Nissan Launches Punchier e-Powered Note Nismo S for Japan

Nissan’s performance arm, Nismo, is wetting its beak on electrified powertrains. Last week, the company launched the Note e-Power Nismo S — upping the model’s performance output by roughly 25 percent. Sold in Japan since December of 2016, the Note e-Power Nismo offered 109 horsepower and 187 lb-ft. The new Nismo S brings those specs to 134 horsepower and […]

Nissan Leaf Nismo Confirmed, Baby!

Nissan unveiled the Leaf Nismo EV this week, with sales commencing in Japan at the end of the month. This is a big surprise for the Western automotive media, as few of us truly believed it was possible. While rumors suggested the existence of such a vehicle, we presumed it would either not happen or […]

Mo’ Leaf: Nissan Reveals More Details about the Leaf NISMO Concept

– Nissan has revealed more details about the Leaf NISMO concept that it will formally unveil this month at the Tokyo auto show. The hot-looking electric hatch previews a sportier Leaf variant that, rumors say, will reach production before the end of the decade. – Notably, the Leaf NISMO concept features a host of handsome […]

Nissan Leaf NISMO Concept Seemingly Previews Sporty Production Variant

– A new Nissan Leaf EV is arriving for the 2018 model year. The second-generation electric car eschews the prior model’s dowdy styling and limited 107-mile driving range in favor of a more modern look and a minimum range of 150 miles. – Nissan seems to want to go beyond generational upgrades, however, by expanding the model’s lineup. A longer-range […]

Nissan Leaf 2018 UPDATE – high-performance sporty Nismo edition is coming SOON

Nissan will launch a special Nismo version of the new Leaf 2018 next year when the car goes on sale.  The bold new sporty version of the EV is being built in a bid to attract a younger audience.  It features a bumpy, more aggressive and chunkier exterior.  Muscular bonnet ridges, flared out wheel arches […]

Nissan confirms it's planning a Nismo next-gen Leaf

A few weeks ago we brought you renderings of a Nismo performance version of the second-generation Nissan Leaf, complete with a lowered suspension, larger wheels, wider body and blue accents along the undercarriage. That’s our rendering, above. It now appears that car will become reality as shown here: And now a better picture of the […]

2017 Nissan Sentra NISMO Tested: On the Shoulders of Giants

– Nissan loyalists know that “NISMO” is a portmanteau for “Nissan Motorsports,” while to everyone else it is very nearly mean­ing­less. And the brand is almost as empty of product as the word is of meaning. It’s a little extra snowcap on the towering mountain of power that is the GT-R. It’s wheels and a […]