Nissan North America Announces 2005 Best Fiscal Year Ever
Apr 3, 2006
GARDENA, Calif.--April 3, 2006--Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) closed fiscal year 2005 (FY05) with its best sales ever, making company history by reporting 1,075,097 total fiscal year-end sales, up 6.1 percent over FY04. This marks the second straight year NNA surpassed the million unit mark in a fiscal year. March s ... Continue reading
80% of Nissan USA High Level Staff to Make Move to Tennessee - The South is Not So Bad...
Apr 3, 2006
Washington DC April 3, 2006; The AIADA newsletter reported that about 80 percent of the high level managers at Nissan North America will make the 2,000 mile move from the company's current headquarters in Gardena, Calif., to its new one in Nashville, Tenn. The Japanese automaker gave employees until last week to decide ... Continue reading
Nissan Launches Offsite Internship Program In Japan
Apr 2, 2006
TOKYO - April 2, 2006: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., announced on Friday an offsite internship program for aspiring car designers in Naka-Meguro, Tokyo. The program, scheduled to begin in June, is the first such program to be offered by an automaker at an external facility in Japan. Students on the program will learn about a ... Continue reading
"GM Lost Touch With Drivers" says Nissan Top Designer
Mar 31, 2006
Will This Be The Opening Salvo in a War of Words? Auto Central - March 31, 2006: AP Business Writer YURI KAGEYAMA penned a news story for publication today that quotes Nissan Motor Co. Senior Vice President Shiro Nakamura comments regarding General Motors' current "woes." "There was a lack of customer-orientation," Nis ... Continue reading
Nissan Design Supports the Next Generation of Designers
Mar 23, 2006
LONDON, March 23 -- Nissan is inviting 9 design students to Nissan Design Europe (NDE), its European design headquarters in London, on 23rd March as part of its global sponsorship activities. The students, from Pforzheim University in Germany, were challenged to create vehicle design concepts which meet customer expect ... Continue reading
Insure.com Reveals Top Ten Least Expensive, Top Ten Most Expensive Cars & Trucks to Insure
Mar 23, 2006
How to Select a New Car Wisely ... and 'Drive' Down Your Insurance Costs at the Same Time DARIEN, Ill., March 23 -- Quotesmith.com, Inc., ( http://www.insure.com/ ), the only place on earth where you can get instant life, auto, health and home insurance quotes from over 200 companies and have the freedom to buy from th ... Continue reading
Carlos Ghosn Announces New Benefaction For Nissan Institute Of Japanese Studies, Oxford
Mar 23, 2006
Oxford, UK - March 23, 2006: Nissan President and CEO, Carlos Ghosn announced the latest benefaction from Nissan Motor Co.,Ltd. to the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies at an address marking the start of its 25th Anniversary celebrations. The Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies was founded in 1981 at St. Antony's C ... Continue reading
Mar 21, 2006
Letter from Europe Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief I went to my first Geneva car show way back in the 60s . In those days it was in the middle of Geneva where it had a very special atmosphere. Now it is in a purpose built new exhibition center next to the airport and the railway station. Hard to fault their logic e ... Continue reading
Mar 21, 2006
ORLANDO, Fla.--March 21, 2006--AAA, one of the nation's leading member organizations that provides motorists with solutions to all of their automotive needs, has selected its top cars for 2006 in 13 distinct categories, including "Cool Car of the Year." They are: Category Car EPA Miles Per Gallon -------- --- --------- ... Continue reading
AB Volvo Acquires 13% of Shares in Nissan Diesel for $195 Million
Mar 21, 2006
STOCKHOLM, Sweden March 20, 2006; AB Volvo has today acquired 40 million common shares, corresponding to 13% of the shares, in the Japanese truck manufacturer Nissan Diesel from Nissan Motor, with an option to acquire the remaining 6% of the shares from Nissan Motor within four years. The purchase price is approx SEK b ... Continue reading
Nissan Announces Executive Appointments
Mar 20, 2006
GARDENA, Calif.--March 19, 2006--Nissan today announced the following changes among North American executives. The changes are part of Nissan's efforts to strengthen all facets of its North American and global operations in order to achieve our short- and long-term objectives. The following changes are effective April ... Continue reading
NISSAN DEVELOPS DISTANCE CONTROL ASSIST SYSTEM
Mar 15, 2006
NISSAN DEVELOPS DISTANCE CONTROL ASSIST SYSTEM -- Helps drivers control following distances -- TOKYO (March 15, 2006)¡ªIn its ongoing efforts to improve traffic safety, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., today announced the development of Distance Control Assist System, an electronic system that helps drivers control the distan ... Continue reading
Nissan Awards Headquarters Design to Nashville-Based Firm
Mar 10, 2006
GARDENA, Calif.--March 9, 2006--Today Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA), announced that Gresham, Smith and Partners (GS&P) has been awarded a contract for the design and engineering of its new corporate headquarters building in Franklin, Tenn. GS&P will be responsible for all site, civil, structural, architectural, mech ... Continue reading
Nissan Announces Executive Changes in North America
Mar 9, 2006
Tokyo - March 9, 2006: Nissan announced changes to its senior leadership team in North America, aimed at furthering the company’s drive to sustaining long term profitable growth. Related changes to specific senior positions in Nissan Europe are also announced. “We face significant challenges in an increasin ... Continue reading
Nissan Announces Executive Changes in North America
Mar 8, 2006
TOKYO--March 8, 2006--Nissan today announced changes to its senior leadership team in North America, aimed at furthering the company's drive to sustaining long term profitable growth. Related changes to specific senior positions in Nissan Europe are also announced. "We face significant challenges in an increasingly com ... Continue reading
The Auto Channel content library (since 1996) has grown to become the world’s most extensive and complete interactive archive of automotive centric news, articles, reviews and intense event coverage, presented to viewers as Text, Video and Images.
