Nissan has launched its new Altima sedan to compete against some of the big guns in the Australian mid-sized sedan market. The name Altima has become familiar to Aussie motorsport enthusiasts with the entry of two teams into the 2013 V8 Supercars Championship. These cars are heavily modified versions of More
The Nissan Juke has styling that’s loved by some and hated by others, though we have yet to find someone that doesn’t have an opinion on the shape. Personally, I love it. More to the point though, this is a great driving SUV with a neat touch of sportiness. STYLING More
There’s yet more sad news for the fans of big, rugged, down-and dirty off-road 4WDs with the Nissan Pathfinder following the latest trend and being transformed into a suburban SUV with only mild dirt road capacity. For the first time since it arrived here in 1987 Pathfinder comes with the More
Nissan Patrol is one of the best-known and longest established nameplates on the Australian 4WD scene having been on sale here for almost 50 years. As popular as Patrol is in Australia we are well down the pecking order compared to the Middle East, Russian and USA markets and this More
Nissan X-Trail has been a major player in the SUV field in Australia for many years, so it didn’t make sense to mess overmuch with the basic design. Just revealed at the Frankfurt Motor Show as a concept, but which we predict is pretty close to the real thing, the More
“This gets along a bit,” said my mate in a surprised voice – and we were still only 500 metres from his front gate in the new Nissan Pulsar SSS hatchback! The newly-released Pulsar SSS hot hatch rounds out the welcome comeback of the Pulsar nameplate to Australia. And, yes, More
Not for Nissan the stigma of selling something that looks like a tough 4WD, but that’s really a sedan with a different body. No sir, the Nissan Patrol has an old truck-style body-on-chassis layout for maximum strength in harsh driving conditions. A drawback is a lack of refinement and comfort More
During the latter stages of the life of its ill-fated Tiida, Nissan Australia conducted research into the significance of model names to potential buyers. While it came as no surprise that the Pulsar name had been greatly missed, what did raise eyebrows was the fact that the SSS name rated More
New Nissan Pulsar hatch has joined its sedan sibling that arrived here in February, finally putting an end to the era of the capable but sadly misunderstood Nissan Tiida. We’ve told the story on numerous occasions of the big sales slump that followed on from the decision by Nissan More
In years gone by it was common to sell hatchbacks for lower prices than their sedan brothers. That was in an effort to lift the image of sedans by marketing them as larger vehicles with a conservative air. Later, life became simpler and hatches and sedans had identical numbers on More
