Daimler, Ford and Nissan joined in hydrogen

The partners intend to jointly develop advanced fuel cell (FC) and related systems. In these devices, we recall, hydrogen reacts with oxygen from the air, and the output is electricity and water vapor. The companies Daimler, Ford and Nissan in the amount of behind the 60-year experience in this field, and their
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Daimler, Ford, Renault and Nissan Sign Deal For Joint Development of Fuel Cell System

Ford Motor Company, Mercedes-Benz's parent company Daimler AG and the Renault-Nissan Alliance announced on Monday that they signed a three-way agreement concerning the joint development of a common fuel cell electric vehicle system.

The deal, which was signed in Yokohama, Japan, by Tomas Weber (Daimler), Raj Nair (Ford) and Mitshuhiko Yamashita (Nissan), aims to accelerate the development time of fuel cell technology, maximize design commonality and reduce costs through economies of scale.

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Future Cars: CarScoop's Vision of the 2017 Nissan GT-R

Ever since its Japanese launch in 2007 (USA 2008), the Nissan GT-R has gained a huge following and respect with its supercar-bashing performance. Subtle upgrades have been applied over its current lifespan with the aim of keeping Italians, Germans and Americans at bay with its AWD drivetrain coupled to a potent 3.8L twin-turbo V6.

However, the competition will not surrender; cue GM and Porsche with their new Corvette Stingray and 911 models respectively, as prime examples - hence why Nissan is expected to respond again.

For those of us like myself who grew up as part of the early-adapting PlayStation generation, the GT-R obsession grew with the R32-34 Nissan Skylines of the 1990's. Their bang-for-buck thrills combined with endless modification options has turned the GT-R moniker into something of an automotive cult status.

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Os Sedãs Médios mais vendidos de 2012!

O segmento de Sedãs Médios cresceu em relação à 2011, onde a maioria dos modelos cresceu em relação ao ano anterior! Entre os modelos que mais cresceram, estão: O Mitsubishi Lancer com 902%, Cruz Cruze com 320%, Hyundai Elantra com 229%, Honda Civic com 120%, Renault Fluence com 48%, o Volkswagen Jetta com 47%, Peugeot 408 com 18% e o Toyota Corolla com 7%! O ano de 2012 não houve novidades no segmento, mas teve poucas quedas também! Os que mais caíram foram: Kia Cerato com 63%, Citroën C4 Pallas com 46%, Fiat Linea com 32%, Nissan Sentra com 21% e o Ford Focus Sedan com queda de 10%! Para este ano teremos novos modelos, como a nova geração do Ford Focus Sedan, a chegada do novato Mazda 3 Sedan, o face-lift do Fluence, a nova geração do Nissan Sentra, o Novo C4 Pallas e o Novo Cerato prometem muito para 2013!

Os Sedãs Compactos Premium's mais vendidos de 2012!

O segmento de Sedãs Compactos Premium's recebeu mais duas novidades em 2012! O primeiro que chegou foi o J5, da chinesa JAC, que para a marca é um Sedan Médio, mas se trata de um Sedan Compacto com dimensões maiores! O segundo a chegar foi o Chevrolet Sonic Sedan, que chegou à 4º colocação, chegando perto do Ford New Fiesta, que era segundo em 2011, caiu para terceiro esse ano e poderá cair até para 4º, coisa que já acontece graças ao Sonic! Esse segmento teve mais quedas do que aumentos! Os modelos que mais caíram foram: Nissan Tiida Sedan com queda de 75%, mas o modelo saiu de linha, o Cielo Sedan com 62% graças ao IPI e o New Fiesta Sedan com 22%! Já os modelos que subiram foram o Honda City com 26% e o Volkswagen Polo Sedan com 11%!

Os Sedãs Compactos mais vendidos de 2012!

O segmento de Sedãs Compactos, que assim como os Sedãs Populares, se dividiu em dois grandes grupos! Os modelos que aumentaram suas vendas e que que recuaram, além de ter 1 novato, o Toyota Etios Sedan! Os modelos que aumentaram suas vendas foram: Chevrolet Cobalt, com aumento extraordinário de 2.731%, seguido pelo Nissan Versa com aumento de 511% e pelo Renault Symbol, surpresa, com aumento de 8%! Os modelos que mais caíram foram: Lifan 620 com queda de 44%, seguido pelo Peugeot 207 Passion e pelo JAC J3 Turin, ambos com queda de 41%! Para esse ano o segmento deve ter grandes novidades, como o Renault Logan que cresce e mata o Symbol, o Hyundai HB20S, o Chevrolet Prisma que também sobe na vida, além das outras novidades, como o Chery Celer Sedan, Changan Alsvin Sedan entre outros modelos!

Confirmed serial output of the electric vehicle Nissan Leaf Nismo

Buyers battery pyatidverki Nissan Leaf will soon be able to buy a car with an outer body kit from the sports department Nismo. The head of the office Shoichi Miyatani confirmed that such performance electric car will get into production in the summer of 2013. The style was inspired by the feathered body kit racing trehdverki
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Nissan Versa Note

This automaker’s politics with its smaller-sized cars isn’t very common. Nissan decided last year that Sentra’s latest generation would be shared with the sedan’s Eastern sibling, Sylphy, in order to reduce costs. Now this strategy will be repeated with the Japanese minivan Note, which was adapted to North America as their new Versa hatchback. The thing is, this car is so different from the sedan that they should even have different names. This article will show what this new hatch-minivan will start to bring next summer.

Although this car shares platform with the sedan just like Versa’s previous generation (which was called Tiida at some countries), its own versions were clearly two variations of the same car. However, the current phase first received the sedan with much lower price, in fact reduced enough to make it compete at the subcompact level, while the hatchback that shares its name is this article’s car. Versa, in fact, looks much more like March/Micra, to the point of they sharing the very same central console. But since the North-American market would never accept a car that small, their choice was to “force” Versa’s line creation with the new car, which will certainly be sold at other markets as a medium-sized hatchback – or even minivan. Nevertheless, this car’s design can be seen as one more proof that Nissan’s idea isn’t to unify their showroom into one single design language, but some of them. So if the sedan now reminds is bigger siblings Altima and Sentra, Note sticks to being the production version of the Invitation concept car. In other words, it brings a very attractive design, without any excess of elements: the front section, for instance, takes all the attention to both the headlights and the grille, with an integrated design which gives an imponent look but also reminds very much of Honda CR-V.

Nothing of that comes as a complaint, though. Note’s design could be described as an up-to-date version of what has been seen at Nissan’s hatches and minivans since the last decade. These lines are more sophisticated than Tiida’s and Livina’s, with better-looking volumes, abandoning the excessively straight lines and creases, some aerodynamical aids, like the two strong roof creases, and using much more inspired tridimensional shapes, such as the tail lights. Entering it, the V-platform shows its advantages with a very well-planned room. Subcompacts never give priority to fancy design or top-notch material quality, but to room for five and lots of pratical solutions: this car counts on items such as 60/40 divided rear seats, whose space can be rearranged with the trunk’s: besides using the complete area, there’s an extra floorboard to create a separate space for smaller items, or finish composing a flat space when those seats are down. On the other hand, it’s very nice to see that Nissan has invested very much also at Note’s safety. Offered in four trim levels, this car can come with tire pressure monitoring system, braking system with ABS, BAS and EBD, and stability and traction controls – the S version will start from $ 13,990, but there are also S Plus, SV and SV with SL package.

But this car has other concerns, too. In order to take customers from Chevrolet Spark, Hyundai Accent or even Fiat 500, Note received a very good technology package: the multifunctional Intelligent Key opens the doors of a car which can bring keyless entry, electroluminescent dashboard, heated front seats, cruise control, GPS tracking, higher-quality internal illumination and an impressive infotainment system: the 5.8” touchscreen gives access to weather conditions, full navigation system, hands-free text messaging and media streaming over Bluetooth connection, online radio through iPhone internet, rearview monitor with the conventional reverse-gear images displayed at the screen, but also the new Around View Monitor, whose four cameras are set one at each side of the car. They work together to help parking by creating a virtual 360° image of the car, allowing to see the exact space available for each situation. Versa Note will always use a four-cylinder 16-valve 1.6L engine, with 109 hp and 107 lb-ft. It uses front-wheel-drive, double injection, continously variable valve timing and several other technologies to achieve the city and highway mileage of 31 and 40 mpg, respectively – only the entry version brings a five-speed manual transmission, while the others count on the CVT Xtronic gearbox. As usual, this car will be produced in Mexico.

Exec Says Nissan Considered Killing Infiniti, has Plans for an "Emotional" (GT-R-Based?) Flagship

It may come as a surprise but the Infiniti Q50 sports sedan may have not made the waves it did at this year’s Detroit Auto Show – in fact, the whole Infiniti brand may have ceased to exist by now, according to Nissan vice president Andy Palmer.

In an interview at the 2013 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Palmer told Wards Auto that, when he expressed his doubt about whether the group would be better off without Infiniti and its ho-hum performance, CEO Carlos Ghosn “challenged me and said ‘We don’t have to do Infiniti, you can cancel it if you want’”.

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There were images of the new patent Nissan X-Trail

In March last year at the motor show in Geneva, the Japanese showed a concept Nissan Hi-Cross. According to the company, the car show was intended to show what will be the brand new crossovers. Many agreed that the Hi-Cross is a harbinger of the next generation of model X-Trail.
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Os Hatch's Médios mais vendidos de 2012!

O segmento de Hatch's Médios teve queda generalizada! Todos os modelos caíram em relação à 2011! Porém tivemos dois modelos que poderão mudar esse segmento já neste ano! O Chevrolet Cruze Sport6 e o Peugeot 308 são os modelos que poderão roubar os lugares de Hyundai i30 e Volkswagen Golf já em 2013 e quem sabe ameaçar até mesmo o Ford Focus! Para este ano porém, tudo irá mudar! Focus, Tiida, Golf, i30 e C4 irão ganhar uma nova geração! O SX4 já passou por um face-lift, mas ainda tem outros modelos a chegar, de marcas inéditas, como o Mazda 3 Hatch e Honda Civic Hatch, que possuem grandes chances para chegar ainda em 2013! Entre os modelos que mais caíram está o Peugeot 307 (Saiu de linha!), o Hyundai i30 que sofre com o IPI e o C4, que sofreu ainda mais com a chegada dos novatos Cruze Sport6 e 308!