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The plot thickens in the proposed merger between Honda and Nissan. Those familiar with the corporate automotive space will know French automaker Renault currently owns 35.7 percent of Nissan. It seems Honda doesn't like that. The Japanese automaker reportedly prefers to merge with a wholly owned Nissan, and has asked…

What began as a celebration of Japan's custom car culture is a now a major event for many of the country's biggest automakers. We round up the news from Tokyo Auto Salon 2025

This is the Nissan N7. We’ve seen it before a few times now; first in concept form at the Beijing Show of 2024, then later that year in production-intent form by November. A few days ago, the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) exposed the final production model…

In what is now an annual tradition at Motor1, we’re kicking off 2025 by sending lots of emails to automakers to see what manual transmission sales were like the previous year. This gives us a look at the state of the manual in America, where it is certainly not the…

Nissan and Honda announced fusion recently. By the end of 2023, the Renault-Nissan Alliance, which had existed since 1999, is usually described as having come to an end. Common structures, such as the jointly created purchasing company, are dissolved. However, the relationship between the two companies continues (along with the…

No matter what type of car you drive, cold weather means the fuel efficiency will go down. In the case of combustion cars, the fuel consumption will go up because cold air is denser than warm air, and because the fluids are colder, which leads to increased friction.

Nissan creates a one-off electrified R32 GT-R Skyline to safeguard the legacy of an automotive icon.

I feel like every automaker in this new precarious, pseudo-self-driving era wants to create an experience where the car is a sort of an extension of your home, rather than a conveyance meant that one would drive from place to place. These neo-futurists—car designers, tech bro CEOs, and investors alike…

Nissan's recent struggles are no secret, but the company still does one thing well: cheap, small cars. The 2025 Kicks is no exception. For the new year, the brand’s smallest SUV gets some big changes to the design, interior, and powertrain, which makes the already-excellent SUV even better. Plus, customers…

Ford has the Ranger. General Motors has the Chevrolet Colorado and the GMC Canyon. Toyota has the Tacoma. Even Nissan has a mid-size truck with the Frontier. That leaves Ram as the only major player in the full-size truck segment without a mid-size companion. Tim Kuniskis wants to change that.

BYD's new luxury supercar, the Yangwang U9, stole the show with its "dance" in a massive booth near the exhibition's entrance.