The News Wheel editorial team

The News Wheel editorial team


Did Nissan Really Just Develop a Self-Cleaning Car?

In what might possibly be the first relevant New Girl reference on a car blog, I’d like to just put it out there that I am every bit as cheap…

Nissan Raises Noise Awareness with LEAF-Powered Night Race

The Nissan LEAF took part in a midnight race to raise noise awareness We’re exposed to so much noise in everyday life that we almost forget it’s there. Even in…

Nissan Puts Tracks On Another Car

Nissan is known for its unique concept cars, but we have been noticing lately that some of them are starting to follow a trend. Early in 2016, Nissan unveiled the…

Nissan Presents Advanced Solutions for Autonomous Driving at CeBIT

Nissan showcased the Seamless Autonomous Mobility (SAM) system at CeBIT in Germany. SAM is one of Nissan’s innovations in autonomous driving Photo: Nissan Dedicated to propelling autonomous driving into the…

Nissan Announces On-Demand-Marketing Referral Tool

2015 Nissan LEAF Nissan has announced a number of changes to its Nissan Certified Collision Repair Network program, including a one-of-a-kind On-Demand-Marketing referral tool. ODM gives Nissan certified shops one-stop access…

Nissan NV Cargo Best at Retaining Value According to Edmunds

2018 Nissan NV Cargo Photo: Nissan Earning the 2018 Edmunds Best Retained Value Award, the 2018 Nissan NV Cargo commercial van delivers drivers the “highest projected residual value after five…

Nissan Looks To Build A Better Battery

Nissan’s EV focus has always been on its Nissan LEAF, and the car has sold well over the past five years. The concern with electric cars, though, is always its…

Nissan Licenses Autonomous Driving Tech to Hitachi

Two of the major cogs in Nissan’s plans for Autonomous Drive by 2020—the Around View Monitor (AVM) and Moving Object Detection (MOD) technologies—are being licensed out to Hitachi Construction Machinery…

Nissan LEAF Named Best Green Car and Hits Record Sales in UK

2017 Nissan LEAF The Nissan LEAF has hit a milestone in the UK in sales—20,000–and in customer satisfaction. Earning the title of “Best Green Car” in the 2017 Driver Power…

Nissan Opening Ladies First Dealerships in Tokyo

In his speech to the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan, Carlos Ghosn outlined four of the major pillars that he believes will create opportunity for the advent of Nissan’s Autonomous…

Nissan Kicks Off Summer with Free Gas

2017 Nissan LEAF To open the eyes and pocketbooks of gas-guzzling vehicle-owning motorists to the freedom and joy generated from owning an all-electric vehicle, Nissan is picking up the tab…

Nissan Introduces New Tiida in China

The Nissan Tiida is a small subcompact vehicle sold by Nissan in different markets around the world. From 2006-2013, the Nissan Tiida was sold as the Nissan Versa in the…

Nissan Inks Michael Caruso to Multi-Year Deal

Michael Caruso has signed a multi-year extension to remain with Nissan Nissan Motorsport has locked in Michael Caruso with a multi-year deal that will keep him a part of the…

Nissan GT Academy Wins Autosport Award for Pioneering and Innovation

Darren Cox Accepts the Autosport Award for GT Academy It’s almost hard to believe that the Nissan GT Academy – a competition that turns video game racecar drivers into professionals…

Nissan Group’s February 2014 Sales Climb 15.8 Percent

February was not a particularly kind month to most in the automotive industry, but Nissan was fortunate enough to weather the storm and enjoy an impressive increase in sales productivity.…

Nissan Goes Nerdy For Comic Con

This weekend is very important. Well, it’s very important if you are a nerd and lover of all things sci-fi, fantasy, or otherwise comic-related. That’s right, it’s time for the…

Nissan Gets Ready for Tokyo

The Tokyo Motor Show might be about eight months away, but Nissan is already getting its game face ready. That is not very surprising, considering that Tokyo is Nissan’s home…

Nissan Gets Moving With Real Horsepower

Besides being a consumer automotive company, Nissan also works hard to help several race teams take the track in their products and specially built cars. However, we at The News…

Nissan EVs Ready for UEFA Champions League Final

If you ask any football fan, or soccer to us Americans, the UEFA Champions League finals and the European Champion Clubs’ Cup that goes to the overall winners is a…

Nissan Donates $25,000 to Civil Rights Training for Nashville Police

The relationship between minorities and the police has been a hot button topic in the United States for quite a while now, and the discussion has only turned more intense…

Nissan Cube Photo Booth Rolls Out in Japan

Do you remember the Matrix films? The movies utilized a filming style called “bullet time” that allowed cameras to capture an image in 360° and made it so a shot…

Nissan Congratulates Usain Bolt

This poster is made entirely of matches Last month, we talked about a video that Nissan released showing Olympic Track & Field star Usain Bolt taking on a literal race…

Nissan CEO Weighs in on VW “Dieselgate” Scandal: 'Be Extremely Open'

Since it was revealed that Volkswagen placed devices specifically made to fool laboratory emissions tests, the automotive industry has been rocked by a wild storm of investigations and commentary. Nissan…

Nissan Celebrates “Happy Bolt Day”

August has been a very busy month for Usain Bolt. He had to prepare to run in what will probably be his last Olympic Games, and managed to walk (or…

Nissan Celebrates Female Olympians

The Rio Olympics are over, and everyone has gone home with their medals. Nissan was the chief vehicle sponsor of this Olympiad, and it enjoyed being part of the action (and…

Nissan Brings The Year of the Truck to Texas

The 130th State Fair of Texas is now open, and Nissan is ready to make a splash at this year’s event. This week, the automaker revealed its special appearance package…

Nissan Brings New Midnight Edition Models to Chicago Auto Show [Photos]

The 2017 Murano Midnight Edition comes with 20-inch Midnight Black wheels Once upon a time, Nissan only offered the popular Midnight Package with the Maxima SR, but in a drastic…

Nissan Brazil will Produce Three-Cylinder Engine in Rio de Janeiro

Pictured: Carlos Ghosn with the 1.0-liter three-cylinder engine Carlos Ghosn has had quite a busy January. Just last week he spoke about the reveal of the completely new 2016 Nissan…

Nissan Betting On China Sales

Venucia T70 The sales results out of China recently have been mixed, with brands like VW seeing large gains and brands like General Motors seeing a steep decline. What exactly…

Nissan Assists Drivers Affected by Hurricane Florence

No matter how large a hurricane is, it disrupts life all around it. Nissan knows this, and it is offering deferred payment options to current Nissan drivers and special pricing…

Nissan Armada Praised for its Towing Capability by U.S. News & World Report

2018 Nissan Armada The SUVs that made U.S. News & World Report’s list of 15 SUVs with the Best Towing strike an incredible balance of power, exceptional capability, room for…

Nissan Argues for Cooperation to Speed up EV Adoption

Nissan wants more people driving electric cars In the automotive world, it’s all about who can reach what’s next first, followed by who can do it best. Everything from autonomous…

Nissan and Lucasfilm Join Forces Again for ‘Star Wars’

When we saw the press release from Nissan about its upcoming partnership with Disney and Lucasfilm for the new Star Wars film about Han Solo, a tried-and-true statement came to…

Nissan, Adam Levine Dub December 15th Red Thumb Day

Adam Levine celebrates Red Thumb Day on December 15th December 15th is being declared Red Thumb Day, indicating the need for drivers to put down their cell phones while behind…

Nissan Adds Reip, Shulzhitskiy to 24 Hours of Spa Lineup

With the 24 Hours of Spa only a few weeks away, Nissan is making some changes to their NISMO driver lineup. Stanislav Aksenov will be replaced behind the wheel of…

NHTSA Goes Against EPA, Delays CAFE Regulation Fee Increase

So, as the twilight hours of the Obama administration have been approaching, the story has seemed to be one of carmakers against government agencies. More specifically, these struggles mostly seemed…

NHTSA Adds 1.4 Million More Vehicles to Takata Airbag Recall

Yesterday, we reported that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) was recalling 4.7 million cars that were fitted with faulty (and potentially life-threatening) airbags. Late last night, that recall…

GM Invests $449 Million For Next-Generation Volt Production

General Motors has announced that it will be making an investment of $449 million into the city it calls home in order to fund next-generation Volt production. The endowment will…

Next-Generation IntelliLux LED Lights to Debut on 2017 Opel Insignia

Opel revealed that the second generation of its IntelliLux LED® lighting system will make its debut on the upcoming Opel Insignia, updating the its new technology that only just premiered…

Next Buick Regal to Take Cues from Opel Monza Concept

The intimidating face of the Opel Monza concept ©GM Last year, GM’s Opel brand unveiled the Opel Monza concept car at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Now, at the Paris Motor…

Newest Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak Offers Two Engine Options

The Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak offers superior power and two engine options Drag racers everywhere, rejoice! Dodge has finally announced that it is taking orders for the newest Challenger…

New Worst Place to Have a Car: Anti-Trump Rally

Photo; YouTube Thursday night, a rally in Orange County, California was held by either the embodiment of evil, an alien symbiont attached to a millionaire’s head, or the savior of…

New ‘Top Gear’ Spinoff Called ‘Extra Gear’ Releases First Trailer

Rory Reid and Chris Harris are going to be taking over a behind-the-scenes show forTop Gear called Extra Gear A lot of people are thinking the new lineup of Top Gear…

New ‘Top Gear’ Show Flounders as Fans Call First Episode “Boring”

The newly revamped Top Gear had the majority of audiences cringing throughout Photo: The Sun Twitter The moment Top Gear fans have all been waiting for has come and gone.…

New Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero Film “Best F(r)iends” May Deliver Flying Mustang Subplot

Greg Sestero (left) and Tommy Wiseau (right) hit the road together in the new film “Best F(r)iends” For years, people have been clamoring for a sequel to The Room, the…

New Startup Seeks to Help Self-Driving Cars Understand Humans

As more states are testing self-driving vehicles, engineers continue to fine-tune automated vehicle (AV) technology to improve passenger and pedestrian safety. A popular method has been to use ethical algorithms…

Ron Burgundy Durango Commercials: Love for Durango, Hatred of Horses

One of many hilarious Ron Burgundy Commercials for the Dodge Durango Will Ferrell, who once shouted down Sarah Michelle Gellar for talking smack about his Dodge Stratus, has the Dodge…

New Prius Commercial Is Wonderfully Dramatic

The redesigned 2016 Toyota Prius The countdown to the US release of the 2016 Toyota Prius is on. To help build excitement, the Japanese automaker has released the first new…

New Patent Reveals Cadillac CT5 Coupe Design

On July 3, while many Americans celebrated an early Independence Day, GM was celebrating another achievement. The design patent it filed back in early 2017 for a “vehicle body exterior”…

New Instagram Study Shows America’s Road Rage Habits

Fatal accidents caused by road rage are becoming more common Bad traffic is enough to make any sane person a bit rage-y. Even the kindest people are known to let…