Industry includes factories operated by Nissan Kohki, a subsidiary of Nissan Motors producing automotive engines.

By 2012, Smyrna will be a manufacturing site for Nissan's electric car, the Nissan Leaf.

The plant is adjacent to Nissan's Research and Development Center, the Oppama Proving Ground and the Oppama Wharf, from which Nissan ships vehicles made at Oppama and Nissan ’ s other two Japanese vehicle assembly plants to other regions of Japan and overseas to other global markets.

Also, Nissan has supplied SMI with its engines, one of them being Nissan's famed V6 engines the VQ23DE, currently replaced by the VQ35DE.

Unlike its Nissan counterpart, the Astra was only offered as a five-door hatchback, with the three-door hatchback and four-door sedan body styles omitted from the range due to fears they would overlap with Nissan's own Pulsar range.

This range became famous for Nissan's rallying successes outside Japan and paved the way for greater Nissan sales internationally.

The Nissan Pathfinder is an SUV manufactured by Nissan Motors since 1986, derived from Nissan's compact pickup truck platform.

In an agreement between Renault and Nissan, versions of the van are also manufactured at Nissan's plant in Barcelona, Spain.

The 1992 Nissan March contained Nissan's N-CVT based on the Fuji Heavy Industries ECVT.

Like the Stanza before it, the original Altima was based on the Nissan Bluebird SSS ( chassis model U13 ), though its original styling hailed from Nissan's California design studio.

The coupe version of the Nissan Altima ( codename L32 ) was officially revealed at the 2006 Los Angeles Auto Show, Nissan's first-ever two-door Altima.

This platform debuted with the 2001 V35-series Nissan Skyline, and has been used as the basis of nearly all of Nissan's rear and all-wheel drive applications since its inception.

The Nissan 350Z ( known as Nissan Fairlady Z Z33 in Japan ) is a two seat sports car that was manufactured by Nissan from 2003 to 2009 and marks the fifth generation ( codename: Z33 ) of Nissan's Z-car line.

Nissan designated the final 300 units earmarked for North American sale in 1996 as " Commemorative Edition " cars, although nothing new or exclusive to the model was actually present ; In fact, 1996 model years vehicles did not feature Nissan's NVTC variable valve timing system, which had been present on all Z32 generation models prior to that point.

The Bluebird sold in Europe between 1986 and 1990 was in fact a rebadged Nissan Auster — this was replaced by the Primera in Nissan's European line-up in 1990.

The 210 was known for doubling Nissan's production at the time and was the first Nissan to be exported to the United States.

The dealer network selling the cars became the Prince channel of Nissan, and the marketing group stayed at the Prince headquarters in Mita instead of moving to Nissan's headquarters in Ginza.

To celebrate their 40th anniversary, Nissan introduced a very rare 4-door GT-R. Two versions of the 4-door GT-R were available from Nissan's subsidiaries: the first was produced by Autech, and the second was a joint Autech / Nismo project.

The 11th-generation ( V35 ) Nissan Skyline, introduced in June 2001, was based on Nissan's FM platform, shared with the Nissan 350Z.

After the Nissan Cima and Nissan President were discontinued in August 2010, the Fuga became Nissan's flagship vehicle.

During 1998 the 406 apparently lacked sufficient horsepower to compete with the front runners ' Nissan Primeras and Honda Accords ; this was mentioned during a particularly strong showing from Harvey's 406 at the Oulton Park BTCC meeting of 1998, when motorsport commentator Charlie Cox stated " some people say ( the 406 ) is down on power – you're kidding ".

While the published figures from Nissan were as quoted above, practical tests showed the car had a factory power output of closer to at the flywheel.

Some buyers lamented the small size of the first compacts that came from Japan, and both Toyota and Nissan ( known as Datsun during the 1970s ) introduced larger cars called the Toyota Corona Mark II, replaced by the Toyota Cressida, the Mazda 616, and Datsun 810 which gave buyers increased passenger space and some luxury amenities, such as air conditioning, power steering, AM-FM radios, and even power windows and central locking without increasing the price of the vehicle.

Now available with a Nissan 3. 0-litre V6 Turbodiesel ( V9X Engine ) producing 240 hp ( 175 kW ), 406 ft · lbf ( 500 Nm ) @ 2, 500 rpm while an upgrade YD25DDTi Turbodiesel power rises to 140 kW ( 190 PS ) – up 14 kW ( 19 PS ) – while torque increases by a healthy 47 Nm to 450 Nm.

The Nissan GT-R is unique in that it uses a rear transaxle with an AWD layout, the transaxle in this case also contains the differential sending power back to the front wheels via a separate driveshaft.

It is a common misconception that the 280ZX's L28 engine is less powerful than the L24 engine of the 1970 240Z: the difference is due to Nissan adopting the SAE net standard of power measurement, which resulted in lower power ratings than the earlier gross figures and added emissions.

Nissan got around this by publishing the hp rating without VTC, meaning its actual power rating is closer to 310 hp and 330 lb · ft.

The Neon received praise for its appearance, price, and power when compared to competing cars such as the Honda Civic DX at, the Civic EX at, the Nissan Sentra at, the Ford Escort ZX2 at, the Toyota Corolla at, and the Chevrolet Cavalier Base and LS models at, among others.

This model used some cast iron blocks and it was used on the P10 generation Nissan Primera, but due to the low overall power this engine option was dropped on the next generation.

Modifications again to the hood, fenders and grille and an increase in power to 145 hp led to the 4W73, introduced in 1959 and now powered by the Nissan P engine.

The second wagon version ( known as Nissan California 1. 6 SGX ) also had all power features.

The Nissan EXA Solair was a luxury version of the base model that featured power windows, 5 spoke alloy wheels, and a different front bumper.

Cummins, in partnership with Nissan, are funded by the U. S. Department of Energy in a project through 2014 where the Nissan Titan test mule will be tested with this engine for power and economy.

The F20C produces the highest specific power output for any naturally aspirated 2. 0L piston engine in a car priced under US $ 100, 000, at per liter, ahead of the SR16VE N1 found in the homologation version of JDM Nissan Pulsar producing for a specific power of per liter.

The 6-cylinder 3. 0L VG30i ( early years ) or VG30E ( later years ) engine increased power and torque only modestly and was unavailable in the US starting with the 1996 model year because Nissan was unable to meet in time the requirements of the new OBD-II emissions law.

This version of the engine produces more low-rpm power than the smaller 4-cylinder L Series, but suffers from compromised high-rpm power due to the smaller valves / lower valve lifts required in the cross-flow NAPS-Z ( Nissan Air Pollution System ) cylinder head.

This engine was also an OHV design and power output was similar to the Nissan G at and.

MWM engines power the local versions of the Chevrolet Grand Blazer, Nissan Xterra and Ford F250, among others.

However, its financial situation had forced Nissan to disclose its technology and engineering expertise to SMI.

Between 1989 and 1992, the Ford Corsair name was used by Ford Australia for a badge engineering version of the Nissan Pintara ( known in development as ' Project Matilda '), under a model-sharing scheme known as the Button Plan.

In Japan, Nissan Diesel Motor was manufacturing Uniflow Two-stroke Diesel Engine: ja: ユニフロー掃気ディーゼルエンジン ) from General Motors from under a license of Detroit Diesel Series 71.

The city is home to a large auto manufacturing facility owned by Nissan.

In the early 1980s planning began to build a Nissan Motors manufacturing plant and in 1983 the first vehicle was produced.

During their ownership, Nissan was primarily interested in its bus manufacturing division and lent automaking expertise to Subaru.

When Nissan ended Nissan Pintara manufacturing in Australia during 1992, Ford's Corsair was dropped and the Telstar ( AX ), fully imported from Japan, once again became Ford's offering in the mid-size segment of the market.

After a long career as a manufacturing executive at Ford Motor Company, he retired, then was the U. S. head of Nissan for several years.

Nissan still operates in Civac ; it is the largest facility in the industrial park, it has two manufacturing plants on site and employees more than 2000 workers.

As Minister, he has made a series of manufacturing related statements including: a Victorian manufacturing plant signing a contract to produce components for Nissan, the launch of a new TV series to promote Victoria ’ s wine industry in China, a Victorian company securing a new major defence contract.

Nissan maintained their ownership in Yulon until at least 2003 when a restructuring created Yulon-Nissan Motor Co Ltd, a separate company that focuses on complementing Japanese mainland China activities with research, design and manufacturing assistance.

March 2001, manufacturing operations were moved from the Nissan Shatai factory in Kyoto to the facility in Shonan.

Because of manufacturing issues, Nissan had an arrangement for Ford to assemble the minivan in North America, and in turn they were allowed to rebadge it and sell it under the Mercury brand as the Villager.

Nissan Motor Manufacturing ( UK ) Ltd, or NMUK is a car manufacturing plant in the City of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom.

After the crisis, Nissan announced that the new Juke model would be built starting in July 2010, replacing the Micra and that NMUK would be the European manufacturing location for the Electric Vehicle Leaf model beginning in 2011, as well as an on-site lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility.