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The Nissan Armada Nismo Is Ridiculous—I Love It

Nissan slapped its Nismo badge and red accents onto the three-row Armada, but somehow, it works.

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'Off-Roading Is In Our DNA:' Nissan Talks Frontier Sport, Xterra, And What's Next

Motor1 sits down with Nissan’s Senior Manager of Product Planning, Brent Hagan, to discuss the Frontier Sport and all things off-roading.

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Nissan Won't Build A New Sentra Nismo—So Someone Else Did

Remember the Nissan Sentra Nismo? It was a short-lived, mostly visual package that the company offered for just two years. Nissan no longer offers that option, but the passion for affordable fun lives in this special build. Meet the Sentra SE RS, which comes with more than just new wheels…

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Nissan's New Nismo Hot Hatch Has An Unusual Powertrain

Nissan recently announced plans to double its Nismo performance-car lineup to 10 models over the coming years. At the ongoing 2026 Tokyo Auto Salon, it's showing its commitment to hot hatchbacks. While the Aura Nismo RS concept might come as a surprise to some, it’s not without precedent. There's already a non-RS version…

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The Manual Nissan Z Nismo Is Real—And It's Spectacular

When Nissan launched the new Z for 2023, it did so without the high-performance Nismo variant. The automaker rectified that a year later, but it made another misstep: that car only came with a nine-speed automatic. Now, more than three years after its launch, the Z will have a proper…

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Nissan Will Double Its Nismo Lineup in a Performance Push

2025 will go down in history as the year Nissan bid farewell to the GT-R R35, but enthusiasts now have a reason to look forward to the future. While the timing of Godzilla’s return remains uncertain, there’s good news about the company’s performance car lineup. A renewed and somewhat surprising…

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This Potent Nissan Patrol Paws at 1,000 Horsepower

Chris Forsberg has a healthy habit of unveiling top-notch machinery in the halls of SEMA. The three-time Formula Drift champion has long had a strong relationship with Nissan, and his excellent custom builds reflect that—spanning everything from old sports cars to modern trucks. This year, Forsberg created a custom Nissan…

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Nissan Built a Frontier for Open-Air Adventures

Does doors-off automatically equal off-road party time? It has for Jeep for decades. Now Nissan wants in on the open-air fun—at least in an aftermarket fashion. The automaker has taken a Frontier and turned it into something you could actually use to explore the, well, frontier. Say hello to the…

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Infiniti Shoved a 1,000-HP GT-R Engine Into a QX80 SUV

The Infiniti QX80 is a luxury vehicle first and foremost, but for SEMA this year, Infiniti is rolling out the QX-80 R-Spec, a performance SUV that does its best Nissan GT-R impression. It packs a tuned twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter VR38DETT Nismo V-6 engine under the hood and a host of other…

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10 Best Cars Added Since Launch In Gran Turismo 7

GT7 has added some really cool cars since launch!

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Gran Turismo 7 Patch 1.61 Adds New Cars, Events and Sophy Track

Gran Turismo 7 patch 1.61 is out today, bringing three new cars to the lineup along with a few more World Circuit events. The update also adds another track compatible with Gran Turismo Sophy, a new Scapes spot and more.

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2026 Nissan Armada Nismo: New Looks, Better Handling, and More Power

Nissan is giving in to enthusiasts' deepest desires. For the first time in America, the company is bringing a Nismo version of its full-size Armada SUV to market for 2026. The Nissan Armada Nismo gets striking tuner-inspired looks, a retuned suspension, and more power from its twin-turbocharged V-6 engine.

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Farewell, Godzilla: One Last Lap In the Nissan GT-R

It's been a long road for the current generation of Nissan's iconic GT-R. The latest edition, the R35, has been on the market for 17 years now, but its lineage goes back further. The first concept debuted in 2001, becoming an instant icon thanks to its inclusion in Gran Turismo…

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Why Japan's biggest racing series wouldn't be the same without its Italian star

One of the true icons of Japanese motorsport is set to call time on his top-line racing career. Italy-born Ronnie Quintarelli, who changed the definition of a gaijin driver in the Far East, will contest his last Super GT round in next month’s delayed season-finale at Suzuka.

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Nissan's Next Nismo Model Will Be a 'Beast' of an SUV

In 2015, Nissan did the unthinkable: It launched a Nismo-badged SUV. The Patrol (Armada in the United States) was souped up for the Middle East with extra power and more aggressive styling. The full-size, body-on-frame performance SUV got a facelift in 2021, but we’re hearing the next-gen model will retain…

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Nissan Built a Supercharged Frontier Drift Truck

Nissan is no stranger to fun one-off builds. Its latest, developed for this year's SEMA show in Las Vegas, is a highly modified Frontier pickup designed to go drifting. The one-off truck comes complete with a custom suspension setup, a supercharged engine, and a set of lovely retro Recaro seats.

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Don't Worry, Nismo Won't Go Fully Electric

Chaotic EV growth has forced Nissan's performance brand to adjust.

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Nissan Ariya Nismo Heads To Europe To Resurrect Performance Brand

With several performance tweaks, the go-fast Nissan Ariya crossover is the first Nismo-branded car in Europe since the 370Z went bust.

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Super GT 2024: Nissan, Honda and Toyota's GT500 line-ups

On Thursday, Nissan announced a major overhaul of its line-up, ending the decade-long partnership between Ronnie Quintarelli and Tsugio Matsuda.

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The Nissan Ariya Nismo Is A 430 Horsepower Japan-Only Sports Crossover

Nissan has injected the ho-hum Ariya with go-fast goodies and handling upgrades. Unfortunately, it won't be sold outside of Japan.

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The Most Powerful Electric Nismo Is A Nissan Ariya With 430 HP

It has fake engine sound derived from Formula E.

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The Nissan Z Nismo Is A Great Sports Car With A Terrible Price

It'd be perfect if it were cheaper.

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Is This The Nissan Ariya Nismo?

We'll know for sure when it debuts later this week.

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The Top 10 SUPER GT/Super Formula drivers of 2023

Super Formula fans were treated to their best title battle in years after some one-sided contests in 2021 and '22, and while SUPER GT had a more turbulent year filled with red flags and incidents, the series still produced a championship battle that went down to the wire. This year's…

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How Rookie lost its status as Toyota's top SUPER GT team

Kenta Yamashita and Kazuya Oshima endured a year to forget in 2023 as they wound up seventh in the standings with just a single top-three finish to their name, which came when the disqualification of the #23 NISMO Nissan in the August Suzuka race promoted them to third.

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