Taken in Kanagawa prefecture Japan this past summer. Was a huge 50s or 60s Chevy Stationwagon (don’t know my domestics too well) fitting in pretty well on the streets along Yuigahama Beach in Kamakura. The driver (Japanese) saw me (an American) walking on the sidewalk, and was like, “Ehh, what’s up?!” Returned his…
Haha, well as funny as that is, that is definitely not the story. When I was at NTC in Japan, one of the managers told me the background of the name. Datsun is actually a combination of 2 kanji: kanji for rabbit and the kanji for industrial or sun (I’m absolutely sure about the rabbit). They took it and went from…
Oh, you mean Senator Yurtle the Turtle?
No, it can be true. This is where your credit score comes into play. When I bought my 2013 VW GLI new in 2014, the car was a year old. They took a grand off the MSRP because of this, and if we financed the car, it would be 0% interest through the life of the finance (3 years). The reason I got this deal, was because…
Toyota buying up Subaru is not going to happen unless Subaru starts failing in the US. Fuji Heavy Industries owns Subaru and they are one of Japan’s biggest kiretsu. Mazda is a maybe, but I think Nissan would be a better fit to help Mazda become successful at making fun cars. You can say a lot of bad things about…
Dude, take our Nissan badge off the car, order a Datsun badge from a country that services them and slap it on. Now you have a new Datsun :D.
Base model Versa or Versa Note comes with a 5 speed. Same with the Sentra. And who says you need a new Nissan for a stick?
One of Japan’s biggest and oldest keiretsu. The Japanese economy can seem corrupt to outsiders, but there’s plenty of good reasons it is the way it is. You have the same thing with Subaru owned by Fuji Heavy Industries.
I see none of the Nissan higher ups even looking in Sergios direction anytime soon. If they did, they’d wait until FCA shares tanked and they’d kick that mafioso out on his ass. FCA needs a serious overhaul in quality improvement, management, and stability overall. Their future does not look very bright unfortunately,…
Like anyone wouldn’t have done the exact same to one of Japan’s biggest keiretsu’s? Mitsubishi was circling the drain and Nissan breathed some life back into them before it was too late.
This. This is why I am happy to work for a Japanese OEM that gets it. I feel as though the big three don’t get it (especially Chrysler, but that’s a whole other idiot... I mean animal.). Our CEO Carlos Ghosen sees Tesla as a wonderful opportunity to increase demand and variety in the automotive market and industry…
I’ve got three. The first above is my main background at work (Nissan Technical Center of North America, Design Engineer, so it’s actually really relevant to work haha). I get compliments all the time, and all of the Japanese staff are amazed that an American like me knows anything about hakos and kennmaris. That and…
As someone who’s father bought a used 05' Ferrari 612 Scaglietti with a monsterous V12 and an aluminum gated 6speed manual, the V12 is worth the money and troubles for the price difference. It was either him smiling every time he slammed his foot to rev that beast up, or him getting some V8 run of the mill vehicle. He…
He had spikes that magically sprug from the rubber. He was able to back it up a skate ramp like wall. It’s funny that you weren’t even able to get it driving on a flat zero gradient road. But thanks for trying for the rest of us who would never dare. You’re a true martyr Doug :D.
I work for Nissan at NTCNA in Farmington Hills. Also on the Nissan Race Team. Sometimes if we’re lucky and there’s a leftover prototype vehicle that’s no longer needed and can convince management, we can use it for autocross and race events. Like this white 2016 Maxima I was able to get sideways at MIS.
