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The Nissan Pulsar first appeared in the United States as the 1979 Datsun 310, then came back four years later in hatchback and coupe form. The Pulsar hatchbacks got dropped here for 1984, leaving just the Pulsar NX (known as the Nissan EXA in Japan). For the 1987 model year, the N13 Pulsar showed up in American Nissan dealerships, and it was a fascinating little car. Here's one of those second-generation Pulsar NXs, found in a Denver-area yard recently.
The 2025 Kicks is growing up, Nissan announced Friday. Gaining more interior room, more horsepower and most critically, all-wheel drive, Nissan's smallest U.S.-market crossover has formally graduated from the class of hatchbacks-on-stilts to the ranks of «proper» crossovers, whatever that means.
At last, we're getting close to the new Nissan Kicks. The first-gen model went on sale here in June 2018 and received a facelift in 2021. Spy photographers spent last year scooping prototypes, a heavily camoed Kicks from last July proving the second generation is going to be larger and probably more conventional looking. The automaker's caption on the Instagram video tease promised something «Bigger, bolder, and better than ever,» while advising us to «Stay tuned for a surprise unveiling.» Stacked horizontal lines will be a prominent theme, quick shots in the video showing thin headlights above three rows of short DRLs, and what we believe is a grille being rows of straight bars. The theme's repeated in back, albeit with just two illuminated red accents under the taillights.
The special editions for the R35 GT-R's 15th model year keep coming, and they're still playing the hits. The latest one to join the lineup is the Skyline Edition. This version of the 2024 GT-R sports Bayside Blue, which only appeared on the R34 Skyline GT-R and the 2020 50th Anniversary R35 GT-R. On top of the blue paint, it gets a matching Sora Blue leather interior.
Long-time rivals Honda and Nissan are setting aside their differences to explore a potential collaboration. The two Japanese firms signed a memorandum of understanding in March 2024 to begin a feasibility study that will help them decide whether or not to launch joint projects.
All-electric vehicles may make headlines for environmental friendliness and fuel efficiency, but the “greenest” car in America in 2024 has a gasoline engine. According to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy's annual GreenerCars ratings of the most environmentally friendly cars, the latest Toyota Prius Prime SE plug-in hybrid tops the list of greenest cars, although it's something of an anomaly, because battery-electric EVs follow it in spots two to five.
Nissan unveiled a few model year updates for the GT-R in the Japanese market, including a new blue option for the interior and Nismo goodies for the T-Spec and Track Edition models. The 2025 Nissan GT-R is rumored to be the last of its kind since the current R35 generation has been around since 2007.What is believed to be the final model year for the GT-R doesn’t bring any exterior updates, carrying over the redesigned bits that were introduced with the 2024 facelift.
Now that the Kia Stinger, Audi R8, and Audit TT are gone, we're pretty sure the Nissan GT-R takes the crown as the nameplate with the longest tenure on death row. According to a story in Japanese buff book Mag X (translated), we might know Godzilla's execution date on March 14. The report says that's when Nissan will announce the 2025 model year is the last for the once-titanic coupe, and that the automaker is making just 1,500 of them to emphasize the final flourish. Mag X didn't specify this as a global extinction event; however, it did write that «the manufacturer explained to dealers, 'We have decided to discontinue production because there will be many parts that cannot be manufactured in the future.'» If «many parts» can't be made, that sounds like a once-and-for-all issue; it's not like Nissan is sourcing huge batches of market-specific parts for a vehicle that hasn't been on sale in Australia since 2021, in Europe since 2022, that skipped the U.S. market in 2022, and that sold 390 units here last year. In Japan, the car's largest market, the Nissan web site indicates «Orders for the 2024 NISSAN GT-R model have been discontinued as the number of orders has reached the planned sales volume.»