Nissan Motor Co. is behaving like a typical C student. It exhibits flashes of brilliance, as evidenced by its excellent 2000 Maxima sedan and...
...Just look at the performance of a few of Isuzu's Japanese compatriots. Thanks almost entirely to its new Xterra, Nissan Motor Co.'s SUV sales in the United States were up 49.7 percent through October; Mitsubishi Motor Corp., with a strong...
...foreign partners. In the biggest deal, Renault SA of France bought a 36.8 percent stake in Japan's debt-ridden Nissan Motor Co. in May 1999. And DaimlerChrysler itself is a creation of the trend in the global auto industry toward consolidation...
...They are excellent performers in these kinds of crashes.'' Other 2000 model year vehicles tested were Nissan Motor Co.'s Maxima and Infiniti I30 mid-size sedans, which share a common platform and earned overall ''acceptable...
...out its Echo to attract first-time buyers who are 30 years old and under, the same group targeted by the Civic. Nissan Motor Co. has entered the fray with a much-improved Sentra, and General Motors Corp., which once said it was shelving...
...Nissan is upstaging its rivals by outthinking and outflanking them. It's about time. Barely five years ago, Nissan Motor Co. and its North American group, Nissan North America Inc., were on the road to bankruptcy. They were moving in...
Buyers of mid-size Nissan Motor Co. cars can be forgiven for being confused. The company seems to be working overtime to eliminate distinctions between its vehicle...
...we humans have a way of personalizing our machines. And so it was that just hours into our weekend family drive, Nissan Motor Co.'s new wireless communication system had already been christened Lulu. Don't ask how we arrived at that name...
...still seems obsessed with gas-gulping muscle cars. The subcompacts from Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co., which established themselves here in the 1970s with small, reliable, fuel-efficient vehicles, will deliver...
...wagons and sport-utility vehicles such as the Toyota RAV4 and Honda CR-V. Other Japanese manufacturers, including Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Suzuki Motor Corp. and Mazda Motor Corp. (controlled by Ford Motor Co.), are cranking up their small-car...
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