Nissan Insider

IT’S  very easy to get caught up with the very latest machinery rolling out of Nissan’s factories, but the Japanese firm has a rich history in making cars. Tucked behind a huge red garage door on an unassuming industrial park in Japan is a mecca for Nissan fans. In neat rows, glistening under bright neon [...]

THE all-electric Nissan LEAF has won another award, and this time it’s Japan’s Car of the Year accolade for 2011-12. The announcement was made at the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show. This is the 32nd year that the Japanese Car of the Year award has been held, and it is the first time in its long history [...]

IT’S been fairly widely reported that Nissan is doing well in the UK at the moment. Perhaps the most impressive statistic is that more than a million Qashqais have been produced at the company’s Sunderland plant since production of the car started there roughly five years ago. Productivity has increased by a tremendous amount as [...]

WHEN we started this year we were under no illusions as to how tough things could be. The economy may have started to show some green shoots of recovery, but austerity measures from government were set to kick in and the SMMT had warned the car sales environment would be difficult. That’s why the arrival of the March registrations [...]

NISSAN has announced that due to the recent Japan earthquake and an ‘interruption to the normal supply of components’, the firm is introducing three non-production’ days at its Sunderland plant. The three days will be 26, 27 and 28 April, and Nissan insists that the effect on staff will be kept to an absolute minimum. Bringing [...]

FOR the benefit of its dealers and customers, Nissan has issued a statement regarding the impact of the recent earthquake on its facilities and affiliated companies. It says that all Nissan plants, except for the Iwaki engine plant, will be partially operational. As for the Iwaki engine plant, with aftershocks still heavily impacting the region [...]