Nissan Altima News
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While Nissan goes full-bore into electric cars, including projected sales of 20,000 of its 2012 Nissan Leaf, the company's Infiniti luxury marque has neither electric cars nor hybrids in its 2010 lineup. But that will change next year, when it launches the redesigned 2011 Infiniti M luxury sedan lineup and previews the 2012 Infiniti M35 Hybrid that will follow the year after. CEO changes his mind Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn has a long record of dismissing hybrid technology, but the company changed its mind over the last several years and decided to develop its own hybrid-electric drive system...
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Hybrid Sales Plummet After Cash-For-Clunkers Credits QuitWe knew all along that the Cash-For-Clunkers program induced July and August car buyers to go for vehicles they might not otherwise have chosen, specifically smaller cars with higher gas mileage. Especially hybrid-electric vehicles from Toyota, Honda, Ford, and others. But now comes the hybrid...
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Nissan Announces Pricing for 2010 Altima Hybrid, On Sale Monday
The all new 2010 Nissan Altima Hybrid will go on sale Monday with a base MSRP of $26,780. The vehicle will only be available in the same nine states that the outgoing model was offered in. The states include California, Connecticut, Maine, New York, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, and...
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Preview: 2010 Nissan Altima
What is it?: Sporty Nissan midsize coupe and sedan, with hybrid available in sedan only The basics: Always slightly sportier and more stylish than the competition, the low-volume hybrid lets you have it all. Price: $19,900-$29,600 On sale: October 5th Nissan has made some changes to its...
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Hybrid Patrol Cars Spread Into More Urban Police Squads
New York is hardly alone in adding hybrid patrol cars to its police department fleet
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Cops Conserve: NYPD Buys Altima Hybrids
NYPD is about to roll out some Nissan Altima Hybrids for serious on-duty action. As part of a $1.1 million pilot program, the police will put 40 Altima Hybrids on the road within the next two weeks. Eighteen of the hybrids will be marked patrol cars, twenty will be unmarked and the remaining two...
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Hybrid vehicle sales fell 50% last month compared to November of 2007 even though fewer hybrid models were available last year. Analysts blame the hybrid price premium, low gas prices and tighter credit markets. This November, 16,536 hybrids were sold. In October 21,979 rolled off dealership lots. Sales of the venerable Toyota Prius were down 48.3% from last November and Toyota's other hybrid models fared worse. Toyota was still responsible for over half of the total hybrids sold, but they're also the only major automaker with a dedicated hybrid model. The Nissan Altima Hybrid was the...
