Nissan Road Tests
For 2003, Nissan has made a lot of detail improvements to its handsome Almera hatchbacks. And, since the launch was 300 miles away near the Sunderland...
Wed, 18 Sep 2002
Tuesday 13th June 2006
Imagine the perfect afternoon.
The Cotswolds. Clear blue skies. Open top-sportscar. A beautiful girl in the passenger...
Tue, 13 Jun 2006
I had always thought that the Mazda MX-5 was the World's best selling sportscar.
But I was wrong.
If you start counting at the original...
Wed, 08 Apr 2009
Daniel Harrison loved the 370Z Roadster. HJ had mixed feelings about it. Maybe it's just HJ getting old.
Thu, 10 Jun 2010
You might take one look at the Nissan Cube and decide it's an oddball of strictly limited appeal.
And you'd be wrong. Because, since its first...
Tue, 12 Jan 2010
Two years ago Nissan expected to sell 18,000 Primeras a year and 4,000 X-Trails. Now it's selling 10,000 Primeras a year and 10,000 X-Trails....
Fri, 13 Aug 2004
All new wacky, weird, but also cute and decent to drive mostly Brit built coupe/SUV that successfully competes against MINIs, MX-5s, Abarth 500s, Citroen DS3s, Renault Winds, Peugeot 207CCs and everything else in the £12,500 - £20,000 'style' sector.
Sat, 10 Jul 2010
This started off as a test of Nissan's bargain priced MINI-rivalling 160SR, but got side-tracked by a very pretty little Sport + diesel. Please...
Wed, 20 Jul 2005
"Ahhh....cute. It's like a baby." Those were my wife's words when she first caught sight of the frogeyed new Nissan Micra. Smart girl. She summed...
Tue, 31 Dec 2002
Sunday 4th June 2006
This job is full of surprises. At the same time on the same morning as one chap handed me the keys to a wow-factor, fully...
Sun, 04 Jun 2006
New supercharged Micra uses blower for efficiency rather than speed, pays no VED and creeps into London Congestion Charge free.
Thu, 07 Jul 2011
The new Nissan Micra K13 arriving in the UK in November is the first of the next generation of small yet spacious, low emission high economy petrol engined cars.
Sun, 25 Apr 2010
Saturday 8th October 2005
The new 174PS Nissan Navara is currently king of the pick-ups. Not only will it carry more than a ton, it will also...
Sat, 08 Oct 2005
Thursday 1st June 2006
Someone had to come up with a reasonable rival to the Honda Jazz. And while the Nissan Note doesn't break new ground...
Thu, 01 Jun 2006
I last tested a British built Nissan Note almost three years ago and reckoned then that it was a reasonable rival to the Honda Jazz. Not as brilliantly...
Sun, 22 Mar 2009
Nissan is getting out of volume and into niches. Nissan's X-Trail has outsold its Primera and been much more profitable because it has sold at...
Thu, 14 Apr 2005
I first clapped eyes on the new Primera at the 2001 Barcelona Motor Show. Wow, that's different, I thought. It simply didn't need the gorgeous...
Wed, 07 May 2003
You may not be able to pronounce it, but Nissan Qashqai has been a not altogether astonishing success.
Fri, 23 Mar 2007
Newcomer to the Qashqai range debuts new technology and much-improved emissions.
Fri, 04 Nov 2011
I originally road tested the X-Trail 2.2DI 6-speed Sport two years ago. And I loved for its honesty.
A bit later on I got to drive it through...
Fri, 30 Jan 2004
Now and again a car surprises me. I should have had an inkling from the delivery driver who said he'd really enjoyed his job that morning. All...
Tue, 02 Apr 2002
I can't tell you how reliable the new X-Trail is going to be. We won't know about that for a year or two. Hopefully the turbo troubles that dogged...
Tue, 18 Sep 2007
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