A new study was released by the National Automobile Dealers Association and they found that market interest has surged significantly for the Korean and Japanese manufacturers for the second quarter of 2011. This should really be no surprise because Hyundai and Kia are the only two brands that make up for the Korean market share [...]
Nissan said that it is recalling 20,000 Altima sedans from the 2011 and 2012 model years due to a issue with a transverse link bolt that might not have been torqued to the proper specification. Models affected by the recall include Altima sedans built between April 25 and June 10 at the Canton, Miss., plant [...]
Following NYC’s approval of the Ford Transit Connect and the Ford Taurus for taxi use, Nissan announced that the U.S. built Nissan Altima has also been approved by the City’s Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC). Currently, NYC has approximately 306 Nissan Altima Hybrid units in use as taxi cabs on New York City streets. TLC [...]
Nissan North America has dropped the Nissan Altima Hybrid for the 2012 model year, and has no plans on bringing it back. The Japanese automaker quietly dropped the Altima hybrid from its 2012 catalog after five years in the lineup. Nissan spokesman John Schilling said that while the Infiniti M35 Hybrid will remain, there will [...]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a preliminary investigation into 440,000 Nissan Altima units over braking issues, the agency said on its website. NHTSA said that the investigation covers Nissan Altimas from the 2007-2008 model year. The agency said it received 20 complaints complaining about brake master cylinder leakage. 16 of those complaints have [...]
Our senior editor Chris Chin recently went out and leased a 2011 Honda Accord Coupe V6. Coming out of owning a used Jaguar X308 XJ8 (which he only owned for a couple of months after swearing to keep the car for a lifetime), Chris found himself in an Accord Coupe V6 with a manual transmission. How [...]
The Nissan Altima hasn’t ever really hit the top sales figures of the Honda Accord or the Toyota Camry when it comes to mid-size sedan wars…until last month. Nissan said that it sold a total of 32,289 units in March, making become the best-selling sedan in America, the first time the model has ever achieved [...]
The results are in and we now have the list of the Top 10 Best Selling Cars of 2010. The list didn’t see much change from 2009 with the Ford F-Series pickup still being the top seller in the United States. The Chevrolet Silverado performed strong enough to take back its No.2 spot. Other changes [...]
Nissan announced yesterday that it has created a new division that combines product planning, marketing, advertising and public relations under one umbrella. This will be seen in the shared DNA of Nissan North America’s next-generation passengers cars, an element that is missing from the current models. The Nissan Versa, Sentra and Altima coupe and sedan [...]
Nissan has announced pricing on the 2011 Nissan Altima sedan, Altima coupe and Altima Hybrid, all of which are on sale now at Nissan dealers nationwide. The 2011 Altima continues to be available in a number of well-equipped models, including 175-hp 2.5-liter inline 4-cylinder and 270-hp 3.5-liter V6 engine equipped models. For the 2011 model year, [...]
