Tag: Nissan

After Over 40 Years, Performance Brokerage Services Advises on the Sale of Sport Mitsubishi in Orlando, Florida to Marine Automotive Group

Performance Brokerage Services, the leader in dealership buy-sell activity, announces the sale of Sport Mitsubishi in Orlando, Florida from Don Mealey Sport Auto Group to U.S. Marine of Marine Automotive Group IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Performance Brokerage Services, North America’s highest volume dealership brokerage firm, is pleased to announce the sale of… Continue reading After Over 40 Years, Performance Brokerage Services Advises on the Sale of Sport Mitsubishi in Orlando, Florida to Marine Automotive Group

India’s cheapest car crosses 300,000 sales but will GST cut revive demand?

Launched on September 30, 2019, the Maruti S-Presso entry level hatchback has driven past cumulative sales of 300,000 units in the domestic market. While the milestone was surpassed in May 2025, five years and six months after its launch, the S-Presso has clocked total wholesales of 310,138 units till end-November 2025. Add export sales of… Continue reading India’s cheapest car crosses 300,000 sales but will GST cut revive demand?

When we joined Tokyo’s street racers for a 186mph tunnel run

As Japan’s automotive industry began to flourish in the 1960s and produce sporty cars, Japanese enthusiasts took to the country’s stunning mountain roads to race one another, often in highly modified machinery – and driving in such a fashion grew in popularity and spread to urban expressways. Supposedly some street racing clubs had codes intended… Continue reading When we joined Tokyo’s street racers for a 186mph tunnel run

Keeping the lights on – the Kia EV6’s ultimate party trick

Three years ago, Nissan celebrated building 250,000 Leafs at its Sunderland plant by using one to power a giant Christmas tree, complete with reindeer, outside the factory. There was snow (real, not fake) on the ground too, making the whole scene look very festive – well, as festive as a grass verge next to a… Continue reading Keeping the lights on – the Kia EV6’s ultimate party trick

World NM: Nissan Discontinues the Versa for the United States Market001959

Remember when America’s cheapest new cars used to cost well below 20,000 dollars? That era has been consigned to automotive history’s dustbin as Nissan has finally confirmed the death of the US-market Versa. Senior product communications manager Josh Clifton broke the news to The Drive, claiming that Nissan r… (continue reading…) Go to Source

EV realism is here. How automakers react in 2026 will be telling

Frederic J. Brown | Afp | Getty Images DETROIT – The U.S. automotive industry has entered a new phase for all-electric vehicles: realism. The industry was euphoric about the EV segment in the early 2020s, but consumer demand never took off as much as expected and, as it fizzled, automakers monitored and planned how to… Continue reading EV realism is here. How automakers react in 2026 will be telling

Clean Technica: Record Month for EV Sales in China!004300

Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. BEVs represented 37% of the total Chinese car market in November. We saw plugins score another million-plus sales in November (1.3 million plugins in a 2.2-million-unit overall market, down 8% YoY), but growth has been slowing down, with November showing only a 4% increase over… Continue reading Clean Technica: Record Month for EV Sales in China!004300

How a cigar-chomping watchmaker invented the Smart car

Earlier this year Smart confirmed that it is creating a new miniature two-seater – the unique proposition for which the brand was invented three decades ago – several years after foraying into electric SUVs. The brand had some difficulty in building a business case for the #2 – but even so, its progress through the pipeline has… Continue reading How a cigar-chomping watchmaker invented the Smart car

Weekly News Wrap: Maruti’s EV Reality Check, Nissan Comeback Plan, Ola’s Aggarwal Sells Shares

This week’s auto headlines converged around four themes that are likely to shape the market’s near-term direction: electrification, product pipelines, regulation and exports. On electrification, Maruti Suzuki, which is preparing to introduce its first battery-electric model, openly acknowledged that EV adoption in India remains constrained by gaps between claimed and real-world driving range, uneven charging… Continue reading Weekly News Wrap: Maruti’s EV Reality Check, Nissan Comeback Plan, Ola’s Aggarwal Sells Shares