Mad About Cars

Nissan has finally caught up with the electric and hybrid revolution by creating a zero emission electric vehicle. Their rivals, Toyota and Honda have been at the forefront of the hybrid revolution and Nissan have slowly caught up and are now trying to become a significant player in the electric car market with the introduction of the Nissan Leaf. Nissan claim that they are creating the first affordable purpose- designed electric vehicle. The Nissan Leaf is due to go on sale in the UK in March 2011 and Nissan do want people to refer to it as a hybrid but they claim they have created the world’s first mainstream mass market pure electric vehicle.

The latest edition to the ever-growing Nissan SUV-crossover family is the Juke. After the overwhelming success of their first crossover vehicle, the QashQai back in 2007, they are continuing to develop their ‘urban proof’ range. The Nissan crossover range already contains the Murano, QashQai and the QashQai+2. Where the QashQai was aimed at young, urban families, the new Juke is aimed at ‘urban players’ which are basically young men and women around 25 to 35 with no children or with a small family. The Juke is also available in four-wheel and two-wheel drive versions for those urban players who like to venture outside of the city at weekends. According to the Nissan press office the new Juke will be available from £12,795 on the road.