Nissan

In April 2019, RM Sotheby’s is going to hold auctions that draw from a private collection of “youngtimers” – ’80s and ’90s cars from BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and more. Chris Harris was lucky enough to take a tour of the impressive and extensive collection.

Nissan is working on an augmented reality system called “Invisible-to-Visible” that uses sensors on the car as well as data from the cloud to enable drivers to see what’s around and ahead of them via a pair of glasses or a heads up display.

Nissan’s UK division worked with the European Space Agency (ESA) to build this special Navara pickup, which tows an observatory-grade telescope to the darkest corners of the planet, providing amazing views of the night skies anywhere the truck can go.

Created in celebration of the Nissan GT-R and Italdesign’s 50th anniversary, the Japanese automaker and famed design studio teamed up to give a GT-R NISMO a bespoke, futuristic makeover. Get up close and personal with this beautiful beast in our photo gallery.

Nissan’s new NV300 and e-NV200 Camper vans have an elevating roof that can be configured to fit a double bed. It also has a built-in kitchen that consists of a refrigerator, a sink, and water and gas installations. Sadly, they’re available only in Spain for now.

Was it just a dream we had – rockcrawling with Nissan in their spacious and sturdy Titan trucks and Armadas in Arizona, on the way to the Overland Expo? Nope – it was real. Check out how capable the brand’s body-on-frame vehicles are for exploration on all surfaces.

Nissan had a little fun with this modded 370Z by fitting it with tracks in the back and skis in the front. Otherwise, the 332 hp winter convertible is largely stock besides the lifted suspension and widened wheel wells. The car will debut at the 2018 Chicago Auto Show.

The frog has become a prince with Nissan’s redesigned electric car. Its sleek new design speaks for itself, and it packs 38% more power (147 hp), 26% more torque (236 lb-ft.), and 40% more range (150mi) than the 2017 model. A longer-range edition will come in 2019.

We hit the road in the new Nissan Rogue Sport crossover, which provided a comfortable, dependable, and versatile home base on wheels as we wandered some of the most beautiful roads in the US – from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho to Glacier National Park, Montana.

Suspension component maker Hellwig Products and LGE-CTS Motorsports are building this off-road beast for SEMA 2016. The modded Nissan Titan XD has a forged sway bar and air bags to handle the big Lance Camper, and rides on massive Falken tires and black Method Wheels.

A look inside Nissan’s Canton, Mississippi factory, where hardworking folks have built every single TITAN pickup truck since 2003. We’re still amazed to see how coils of steel are transformed by man and machine into the vehicles we rely on every day for work and play.

In honor of #NationalDonutDay, Nissan decided to decorate some donuts in the best way possible, by using the tires of a Nissan 370Z NISMO to send the sprinkles flying through the air and onto more than 300 freshy-glazed donuts. Mmmm. Burnt rubber and fried dough.

Petrolicious features Jay Kho and his 1983 R30 Skyline. The series that revived the Skyline model, Jay and many of his fellow gearheads pined for the R30 even more because it was never sold in the US. There are days when Jay still can’t believe that it’s in his garage.

Godzilla gets a new front end that improves airflow, aero tweaks, and an upgraded interior with premium materials, and a new dashboard that favors simplicity over the myriad switches in the outgoing model. Oh, and its 3.8L twin-turbo V6 gets 20 extra horses, for total of 565.

Inspired by the ability for their cars to park themselves, Nissan Japan created an office chair with the same capability. Watch as the army of robotic chairs finds their way back to their homes in this clever promo video. Now can we see it with people in the chairs?

To combat this winter’s snowiest conditions, Nissan has kitted out a series of SUVs riding on 48-inch Dominator snow tracks instead of tires. The Winter Warrior Murano, Pathfinder, and Rogue can be seen at the 2016 Chicago Auto Show, but not at dealerships any time soon.

Based on the imposing Nissan TITAN XD, the TITAN Warrior raises the stakes by raising its height almost 3″, and its width by 6″. It rocks ginormous 37″ tall off-road tires on 18″ wheels. Terrain crushing ability aside, its sculpted front end and sporty interior look just awesome.

Shawn “Obi-Shawn” Crosby visits children’s hospitals with fellow Star Wars cosplayers to cheer up patients. He bought a used Nissan 350Z and modified it using found items to give it a Star Wars theme. The flight sim joystick shifter is wicked. More on Hack A Day.

Motorhead teases its “Japan Tuned” issue with a video of the HKS GT-R R35 GT1000 and the legendary HKS R32 Group-A tearing up the Gunsai touge. Get the magazine to access bonus raw in-car footage. Score by Tatreal.

Look around from the roof of a Nissan GT-R as it races around the Le Mans track, first on its own then against a GT-R Nismo in this 360º video. You can watch it on Chrome, but it’s way more fun on the official YouTube (iOS/Android) app.

Nissan’s NISMO division pits its ridiculously treaded-out JUKE RS against a group of husky dogs to see who can handle the extreme weather in Lapland best. We’re not sure who won the race, but we feel like winners just for watching.

The 2016 Nissan GT-R now gets up to 550hp – 600hp in the NISMO – from its twin-turbo V6, along with upgraded suspension, new wheels and Bose active noise cancelation. The limited 45th anniversary edition will come in gold.

In an attempt to make its homely LEAF electric car a bit more interesting, Nissan Europe gave one a factory glow-in-the-dark paintjob – which we think would look even better on a Lambo. Sadly, there are no plans to put it into production.

A sport-tuned version of the 370z convertible. The 370z NISMO Roadster Concept has a 350hp 3.7L V6 engine, NISMO-tuned suspension, Recaro seats and integrated aerodynamic parts, including a carbon-fiber rear spoiler.

Nat Geo’s Megafactories looks at the production of the Nissan GT-R, the auto industry’s unicorn: an excellent supercar that’s boxy, heavy, mass produced and significantly cheaper than its closest competitors.

Like Mercedes-Benz, Nissan also built a life-size model of its Concept 2020, the concept supercar that will be playable in Gran Turismo 6 this July. The model was displayed at the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed.

The Concept 2020 is Nissan’s entry in Gran Turismo 6‘s Vision Gran Turismo and a peek at its future supercars. The car will be available for GT6 this July, but “Nissan believes that the real-world is ready” for the car as well.

Severn Valley Motorsports put a Nissan R35 GT-R’s engine into a Qashqai and tweaked it to produce up to an insane 1,000bhp. The result is an SUV that goes from 0 to 62mph in 2.7s and has a top speed of 200mph.

With design elements inspired by the GT-R, this tricked out Z has improved aerodynamics, and is loaded with sharp visuals, including 19-inch alloy wheels, Recaro leather seats, Alcantara trim, and touches of NISMO red. More on 95octane.

The Smart rear-view mirror has a hidden LCD monitor. At the flick of a switch the driver can switch to a live feed from a camera mounted at the rear of the vehicle to get a view unobstructed by passengers or cargo at the back.

The newest Nismo GT-R has a 3.8L twin-turbo V6 engine that produces 600hp and over 480lb.ft. of torque, Bilstein DampTronic dampers for improved grip and carbon fiber front bumper, front undercover and rear spoiler.

Top Speed does their best to extrapolate what we might see from the next gen of Nissan’s $100k supercar. Godzilla is getting a little long in the tooth after all. We especially like the sharper edges, sculpted lighting, and longer wheelbase.