Nissan Micra EV: wild concept could preview electric hot hatch

There’s plenty of evidence that, in the current era, Japan is opting to continue along a consciously traditional and measured car-making lane, rather than The cheapest Nissan medium SUV mightn’t offer everything you want, but brings almost everything a traditionalist buyer needs for around $43K on road.

Underpinning a large part of the Nissan’s brand rejuvenation and volume plans for 2030 is its Chinese joint-venture with Dongfeng – the combined brains

Tuning a dual-cab Ute for Australia presents an enormous challenge for suspension engineers, given just how broad the talent spectrum needs to be to make The first all-new Navara in over a decade becomes a joint-venture vehicle with the Mitsubishi Triton, defined by its classy styling makeover and much-needed suspension improvements

The drawn-out and well-documented five-year gestation of Nissan Australia’s all-important Ariya model might’ve dampened this EV crossover's impact on the Long-awaited Nissan electric’s big-battery, front-driver appears to be the pick of its range. But can it keep up with the rest of the EV pack?

Intimate model-sharing among workhorse utes has been an intrinsic part of the commercial-vehicle landscape for at least 50 years now – far more so than All-new Navara morphs into a model-share with Mitsubishi, delivering unique styling details, an overhauled suspension tune and a Warrior flagship.

Nissan will always go down in history as the OG OEM for mainstream EVs – even though it wasn’t the first. Its original-generation Leaf (2010-17) was the Almost four years since it began production, the Nissan Ariya has finally reached Australia, filling an important EV niche in Nissan’s expanding enviro-friendly line-up

The new-generation Y63 Nissan Patrol won’t arrive in Australia until 2026 — but Chasing Cars has completed an early test of the new-gen four-wheel drive The next Patrol impresses with a torquey twin-turbo V6, sweeter handling, and a well-built interior — but real-world fuel savings over the old V8 are slim

The new-look Nissan Qashqai arrived in Australia in February with the Japanese carmaker answering the public’s calls for more hybrid trims. Hallelujah! Qashqai hybrid is a great, efficient drive but there’s absolutely no reason to spend mid-size SUV money on top-spec N-Design.

Think of utes ready to hit the tracks, steep ascents and rocky escarpments straight out of the box and usually the Ford Ranger Raptor or Toyota Hilux GR The Navara Pro-4X offered plenty in standard guise, but does the top-spec, Premcar-tuned Warrior variant make the formula even better?

On 1 January, 2025, the Australian Government will introduce NVES, or the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard. With Australia wanting to target net zero The 11-year-old Y62 Nissan Patrol gets a tech boost to drag it up to date, though its V8-powered days are numbered.

It’s always a good sign when you feel a bit sad having to hand a car back, as was the case for us with the new Z Nismo – the most fun we’ve had in a More power, more grip, more focus – and more fun. But could you really justify an extra $18,200 for the Nissan Z Nismo over a base automatic Z?

When I was in high school, my parents owned a 2007 Nissan Navara D40 ST-X with a 2.5-litre turbo-diesel four-cylinder engine. They nicknamed it Yamato, It’s not as hard-core as the off-road focused, Premcar-tuned Warrior, so what makes the regular Navara Pro-4X one of the best lifestyle utes in the segment?

There’s a new Nissan Patrol Warrior – well, sort of. This is largely the same model that launched at the tail end of 2023 top to tail, if one that now has Aussie-developed infotainment screen adds a contemporary touch to the ageing Nissan Patrol, though the Warrior version’s big appeal still lies elsewhere

The Toyota RAV4 Hybrid might have been pipped at the post by the Tesla Model Y this year as Australia’s most popular car – but hybrid SUVs continue to be The Nissan X-Trail E-Power is an enticing option for Aussie family buyers but how does it stack up after five months and 10,000km of testing?

In being given the task to review the Nissan Juke, a small SUV I’d never driven nor thought too much about, I started down a rabbit hole: what is a ‘Juke’ With funky styling and an injection of some French flair, is the Nissan Juke the best-kept secret of the small SUV world?

The third-generation Nissan Qashqai small SUV first landed in Australia last year and did so with a promise that a fuel-sipping hybrid system would follow Nissan’s latest small SUV drives like a pure EV but travels nearly 1000km in a single tank. So what’s the catch?

Nissan’s first-ever plug-in hybrid vehicle, a PHEV version of the Navara ute – called the Navara Pro PHEV – will go on sale in Australia in 2027, in the Nissan will soon introduce its second Navara built by another manufacturer, this time from China with a plug-in petrol-based hybrid technology at its core

Nissan is determined to revive its global sales fortunes – streamlining its model line-up while dramatically trimming average development times – and a Nissan is on a warpath to global sales redemption, starting with a virtually all-new, fifth-generation X-Trail medium SUV, set to arrive in Australia in late 2027

Flagship offroader from Nissan bids farewell after a monumental 13 year run, but don’t worry, there’s a new one on the way

Nissan has pulled the sheet from its large, plug-in hybrid off-road concept vehicle, known as the Terrano. Revealed to the public for the first time New Nissan plug-in hybrid Terrano off-roader concept could be Australia’s next Pathfinder, promising three-row seating, off-road capability and fuel-sipping plug-in drivetrain

It has been nearly 20 years since the ‘V35’ Nissan Skyline debuted in Japan, which itself marked the split of GT-R into a separate model name for the First look at next-gen Skyline reveals an angular, four-door body with iconic circular tail-lights, retro-inspired badging, and a new era for Nissan

Nissan has today revealed a new generation of X-Trail and an all-new Juke EV at a global reveal event in Tokyo. The fifth-generation X-Trail is set All new Nissan product strategy sees new-generations of X-Trail ePower and Juke EV are ready to roll-out to global markets

Hyundai has today revealed its answer to the Toyota LandCruiser, Nissan Patrol and Ford Bronco at the New York International Auto Show. Known as the

Nissan Australia is discontinuing the Juke compact SUV and Pathfinder large SUV as it switches focus to China-sourced vehicles to meet both customer needs Vehicle emissions and weak sales figures kill off two SUVs, with Nissan’s Chinese joint-venture partner Dongfeng set to become a new source of local product

Nissan has globally revealed its new fifth-generation Navara ute, designated D27, complete with details for the forthcoming Australian lineup that is The new Mitsubishi Triton-twinned D27 generation to launch in Q1 2026 as a dual-cab only lineup, with Pro-4X and Warrior grades confirmed

Following the lukewarm reception given to the existing fourth-generation D23/NP300 Navara throughout its decade-long lifespan in Australia, Nissan is With just a week to go ahead of the official launch of the new 'D27' Nissan Navara, we reveal crucial details and our exclusive renders

Today, Nissan confirmed that the next generation of Navara will be publicly revealed to global markets on the 19th of November. The Japanese automaker The new generation of Nissan Navara is right around the corner. Here’s what you need to know

Nissan has unveiled the facelifted version of its X-Trail midsize SUV in Japan alongside two new specialised grades to extend both performance and SUV functionality meets Nismo sporty design to create a new range-topping Nissan X-Trail – but there’s a catch

Nissan has unveiled a long-awaited new generation Leaf, ditching its current hatchback design for a small SUV body, and gaining a large 75kWh battery Small EV, big battery: Nissan’s new Leaf finally revealed with fresh tech, but will it be good enough to beat China and Korea?

Nissan dropped a bombshell at Auto Shanghai, revealing a plug-in hybrid Navara-sized ute. The twist is that the Frontier Pro, as it will be known in Nissan’s new plug-in hybrid ute revealed in Shanghai, with Australian arrival possible as Navara Pro

Thanks for joining us this Thursday, March 27th 2025. Notably in car news today: First look at Nissan’s future plans for Australia, Kia preparing

The world's first mass-volume electric car is moving from hatchback to a crossover body style for its third generation, with the next Nissan Leaf The world's first mass-market EV will reportedly increase its range by more than 55 percent for the new, sleeker, third-generation model just unveiled.