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The New Nissan Skyline Is Coming Sooner Than We Thought

The rear-wheel-drive sports sedan was developed in just 26 months.

Nissan ponders building cars for Chinese rivals at Sunderland plant

Nissan ponders building cars for Chinese rivals at Sunderland plant

CEO admits talks with Chery as other European carmakers discuss plans with Chinese firms to share factory space

The Guardian - UK

Nissan Showed Us Its Future—Here's Everything That's Coming

Nissan Showed Us Its Future—Here's Everything That's Coming

If you followed Motor1 over the last few weeks, you know we were busy. After a 14-hour flight, I landed in Yokohama ready to dig into Nissan’s future plans. The company brought out much of its senior leadership team, including CEO Ivan Espinosa, who walked us through what’s ahead over the…

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Nissan Says CVTs Make Sense—But Not For Everything: 'Not Putting A CVT In A Skyline'

Nissan has had its fair share of issues surrounding its continuously variable transmission—also known as the dreaded CVT. In 2025, the company settled a class-action lawsuit with owners, paying out $3 million to Maxima and Murano drivers and extending warranties on affected vehicles.

Meta executive says he gets stressed only five times a year and that it’s actually ‘a useful signal’

Meta chief technology officer Andrew Bosworth says being busy with important matters on the table is his stress “trigger”: He calms down with exercise and deep breathing.

The CEO of $8.5 billion Japanese car giant Nissan plays the drums in a band and hits the tennis courts to destress from the top job

Ivan Espinosa, CEO of Nissan, says playing the drums, tennis, and golf lowers his stress—a tactic quite different from that of Amazon’s Jeff Bezos.

The R36 Nissan GT-R Won't Be Electric: 'No EV GT-R'

It’s been a big week for fans of the Nissan GT-R. During our visit to the company’s headquarters in Yokohama, Japan, we learned a lot about the next "Godzilla." CEO Ivan Espinosa confirmed that the R36 is already in development and hinted that even more sports cars could follow in…

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Nissan CEO Explains What Went Wrong With Infiniti

Nissan CEO Explains What Went Wrong With Infiniti

Infiniti is in the rebuilding stages. The luxury brand has struggled in the last few years, trimming its portfolio down to just two models, with a third on the way. Sales continue to fall, and in a recent interview, Nissan CEO Ivan Espinosa explains how it all went wrong.

Nissan CEO Confirms New GT-R Development—And Hints At More Sports Cars

Nissan CEO Confirms New GT-R Development—And Hints At More Sports Cars

The Nissan GT-R is an icon—a cornerstone of Japanese performance with a legacy that spans nearly 60 years. The beloved R35 generation exited the market for good in 2024, marked by two special editions bringing the sports car's impressive 17-year run to a close. But that doesn’t mean the GT-R…

Nissan CEO: There's Still A Market For Cheap Sedans

Nissan CEO: There's Still A Market For Cheap Sedans

The death of the Nissan Versa in the US following the 2025 model year leaves the market with zero new cars priced under $20,000. While Nissan still offers relatively affordable models like the Kicks ($24,275) and Sentra ($23,845), the sub-$20,000 segment has essentially vanished. That said, Nissan isn’t ready to…

Nissan turnaround plan pins hopes on ‘AI-defined vehicles’

Nissan turnaround plan pins hopes on ‘AI-defined vehicles’

Japanese carmaker will add self-driving abilities to 90% of cars in future and cut a fifth of its models

The Guardian - UK

Inside Nissan's Comeback Plan: AI, Hybrids, And The Return Of The Xterra

Inside Nissan's Comeback Plan: AI, Hybrids, And The Return Of The Xterra

Nissan’s struggles have been well documented, but CEO Ivan Espinosa has a plan to turn things around. At this year’s "Nissan Vision" outlook event at the company’s headquarters in Yokohama, Japan, the automaker shared new details on how it plans to right the ship.

Nissan CEO Doesn't Rule Out Company Sale: 'Anything Can Happen In This Crazy World'

Nissan CEO Doesn't Rule Out Company Sale: 'Anything Can Happen In This Crazy World'

Being the CEO of a major automotive player may sound like a dream job to some, but that title comes with responsibilities most of us would struggle to handle. It’s particularly challenging to run a car company in dire straits, such as Nissan. Ivan Espinosa rose to the challenge when…

Japanese automaker Nissan says losses deepened in the last quarter

Japanese automaker Nissan says losses deepened in the last quarter

Japanese automaker Nissan is reporting deeper losses in the last quarter compared to a year earlier, as restructuring costs eroded its profitability

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Nissan is ‘open’ to making cars for Chinese car makers in Sunderland, says CEO

Ivan Espinosa says partnering with other car makers creates more awareness of EVs and helps with economies of scale

The Independent UK

Nissan Qashqai set to go all-electric

Exclusive: ‘We are committed to an electric future and a sustainable future’, says Nissan CEO Ivan Espinosa

The Guardian - UK

‘We’ve future-proofed’: how UK’s biggest car factory upgraded for EV revolution

Nissan builds in capability to go fully electric at Sunderland plant amid scaling back of transition targets across Europe

International Business Times UK

Why Americans Could Pay More as Nissan Collapse Looms and China Tightens EV Grip

Nissan faces potential collapse following Honda's failed merger, reporting a $4.5 billion loss amid US tariffs threatening $3.1 billion annually. The CEO warns of difficult decisions ahead.

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The Global Nissan-Honda Merger Failed. But A U.S. Partnership Is Very Much Alive

Plus, Volkswagen is delaying its Audi plant in the U.S. and the country’s raw lithium production is getting a boost.

Nissan Still Has 'No Clear Plan' for the Next GT-R

Nissan has been very adamant that the GT-R will be back. What's less certain is the form that a new iteration of the iconic sports car might take—electric, combustion, or hybrid. Currently, it's something the automaker is actively exploring.

The Independent UK

Tokyo auto show highlights technology but Trump's tariffs loom large

The Tokyo Mobility Show is showcasing futuristic transport, including robotic chairs and helicopter-like aircraft

Nissan's Boss Would 'Love' a New Sports Car

It’s hard to believe 12 years have passed since Nissan taunted enthusiasts with a pair of concepts. The IDx Freeflow and IDx Nismo previewed an exciting future for an affordable rear-wheel-drive coupe that ultimately never came to fruition.

Nissan's Comeback Plan Is So Crazy It Might Just Work

Things aren’t exactly peachy for Nissan at the moment. Following a failed merger attempt with longtime rival Honda, the Japanese auto conglomerate now faces a massive restructuring. That means Nissan will eliminate thousands of jobs, shutter dozens of factories, and lose hundreds of millions of dollars in profit in the…

Nissan's Comeback Plan: Fewer Headrests

As part of his plan to save Nissan, new CEO Ivan Espinosa is instigating $1.7 billion in cuts to variable costs. Espinosa has a guy to do that job, Tatsuzo Tomita, who Automotive News refers to as Nissan’s "cost czar," which is fun. For months, Tomita has been soliciting ideas…

EVs Cost Way More To Insure Than Gas Cars. Here's How Much.

Today on Critical Materials: EV insurance is through the roof, the Nissan GT-R gas-only era is done for, and China uses Terawatts of electric for EVs per month.

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