Posts Tagged ‘Nissan’
Peering into Nissan’s history – the Zama Collection
If there is one place that charts the history and encapsulates the identity of Nissan, it is the Heritage Collection, or otherwise known as the ‘Zama Garage’. This huge priceless collection of more than 300 historical cars is to be found in a nondescript warehouse located on an industrial lot, just an hour outside Tokyo. [...]
Having a Leaf on our roads
As we have cautioned before, testing a car in a controlled environment such as a closed-up circuit won’t give one an accurate impression of the car. Which is why when we finally got the Leaf onto Malaysian roads during the launch of Edaran Tan Chong Motor’s (ETCM) ‘Journey to Zero Emission’ Nissan Leaf pilot programme, [...]
Nissan Tears Up Dubai Streets With Juke-R
When Nissan created the Juke, it was cross between a hatchback and a compact SUV. Not satisfied with its cross-breeding efforts, Nissan went one up and created the Frankenstein of a car – the Juke-R, a cross between a Juke and GT-R supercar. Although the Juke-R will not be a series production model, Nissan has [...]
Experience emission free motoring with Tan Chong
Edaran Tan Chong Motor (ETCM) has kicked off their ‘Journey to Zero Emission’ Nissan Leaf pilot programme, where members of the public will have the opportunity to become a Leaf ambassador, and keep the all-electric Leaf for an extended period up to two months. For this programme alone, ETCM has brought in 10 examples of [...]
Beijing’s New Sylphy Is Latio Sedan Replacement
The Tiida first debuted in Japan in 2004, in both sedan and hatchback form. In overseas market, the Latio is known as the Versa and Latio. In markets like Thailand, the sedan was known as the Tiida Latio. In Malaysia, the Latio was launched in 2007. While the rest of Nissan’s Japanese brethren moved upmarket [...]
Sylphy 2012 – Same on the inside, sexier on the outside
Nissan must have had a hard time breathing new life into lady Sylphy: how do you make an award winning car even better? More importantly, make it appeal to a newer younger crowd? The carmaker’s answer to this is to retain the car’s overall performance and give it a new, slightly spottier makeover. With new [...]
Venucia D-50 – Nissan Latio On Extended Life
The Latio, known as the Tiida and Versa in some markets, was first launched in 2004 in Japan. It made its Malaysian debut in 2007. The model is still currently on sale in Malaysia but it is already at the last legs of its model life. The second generation Latio has already gone on sale [...]
Nissan Leaf A Norwegian Hit
Norway is often cited as a model country for good governance of natural resources. Norway ranks No.1 in the UN Human Development of Index, the measurement of a country’s quality of life. In comparison, Malaysia ranks No. 61, ahead of Trinidad and Tobago (No. 62) and Kuwait (No. 63) but behind Antigua and Barbuda (No. [...]
Test drive the Leaf next week!
Edaran Tan Chong Motor (ETCM) is giving the Malaysian public a chance to test drive the Nissan Leaf with the Journey to Zero Emission event. Visitors to the Nissan showroom at Jalan Kemajuan, Petaling Jaya on the 5th and 6th May can get behind the wheel of the first mass produced, all-electric, and zero-emissions Nissan [...]
Former AMI Plant Sold to Tan Chong
The AMI plant (Associated Motor Industries) was setup in 1968 by British owned multi-car brand distributor Wearnes Brothers Ltd, then the distributor of Ford vehicles in Malaysia and Singapore. It was one of the pioneer motor assembly plants in Malaysia. In 1981, Ford became directly involved in the Malaysia with the setup of Ford Motor [...]
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