Nissan Insider

IT’S THE kind of road trip that performance car enthusiasts dream of: A week-long, 3,000 mile (5,000km) driving adventure through 13 countries in one of the most hotly-anticipated new cars of 2013. Nissan is teaming up with French publishing house L’Ecurie and Intersection Magazine to participate in the 2013 Gumball 3000 Rally – a non-competitive, [...]

NISSAN sold a record number of cars – 4.914 million – in the 2012 financial year. And this year the company is hoping to top the five million mark. The impressive figures were revealed when the company published its financial results for the 12 months ending March 31, 2013. Nissan faced a range of challenges [...]

NISSAN is known for being a company that innovates – and it has just marked an exciting first in the way it communicates with its Dealer Principals. All DPs were invited to take part in a special web chat with Managing Director Jim Wright. And there was no doubt about the value of the exercise [...]

NISSAN has delivered a special GT-R, bathed in exclusive gold paint, to Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt in appreciation for his contributions as a Nissan brand ambassador for GT-R. Bolt, known as ‘the world’s fastest man,’ has been promoting the company’s brand awareness in association with the Nissan Global Brand Campaign, which kicked off in [...]

NISSAN could sell up to 4,000 all-electric LEAFs in the UK during 2013, according to the company’s managing director, Jim Wright. And this will partly be because the car has been ‘normalised’ and made to feel much more a part of the Nissan family. Production of the second-generation LEAF is now under way at Nissan’s [...]

NISSAN has welcomed the changes to the London Congestion Charge from Transport for London (TfL), which sees pure electric cars and vans or vehicles emitting less than 75g/km receiving a 100 per cent exemption from the £10 charge. The new ultra low emissions discount, which previously applied to vehicles emitting less than 100g/km, comes in [...]

BUSINESS Secretary Vince Cable has helped Nissan launch an innovative apprenticeship scheme which, in partnership with West Thames College, will recruit and train the people who will literally shape the future of car design. On a visit to Nissan’s European design centre in Paddington, London, Dr Cable joined Andy Palmer, Nissan Executive Vice President, in [...]

NISSAN has announced a new range of offers to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the much-loved Micra. First launched in 1983, all four generations of the iconic Nissan supermini have enjoyed enormous popularity by remaining dependable and affordable throughout. And now, in the model’s landmark year, the new suite of ‘30’ themed aftersales offers will [...]