Posted on April 1st, 2011 • by Bill Cawthon
Nissan North America sold 121,141 Nissan and Infiniti light vehicles in March, its best sales U.S. sales month in history, but it still came up short. Chrysler outsold Nissan by 589 vehicles to hold onto fifth place. Chrysler holds a 1,598-sale lead in the year-to-date totals. Ford passed General Motors to take the top sales [...]
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Posted on February 11th, 2011 • by Bill Cawthon
There is a new Duster coming to the streets. It won’t be a Plymouth, it won’t be a car and those streets won’t be anywhere near here, but it will have the name of the sporty two-door based on the Valiant. The new Duster is a crossover developed by Automobile Dacia, Renault’s Romanian subsidiary. It’s [...]
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Posted on June 2nd, 2010 • by David Zatz
With the relatively unpopular Sprinter reverting to Mercedes and Freightliner, Dodge is reportedly working on adapting a Fiat commercial van for its dealers (Daimler dropped Dodge’s famed B-van nearly a decade ago). However, Nissan, having seen an opening in the market for a reasonably priced, efficient commercial van to take over from the aged Ford [...]
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Posted on March 10th, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
Nissan Commercial Vehicles has unveiled its first new product, the 2011 Nissan NV (for Nissan Van), an American-style cargo van that will be offered in three versions, 1500, 2500HD and 3500HD and with two different roof heights allowing up to 76 inches of interior height. The NV will go up against the Chevy Express and [...]
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Posted on March 3rd, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
Chrysler confounded industry analysts yesterday. Predictions of another sales drop, possibly as high as 20%, failed to materialize as Chrysler posted a small 0.5% improvement in sales, surpassing both Nissan and Honda to take the No. 4 position in the February sales ranks and regaining the No. 5 position in year-to-date (YTD) results. Sales of [...]
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Posted on January 28th, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
While Chrysler, GM and Ford got millions for low-emission vehicle development, Nissan North America just got a $1.4 billion loan from the U.S. Department of Energy to modify its Smyrna, Tennessee plant to produce its five-passenger LEAF electric vehicle and the batteries to power it. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced the loan today. The [...]
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