it's Nissan's Twizy
Review By Sarah-Jayne Harrison, carmagazine
You'd be forgiven for thinking we'd mistitled a story about the Renault Twizy. It's not - take another look and you'll spot important differences. Like a Nissan badge. To all intents and purposes, this is the Nissan Twizy.
Called Nissan's new mobility concept, it's the most blatant example of badge engineering we've yet seen at the alliance. The Nissan Twizy is of course fully electric and has zero tailpipe emissions.
Its 15kW electric motor offers a range of some 60 miles and it'll go on sale in Europe in autumn 2011.
It's all part of the Renault-Nissan Alliance drive towards a connected, and largely electric, future mobility. Their 'futurologists' envisage a world with linked public transport, electric vehicles and 'two-mode EV car sharing', where the vehicle is used as a private commuter in the morning and evening and as a corporate car during the day.
Nissan will launch the Leaf, the first 100% electric, mass-marketed, zero-emission car, in December 2010 in Japan and the United States, and in early 2011 in Europe.
It now looks as though Nissan will augment the Leaf with some of the Renault electric models we've seen in the past year. The Twizy goes on sale in the UK in 2012 and is going to cost around £5500. Just goes to show that electric cars needn't break the bank.
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Price: £69,950; Top speed: 196mph (est); 0-62mph: 3.5sec (est);
Economy: 23.5mpg; CO2: 279g/km; Kerb weight: 1750kg (est);
Engine type: V6, 3799cc, twin-turbo, petrol;
Power: 523bhp at 6400rpm; Torque: 451lb ft at 3200-6000rpm; Gearbox: 6-speed dual clutch auto
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• Engine: 2.5L in-line 4 double overhead cam with VVT ( 9.6 :1 compression ratio ; four valves per cylinder)
• Fuel: unleaded ( 87 octane)
• Fuel consumption: city= 23 (mpg); highway= 32 (mpg); combined= 27 (mpg); vehicle range: 540 miles
• Multi-point injection fuel system
• 20.0 gallon main unleaded fuel tank 16.7
• Power: 175 HP ( 130 kW) @ 5,600 rpm; 180 ft lb of torque ( 244 Nm) @ 3,900 rpm
submodel and price
2010 Altima Hybrid FWD 4-Dr Sedan L4 $26,780
2010 Altima S FWD 2-Dr Coupe L4 $22,940
2010 Altima SR FWD 4-Dr Sedan V6 $24,520
2010 Altima Base FWD 4-Dr Sedan L4 $19,900
2010 Altima S FWD 4-Dr Sedan L4 $21,840
2010 Altima SR FWD 2-Dr Coupe V6 $29,600
Handling
• ABS
• Brake assist system
• Four disc brakes including two ventilated discs
• Electronic brake distribution
• Electronic traction control via ABS & engine management
• Immobilizer
• Spacesaver steel rim spare wheel
• Stability control
• Strut front suspension independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs, multi-link rear suspension independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs
Exterior
• Painted front and rear bumpers
• Driver and passenger power painted door mirrors
• External dimensions: overall length (inches): 190.7, overall width (inches): 70.7, overall height (inches): 58.0, wheelbase (inches): 109.3, front track (inches): 61.0, rear track (inches): 61.0 and curb to curb turning circle (feet): 36.1
• Complex surface lens halogen bulb headlights
• Pearl paint
• Fixed rear window with defogger
• Weights: curb weight (lbs) 3,180
• Windshield wipers with automatic intermittent wipe
Interior
• 12v power outlet: front
• Air conditioning
• Diversity antenna
• Anti-theft protection
• Cargo capacity: all seats in place (cu ft): 15.3
• Clock
• Computer with average speed, average fuel consumption, instantaneous fuel consumption and range for remaining fuel
• Floor and overhead console
• Delayed/fade courtesy lights
• Cruise control
• Front seats and rear seats cup holders
• External temperature
• Driver front airbag with multi-stage deployment, passenger front airbag with occupant sensors and multi-stage deployment
• Bucket driver seat with height adjustment manual, bucket passenger seat
• Height adjustable 3-point reel front seat belts on driver seat and passenger seat with pre-tensioners
• Front seat center armrest
• Two height adjustable active head restraints on front seats, two head restraints on rear seats
• Headlight control
• Internal dimensions: front headroom (inches): 40.6, rear headroom (inches): 36.8, front hip room (inches): 56.8, rear hip room (inches): 52.5, front leg room (inches): 44.1, rear leg room (inches): 35.8, front shoulder room (inches): 55.7, rear shoulder room (inches): 55.5 and interior volume (cu ft): 100.7
• Low tire pressure indicator
• Remote power locks speed sensing
• Vehicle speed proportional power steering
• Front power windows with one one-touch, rear power windows
• Front and rear reading lights
• 3-point reel rear seat belts on driver side, passenger side and center side
• Rear seat center armrest
• Three asymmetrical bench front facing rear seats with zero adjustments
• Rear view mirror
• Remote control remote trunk/hatch release
• Front and rear side curtain airbag
• Upgraded cloth/velour seat upholstery with additional upgraded cloth/velour
• Seating: five seats
• Service interval indicator
• Front side airbag
• Four speaker(s)
• Plastic steering wheel with tilt adjustment and telescopic adjustment
• Tachometer
• Driver vanity mirror
• Ventilation system with micro filter
Standard Safety Features
• Electronic Stability Control • 4-Wheel ABS
• Child Seat Lower Anchorage • Pretensioner
• Energy Management Feature • Advanced Air Bag Features
• Side Airbag - Front • Head Airbag - Front
• Rear Seat Head Restraint • Trunk Release
• Tire Pressure Monitor
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source image: autospect
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The all-new Nissan Juke, of which we’ve driven one variant before – a not especially pokey diesel variety, sampled abroad. This version is a tad more relevant to the Juke’s supposed purpose of being a crossover between an SUV and – get this – a sports car. A 1.6 turbo with 188bhp provides what should be a hot-hatch level of shove.At a touch over £17,000, the 4.1-metre-long Juke is of hot-hatch price and length, too, yet funkier looking than most. The styling cuts some width from the rear cabin and the boot, but I suspect not drastically enough for it to be a deal breaker. The cabin’s cutely designed, too.
Do you feel, though, slightly unsettled about the idea of a cross between an SUV and a sports car? Me too. From a marketing viewpoint, I can see the appeal. But from an engineering or driving perspective, you can imagine the compromises.
It’s certainly no full SUV. This test Juke is a front-wheel-drive model with road tyres, but at 1300kg and 1570mm it’s still heavier and taller than something sporting ought to be.
So it seems to me that Nissan has done the obvious thing to get it to display some dynamism, and made it hard. Too hard.
I checked the tyre pressures after a drive, just in case they were massively overinflated. They were fine. The ride, forever fidgety, is not so. On the road it reminded me a bit of an early Toyota RAV4 or a tall current Honda Civic. Sophisticated in feel it ain’t.
The firmness means body control is tight and there isn’t too much roll, but while the electrically assisted steering is respectable (albeit largely mute), traction is poor, especially in the wet, where the front washes out easily.
The Juke is interesting and, in its way, fun. The drivetrain is sweet, providing brisk top-end urge with an idle so quiet that the revcounter sitting at 1000rpm is the only reassurance that it doesn’t stop-start.
In the end, though, for me the drivetrain, and the visual and conceptual appeal don’t quite do enough to overcome the Juke’s dynamic flaws – not in this model, at least.
Perhaps other variants ride better. In the meantime, it seems to me that SUVs and sports cars mix better in theory than in practice.
Price: £17,395; Top speed: 133mph; 0-62mph: 8.0sec; Economy: 40.9mpg (combined); CO2: 159g/km; Kerb weight: 1289kg; Engine: 4 cyls in line, 1618cc, turbo, petrol; Power: 188bhp at 5600rpm; Torque: 177lb ft at 2000-5200rpm; Gearbox: 6-spd manual
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ZAMAN sekarang, Mobil remote control ternyata bukan hanya dimainkan anak kecil. Orang dewasapun, bila ingin mengendarai mobil listrik bernama Nissan Leaf harus mahir memegang remote. Tapi, remote control Nissan Leaf tentunya lebih canggih dari punya anak2 saat ini. iPhone, atau ponsel cerdas lainnya bisa mengendalikan serta mengawasi mobil listrik sporty ini.
Ketika tidak sedang mengendarai mobil, pengendara tetap bisa mengawasi keadaan mobil mereka. Contohnya, mengetahui berapa banyak tenaga baterai mobil yang masih tersisa. Ketika mobil ditinggalkan saat mengisi ulang baterai pun mereka bisa menyeting agar mobil mengirim pesan ke iPhone ketika baterai sudah penuh.
Dikutip dari Daily Mail, Jumat (14/5), Nissan Leaf yang ditenagai baterai lithium-ion dapat menempuh jarak hingga 160 km dengan kecepatan maksimal 145 km per jam. "Sistem ini merupakan perangkat modern yang akan menjadi bagian alamiah dari pengalaman yang didapatkan pengguna Nissan LEAF," kata Chief Product Specialist Nissan Tooru Abe berpromosi.
Abe juga menambahkan, dengan sistem ini Nissan ingin agar mobil mereka benar-benar dapat menjadi partner sejati bagi si pengemudi. this news from here
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