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Nissan reconsidering Maxima diesel, U.S. production seems unlikely

Surprise, surprise. As much as many Americans clamor for oil-burning engines for their future automobile purchasers, the fact of the matter remains that diesel engines do not translate into sales in the United States. The latest example of a mainstream diesel-powered machine being killed before it even gets off the ground may very well be the Nissan Maxima, which was scheduled to get a 3.0L diesel engine from corporate partner Renault before the end of the year. Spokespeople for the Japanese automaker won't go quite so far as to admit that ... Read more →

Diesel Nissan Maxima may be stick-shift only Jeremy Korzeniewski

Click the new Maxima for a high-res gallery of 60+ photos According to Yo Usaba, senior veep of powertrains for Nissan, the upcoming clean diesel engine for the next Nissan Maxima may be paired only ...

Nissan to showcase clean diesel X-Trail at G8 Summit Sam Abuelsamid

The latest Japanese automaker to announce their intent to participate in the Environmental Showcase that will be taking place in Hokkaido, Japan in conjunction with the G8 summit in July. ...

New York 2008: 2009 Nissan Maxima, coming next year with a new diesel Sam Abuelsamid

Click the new Maxima for a high-res gallery of 60+ photos Almost a year ago, Nissan announced that they would introduce their first U.S.-market diesel engines in 2010 in the Nissan Maxima. While we ...

Nissan Tiida already on sale in Europe Xavier Navarro

Nissan has finally started selling the Tiida in Europe, the car Americans know as the Versa, and there are only a few changes between the two (aside from the name) in the engine bay. Although Nissan ...

Nissan to launch diesel SUV in Japan in 2008 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Nissan is going head-first into the diesel market. After the announcement about the company's new clean diesel technology that might pave the way for Nissan diesels in America, Nissan announced today it will launch a diesel version of the X-Trail SUV in Japan some time in fall 2008. This diesel SUV, ...

Nissan develops their own new clean diesel technology 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

It looks like Honda won't be the only Japanese manufacturer producing new clean diesel engines that don't require urea injection to meet Tier II Bin 5 emission standards here in the US. Honda announced the new catalyst technology that they've developed last fall and now Nissan has devised a system ...

Volvo Agrees to Buy Nissan Diesel for $1.1 Billion 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The world's second-largest truck company, Volvo AB, has agreed to buy Nissan Diesel Motor Co. for $1.1 billion in a bid to gain a greater foothold in the booming Asian market. Asia has been a weak spot for Volvo thus far, comprising just seven percent of its sales in 2006. By buying Japan's fourth ...


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