxious Carbon dioxide emissions of the company’s vehicles. In a span of more than four decades, Nissan hopes to achieve a 70 percent improvement in the CO2 emissions of its products. In order to achieve such technological feat, the Japanese automaker plans to improve on its Nissan Parts installed in its cars and sport utility vehicles.

Aside from the Nissan Parts under the hood, the company has made available CARWINGS, which was awarded with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport title in the Eco-Services Division of the Eco-Products Awards, for its patrons. This high-end auto part is aimed at not only improving the performance of the components of the vehicle but as well as improve the habits and abilities of the driver. This technology assists one to get away from congested streets as well as warn the driver of the possible threat of drinking and driving.

These products are just a part of the huge chunk Nissan is set to release in the market in the next few years.

Source: Auto Spectator

The specifications are important for any upcoming vehicle model, like the 2009 Nissan GT-R. These are crucial because these Nissan Parts and features help market the product at hand to potential customers. As important as the specs are, the Japanese automobile company has yet to dish out the final horsepower output of this upgraded muscle car slated for release in the United States early next year.

As of posting, the only specs available are for the Nissan GT-R vehicles that are allotted for the Japanese market release next week. This model, which is equipped with precision-engineered Nissan Parts, is capable of as much as 473-horsepower. The US version of the Nissan GT-R, however, is going to be more powerful according to the company’s project chief Kazutoshi Mizuno. A whopping 480-horsepower is the targeted strength of this latest find of Nissan.

Slated to hit dealerships across America in January, the Nissan GT-R, which has a projected total units of more than a thousand cars annually, will be carrying a burning tag price of $69,850.

Source: Edmunds.