There have been more model cancellations in the last twelve months than we care to remember, and Nissan has just added a little salt to the wound.

Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn announced overnight that the rear-wheel-drive Silvia/200SX replacement and the four-door iteration of the R35 GT-R have both been put on hold indefinitely, which can likely be [...]

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The team over at 7Tune have had their heads in the latest Best Car magazine, which reveals some new tasty tidbits about the 2010 Nissan FR sports car. It looks like the the battle between Subaru/Toyota and Nissan, to have the best lightweight rear-wheel drive coupe, just stepped up a notch.

The Nissan is expected to [...]

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Toyota Prius, Honda FCX Clarity, BMW Hydrogen 7. If there’s something wrong with today’s alternative fuel vehicles, it’s that they are all missing a crucial amount of glamour. You won’t find any teenage boys rushing to put posters of the Prius or the FCX up on their bedroom walls and even if you did, [...]

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In the next few years, we are going to see some truly amazing machinery emerge from the Land of the Rising Sun - the Nissan GT-R and GT-R V-spec, the Lexus LF-A, and the Acura NSX.

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Mazda announced a new minivan for the JDM market today, called the Biante. Specs are sparse at the moment but it looks to be one notch larger than the existing MPV. As you can see the styling is, um, interesting. It’s taken the whole tall headlight look to a new extreme, extending them all the [...]

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Recent news concerning Toyota and Subaru’s joint development of a lightweight affordable RWD coupe has been hitting blogosphere headlines with predicatable regularity. You could be forgiven for thinking that they are the only Japanese marques looking to re-introduce the formula that is held in such high regard by auto enthusiasts.

But you would be mistaken. Nissan [...]

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While the GT-R soaks up the limelight (and rightfully so) a little rumour has come to light that will add to the smile already on the dial of Nissan performance car fans. It is being reported that both Carlos Ghosn, Nissan’s CEO and Toshiyuki Shiga Nissan’s COO have confirmed the return of the Silvia in [...]

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