Price of 2010 Nissan Rogue S Krom Models Revealed

You already know that Nissan is going to roll out 2010 Rogue S Krom in two models: one is front-wheel and another is all-wheel. The price of the two new models has been revealed. The front-wheel model would come with a starting price of $24,740, while the all-wheel model would cost at least $25,940.

There are some improvements seen in the two new models compared to its predecessor.

Motortrend reported:

What the extra cash gets Krom customers is a bevy of aesthetic upgrades like 17-in. wheels, a unique body kit, body colored side mirrors, bespoke grille, emblems, and a Lamborghini Murcielago-esque central exhaust. The Rogue S’s standard 170-hp 2.5-liter four-cylinder with a CVT remains untouched in Krom mode.

Considering the added features, it seems that the two new models of 2010 Nissan Rogue S Krom could help Nissan make some quick cash in. The pricing seems to be pretty much competitive too.

Nissan Unveils NV200 Electric Commercial Van Image

Nissan has unveiled the first image of its concept electric commercial van. The Japanese automaker earlier announced that it would come up with an electric version of NV200 gasoline-run commercial van which was released in 2009. Now that the company has resealed the image of the NV200 electric commercial van, you can expect that Nissan would very soon step into the commercial van market with a all-electric vehicle.

Meanwhile, the company is now planning to release its electric passenger vehicle NV200 EV in 2011. It is expected that the passenger car would make a strong challenge for Toyota’s highly popular Prius hybrid car. By releasing the image of NV200 commercial van, Nissan has indicated that the company has taken up hybrid market very seriously as it aims to release a zero-emission van in future.

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Heritage Nissan move to a new location in Rome

Heritage Nissan, the Nissan car showroom, subsidiary of Rome based Heritage Autogroup, has changed its current location due to communication problems. The old Heritage Nissan showroom, situated at the corner of Martha Berry Highway and John Davenport Drive, became difficult to access due to tight intersection, limited parking space and road construction. The new location on Veterans Memorial Highway east of Ga. 53, which will be unveiled on June 2^nd, is more spacious with lots of facilities. Rome News-Tribune reports:

The move from the old location, which has housed Heritage Nissan since the early ’90s, will provide much more space and amenities for both customers and the dealership’s employees.

“This new location should double our inventory space, and we’ll be able to house well over 200 new vehicles,” said Gary Loyd, the general manager of Heritage Nissan. “The new facility is state-of-the-art. For the consumer, the location will provide easier access in and out, and we’ll have spacious new offices, showrooms and a new air-conditioned workshop. It will be a great work environment for our employees.”

In the new facility of Heritage Nissan, everything is easy to find- the sales, service,parts areas. The new center is very customer friendly. Loyd also said that the Heritage Auto Supercenter will remain in the old location.

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Nissan Motor Company will reshape its Sunderland plant in England

Nissan Motor Company (TYO: 7201) is going to reshape production plan at its Sunderland car plant. Supported by the British government, under the new plan, production of the popular Nissan Qashqai will be increased and a new small SUV will be introduced by the third largest Japanese auto maker. Within 2010, Nissan will remove the production of Micra to Chennai.

On 3^rd June, British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown will visit Nissan design center and reveal the government support package. So far, it has not been confirmed whether Nissan Motor Company will receive any government fund for developing new capacity at the plant. Times Online reports:

The Sunderland plant employs 4,200 people and produces around 350,000 cars a year. An extra 800 workers are expected to be taken on in July to staff a third shift to work on the Qashqai production line.

Meanwhile, the government is under pressure to fight European taxes that could add thousands of pounds to the price of new Jaguars and Land Rovers.

Ford, the American car giant, will complete the sale of the two British car companies to India’s Tata group this week.

Europe plans to levy hefty taxes on cars that do not meet strict emission limits by 2012.

An exemption will allow small-volume carmakers to avoid the blow, while luxury carmakers that are part of bigger groups will be sheltered by their parents’ smaller car fleets.

The Nissan car plant situated at Sunder in England is one of the most efficient car plants in Europe. Recently, Nissan expressed its concern over the pound euro relationship.

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Toyota and Nissan acquire top position in April Japan car production

With the rising price of fuel, Japanese cars have become ‘hot cakes’ in North America. In April, Toyota Motor Corporation (TYO: 7203) and Nissan Motor Company Limited (TYO: 7201) took the top position in car production in Japan. According to the latest figure published by Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, the combined auto production of twelve major Japanese automakers have increased 5.4% to 917,951 and exports increased 21% to 584,059.

Currently, Toyota’s hybrid model is very popular in the USA. On May 27^th, Toyota announced to build a third battery plant in Japan for its hybrid vehicles. News came out that Toyota is talking with GM to produce Prius hybrid at the Toyota GM joint venture plant in California. However, Toyota spokesperson said that nothing had been decided on production of Prius at the joint venture New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. Bloomberg reports:

The price of gasoline has jumped 30 percent in the U.S. so far this year, prompting demand for small cars. Toyota and Nissan increased sales in the world's largest car market last month, winning customers from General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. Japan's vehicle exports to the U.S. jumped 21 percent.

``Rising gasoline prices are certainly helping the Japanese carmakers the most,'' said Jesse Toprak, director of market forecasting for Edmunds.com in Santa Monica, California. ``The Japanese brands are perceived to have more gas-efficient vehicles.''

Sales of the domestic cars in the USA is at the lowest since 1995. Japanese companies are making profits from their small vehicles. Toyota increased its domestic output 1.1% to 331,100 vehicles. Exports rose 8% and shipment to China rose 77%. Production of Nissan Motor Company increased 42% to 98,873 vehicles and export to the USA increased 64%.

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Automotive Energy Supply Corporation (AESC) will spend $115 million for a new lithium-ion battery plant

In a move to catch up with the growing hybrid vehicle and electric vehicle market, Japan’s third largest automobile producer Nissan Motor Company (TYO: 7201) with NEC Corporation (TYO: 6701) announced that their joint venture lithium-ion battery producing company Automotive Energy Supply Corporation will spend $115 million over the next three years in building Nissan’s first battery production line at Nissan’s Zama facility in Kanagawa prefecture. In the beginning, the plant is targeting to produce 13,000 units which will be increased to 65,000 by 2011. The batteries produced will be used in Nissan Motor Company’s hybrid and electric vehicle aimed to be released by 2010. Forbes.com reports:

Nissan (nasdaq: NSANY - news - people ) and NEC (nasdaq: NIPNY - news - people ) last year set up Automotive Energy Supply Corp., a joint venture that aims to capitalise on its parents' technology to develop and produce lithium ion batteries for Nissan and other manufacturers of hybrid, electric and fuel cell vehicles in the world. Nissan holds a 51 percent stake in the venture and NEC jointly owns the rest with its subsidiary NEC Tokin Corp.

NEC Tokin has separately allocated 11.0 billion yen to build over the next three years its own facility within NEC's Sagamihara plant site in Kanagawa to mass-produce lithium-manganese electrodes for the joint venture by 2009.

Last year, Automotive Energy Supply Corporation (AESC) announced its plan to supply batteries for forklift trucks. Nissan is now looking forward to introduce electronic vehicle in Japan, the United States, Israel and Denmarke by 2011. The company will go into mass marketing from 2012. At a news conference, Nissan’s Executive Vice President Carlos Tavares told that Nissan was determined to become a leader in this next shift in global mobility and the advanced battery technology developed by the joint venture was critical to achieve that goal.

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Bajaj along with Renault-Nissan to Produce $2,500 Car in India by 2011

Now, it seems that Tata Motor’s Tata Nano car, dubbed as world’s cheapest car, is going to have a strong competitor in the Indian car market. Today, India’s Bajaj Auto Limited (BOM:500490), a flagship of Bajaj Group, as well as Renault-Nissan declared to form a joint venture in order to launch an entry level car with a price tag of 100,000 Rupees (2,500-dollar and 1,600-euro).

Carlos Ghosn, president of Renault-Nissan, announced the joint venture with India’s Bajaj Auto last November. The newly form joint ventures is planning to launch its $2,500 car by early 2011. The car is so far known as by its codename ULC. Initially, ULC is targeted to Indian car market, but the joint venture company could export in the other car markets later.

This is the second effort to make a small car worth Rs. 100,000 for the Indian market. Earlier, Tata Motor came up with the country’s first $2,500 car ‘Tata Nano’, which is considered to be the cheapest car in the world. Tata Nano is expected to be launched in Indian market later this year.

ULC car will be manufactured in a plant to be built in Chakan, Maharashtra. 400,000 units of ULC car will be produced from the plant. Bajaj is well-known for its motorbikes and in fact, it is the second largest motorbike manufacturing company in India. Tata Nano is likely to affect the two wheeler market of India in what it would also affect Bajaj. However, the ULC car seems to be a counter attack from Bajaj for Tata’s Nano. So, Tata Motor will definitely try its best to grab as much market share as it could until Bajaj and Renault-Nissan launch its $2,500 small car in India.

The joint venture of Bajaj and Renault-Nissan is aimed to provide fuel efficiency with its Rs. 100,000 car. The company is planning to provide 34 kilometers (21 miles)/ liter of fuel. So, in terms of fuel efficiency, ULC car might have an edge over its competitors in the market.

Bajaj will have 50 percent share of the announced joint venture company, while French auto maker Renault and Japanese auto maker Nissan will have 25 percent share each. A large part of Indian car market belongs to small car segment and the segment is growing rapidly as number of middle class people has been increased over the last few years in India. In fact, more than two third of domestic car sales belong to small car segment. That is why, domestic and foreign car makers are keen to come into small car segment of Indian car market. Now, let us see if ULC brings out success in India’s ever increasing car market.

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Nissan will stop Micra production

Nissan Motor Company Limited (TYO:7201) has decided to stop the production of one of its largely produced small car, Micra, at the Sunderland plant in UK. The company is going to build a new model which it is expected to announce next month. Forbes.com reports:

Nissan is expected to announce next month that a replacement for the Micra, to be launched in 2010, will be made elsewhere, although increased production of its Qashqai mid-sized model will take up the slack at the factory in northeast England, the newspaper reported.

Qashqai is a family hatchback. Carlos Ghosn assured that the Sunderland plant will operate in its full facility because running below the plant capacity is not profitable for the company.

On Tuesday, Nissan is going to announce its five year plan. At face of rising oil price, the car company is aiming to mass produce electric vehicles in future.

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Nissan : Going electric

On the coming Tuesday, Nissan Motor Company Limited (TYO:7201) is going to present its five year plan. The company that almost went out of business is now back again. Thanks to its major share holder Renault SA, the French car maker who came to its rescue. Under the leadership of Carlos Ghosn, the company has become profitable again. Now, with the rising oil price and growing environmental pressure, the auto maker is planning to produce electronic vehicle. The way oil price is rising, electric vehicle is going to be the next big thing. Times Online reports:

Nissan is sharing its electric- car expertise with its partner Renault and using the French brand. Ghosn has made an exclusive deal to supply cars to Israel as part of a state- backed venture that includes creating a network of roadside stations where cars can recharge their batteries.

Israel’s plan to be the first nation to encourage large- scale use of electric cars was developed after Ghosn met President Shimon Peres at last year’s Davos economic summit and heard of the infrastructure proposals of Shai Agassi, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, who runs an initiative called Project Better Place.

Having no oil and being a small country where typical car journeys are short, Israel is regarded as an ideal testing ground for electric cars. The infrastructure will be in place by 2011 and, to encourage consumers to use electric cars, the government has set the purchase tax on them at 10%, rather than the regular 72%.

Ghosn has targeted Israel as the testing ground of Nissan’s electric car. The country is very small and does not have any oil. It is the best place for electric cars. From 2011, Israeli government is going to introduce tax breaks on zero emission cars. Ghosn expects to bring out electric car for mass market by 2011.

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Nissan Armada: A Powerful Sports utility Vehicle

Nissan Armada is an excellent sports utility car which comes with a lot of interesting features. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd (TYO:7201) is one of the leading car makers based in Japan. The car is very comfortable to ride and offers an eye catching price tag of around $8,000. Its interior includes three rows of seating arrangement for 8 passengers. This gigantic SUV is powerful, stylish and it is a perfect family vehicle. Nissan Armada is powered by 5.6L V8 engine which makes it one of the most powerful SUVs currently available in the market.

auto123 reported:

With a potent 5.6L V8, three rows of seating for a total of 8 passengers, and a towing capacity of up to 4,082 kilos (9,000 pounds), the Armada is ready to take on any type of challenge. It's powerful enough to tow a boat all the way to the lake, stylish enough to stand out in the parking lot of a famous restaurant and convenient enough to haul the entire family to its preferred locations.

The famous 5.6L, 32-valve, DOHC V8 makes the Armada one of the most powerful full-size, light-duty SUVs on the market, including best-in-class towing capacity with the proper equipment. Specially tuned for the Armada, the Endurance V8 churns out 317 horsepower and 385 lb-ft of torque.

It has some other interesting features including a five speed automatic transmission with Tow/Haul mode. This four wheeler is very efficient with high-capacity battery and durable engine. For those who are looking for sports utility vehicles would find Nissan Armanda an excellent option of their list. However, the car is not environment friendly which could cause some problem for the car in world market.

Preview of Nissan GT-R Sports Car

Japanese car maker Nissan Motor Co., Ltd (TYO:7201) is coming with one of the much awaited sports cars, Nissan GT-R. The sports car is equipped with some of today’s best technologies and comes with excellent specs. Two controls are given for the positioning of the electric seat. The driver can get a good amount of information from its customizable electric display while driving the car. The amount of information is more than enough that a driver could ask for while driving a sports car. The driver can have a better control over the car while driving, taking help from 11 different screens which are assigned to monitor different functioning of the car such as oil pressure, temperature for the engine, the gearbox, turbo boost, the torque split front to rear, lateral G readings and lap times.

Autos.canada reported:

It boasts a zero-to-100-kilometres-an-hour time of 3.5 seconds and a seven-minute-38-second lap time around the Nürburgring's Nordschleife, which is the benchmark for sports car performance and where the GT-R has bested the Corvette Z06 and the Porsche 911 Turbo.

Exiting the pits with the dual-clutch six-speed gearbox in manual mode, the upshifts are rifle action quick at 0.18 seconds, but they are also shock-free, which is quite a surprise given the fact that 480 horsepower is being channelled to the track by way of massive Bridgestone Potenza tires.

The power delivery is so smooth and linear that I don't feel an overwhelming rush as the car speeds up, but, trust me, I'm moving. Another factor at play is that the sound of the engine at full throttle is relatively muted, which is typical of a turbocharged car, so there's not the war cry or high-pitched wail of a naturally aspirated engine at full song.

There are some more interesting and high tech features being offered with Nissan GT-R. So, naturally the price is a bit high. Priced at $83,000, the car provides a lot of high end offers for the sports car lovers. The car does not create extra sound which is very common among the sports car. It is very fast and smooth which would make its users feel comfortable and experience the speed they are looking for. So, I guess, many would not bother to $83,000 and go for it. Nissan has the production capacity of 1,000 GT-R cars per month. Now, let us see if the car can attract the sports car fans and beings out some monetary success for Nissan.

Altima Hybrid sedan vs Camry Hybrid: Nissan vs Toyota

Nissan and Toyota both are Japanese auto companies. They are big rivals too. Now, Nissan is trying to take Toyota into a price war in hybrid cars. Nissan is offering lower price than Toyota in the hybrid car segment.

Bloomberg reported:

The 2007 Altima Hybrid goes on sale today for $24,400, Nissan spokesman Darryl Harrison said. The Camry Hybrid starts at $26,200.

Nissan is introducing the hybrid to meet California rules that require the biggest automakers to sell a minimum number of low-pollution vehicles. Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn has repeatedly said the cost of hybrid components means such models won't be profitable and don't offer enough benefits to consumers to make up for $3,000 or more in price premiums.

``Nissan knows it has to have a hybrid for publicity and regulatory reasons and is limiting loss potential by selling it in just a few states,'' said Rebecca Lindland, an analyst with market forecaster Global Insight Inc. in Lexington, Massachusetts. ``They're playing it safe.''

So, it is a tough challenge for Nissan. Although Nissan has set the price lower, it has still some tough battles to fight to catch up Toyota.