Ah, free gas. What a beautiful concept. Nissan is taking things a little differently by offering free public charging on its popular Nissan Leaf 100-percent electric vehicle. It’s all part of the No Charge to Charge program from Nissan. Ready to find a free Nissan Leaf No Charge to Charge station? Read the rest of this entry
Take a sleek, 100-percent electric powered hatchback and add a battery with a range of up to 250-miles. The result? U.S. electric vehicle market domination. At least that’s the hope.
Nissan is said to release a 250-mile range Nissan Leaf battery in the near future and right now is in the beginning stages of planning. The ultimate goal is to produce a battery that can provide up to 250-mile range on a single change. One charge. One incredible distance. In addition to the fact that Nissan has started to provide more free Nissan Leaf charging stations in major cities, we think the brand is truly setting a trend in the industry. Read the rest of this entry
The 2016 Nissan Maxima only just arrived in the Matt Castrucci Nissan showroom and this luxury sedan is causing quite a stir! It’s one of the most highly anticipated vehicles of the year and the 2016 Nissan Maxima can be built to your specifications! There are many 2016 Nissan Maxima color options to choose from, in addition to accessories and high-tech features. When it comes to luxury without the luxury price tag, the 2016 Nissan Maxima fits the bill. Read the rest of this entry
The Nissan Sentra was recently selected by J.D. Power in the organization’s 2015 U.S. Initial Quality Study. In fact, after J.D. Power’s review of the 2015 Nissan Sentra the vehicle received the highest score and won the highest ranking in the Compact Car segment. The Nissan Sentra also beat out top rivals for the spot, including the Hyundai Elantra and Toyota Corolla. Read the rest of this entry
It’s official: since Nissan started manufacturing in the U.S. 31 years ago, 1 million Nissan vehicles have been exported from the U.S. That’s an extraordinary number for a brand that’s only growing more and more in the U.S. each year. In fact Nissan met many milestones in 2014 and hit a record of 1,386,895 vehicles. Thanks to new models like the Nissan Leaf, Rogue and Infiniti QX60 Nissan added over 4,000 new jobs. Read the rest of this entry
The term “hybrid” gets thrown out a lot, but what is a hybrid vehicle? A hybrid uses two or more direct power sources, which often means a hybrid will have an internal-combustion engine, fuel tank, an electric motor or two and a battery pack. Hybrid vehicles are different than electric vehicles. In most hybrid vehicles the electric parts help harness and reuse the energy that is often discarded in vehicles solely equipped with internal-combustion engines. There are different distinctions that classify specific types of hybrids like parallel hybrids, plug-in hybrids, mild hybrids and other terms that mainly describe the degree each power source functions in the vehicle. For example in the parallel hybrid the engine and electric motor power is combined, but the engine dominates and the electric motor provides a boost.
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Recently the EPA named Nissan as the most fuel efficient automaker in America in its annual “Trends” Report. The vehicles were measured for fuel economy as a combined fleet, not simply as individuals. So the average fuel economy of the entire lineup of Nissan and Infiniti vehicles came out to 26.2 combined miles per gallon, which was higher than any other automaker in the United States. Read the rest of this entry
We have been following an interesting story recently, and now that it involves Nissan we just had to share it with our audience. There is a famous Canadian DJ who named Joel Zimmerman, who goes by the stage name of Deadmau5, who has been in the news recently for what he has done with his Ferrari. Zimmerman decided to wrap his Ferrari 458 Spider with his trademark Nyan Cat theme, which is a pixelated cat with a rainbow trail following behind it. People have actually been referring to Zimmerman’s wrapped Ferrari 458 Spider as a Purrari. Read the rest of this entry
Nissan is a Forward Thinking Brand
One of the things that all of us here at Matt Castrucci Nissan love about the Nissan brand is how progressive and forward thinking of a company that they are. This starts with the vehicles that they produce. They never get complacent and come out with exciting new features and design changes every year that always win awards, and consumer approval. However, it goes much deeper than simply just making a great product. In our opinion, Nissan is a forward thinking brand because of how they portray their great products. Nissan made a big announcement recently that reaffirmed our belief that they do an excellent job with this. Read the rest of this entry
Nissan is Catching up with Honda in Sales
For a long time now, two Japanese manufacturers have battled with each other for the top spot in North American vehicle sales. It has been dominated by Toyota, with Honda trailing close behind. However, Nissan is catching up with Honda in sales, and they don’t show signs of slowing down anytime soon. Even though there is still a long way to go, we believe that if Nissan continues this current trend they may be able to surpass Honda in sales and market share within the next few years. Read the rest of this entry