rd-generation e-Power technology on May 26, 2025. The company improved energy efficiency and quietness of its engine. The automaker has also solved the fuel economy issue at high speeds by improving it by 15% from the current version of its e-Power series. The newest e-Power will be released on the Elgrand minivan in Japan in FY2026. In the same fiscal year, it will also become available in the North American market, where the demand for hybrid v...

News  Updated at: 2025/05/27

Nissan to resume accepting orders for 3 car models with price revision Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (Nissan) announced on April 10 that it will resume accepting orders for its “X-Trail”, “Kicks” and “AD” with a price revision. The price of the X-Trail will be raised by up to JPY 311,300. The price revision will also apply to the “Caravan” and “Elgrand”. Nissan stopped receiving orders for the X-Trail from October 2022, for the Kicks...

News  Updated at: 2023/04/11

Yokohama Rubber to supply Advan V51 tires for Nissan Elgrand Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (Yokohama Rubber) announced that its Advan V51 tire has been selected for original equipment for the Nissan Elgrand, which has undergone a partial change. This tire achieves a high level of quietness by applying special tuning to the tread pattern and compound. In addition, steering stability is enhanced through improved structural rigidity. The size adopted is...

News  Updated at: 2022/11/30

Nissan unveils system to prevent accidents caused by misapplication of brake and accelerator On November 22, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. unveiled to the press the Emergency Assist for Pedal Misapplication technology, a system to prevent accidents caused by misapplication of brake and accelerator. The world's first vehicle to be equipped with the new advanced safety mechanism is the upgraded Elgrand minivan to go on sale on December 13. Using the ultra...

News  Updated at: 2012/11/26

-assist function, its Wrong Foot-Pedal Collision Avoidance System that prevents collisions caused when drivers accidently step on the wrong foot-pedal, i.e., either the gas or brake pedal, while driving. Within 2012, the company will start installing the new system on some of its revamped, high-end Elgrand minivans, with plans to equip it on more vehicle models over time. Based on the technology incorporated in its Around View Monitor, which chec...

News  Updated at: 2012/10/15

00 in the wake of the March earthquake and tsunami, Nissan’s decease was minimized to a mere 14.7 percent to 118,000 owing to quick recovery from suspended production and interruptions of supply chains, as well as supported by brisk sales of the March subcompact imported from Thailand and the new ELGRAND minivan/wagon. (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on August 3, 2011)...

News  Updated at: 2011/08/03

Nissan Shatai to use more parts made in Korea for Nissan Elgrand and Quest Nissan Shatai Co., Ltd. will raise the procurement ratio of parts manufactured outside Japan at its subsidiary in Kyushu. The initiative is introduced to components for the Elgrand as well as the Quest sold in the U.S. Although both vehicles were fully remodeled in 2010, the company intends to switch to using increased amount of parts from low cost countries, as a sharp y...

News  Updated at: 2011/01/12

year-on-year to 50,719, which was rather small compared with other automakers, in part affected by the temporary suspension of the plant operation. Nissan, however, secured orders exceeding sales numbers in the month. Furthermore, citing brisk demand for new models, such as the "Juke," "March" and "Elgrand," the automaker is assured of catch-up in August or later. (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on August. 16, ...

News  Updated at: 2010/08/16

JATCO Ltd. announced that it supplies the Elgrand, a model to be released by Nissan Motor in August 2010, with its belt CVTs - JF011E for medium front-wheel drive vehicles and JF010E for large front-wheel drive vehicles. (From a press release on August 4, 2010) ...

News  Updated at: 2010/08/04

Monitor" parking assistance system. When MOD detects a moving object in the range of its cameras during parking procedures and when starting the car forward or backward, both the screen display and a buzzer notify the driver. While Around View Monitor is currently available on three models, Serena, Elgrand, and Skyline Crossover, the launching plan for the new system with this additional MOD technology has yet to be decided. Nissan will introduce...

News  Updated at: 2010/07/27

utomaker will add functions of improving health and well-being to air conditioning systems and interiors of new models to be introduced in the market from now on. Three new technologies based on the concept, including "Quick Comfort Seat Heater," the first in the world, will be employed in the new "ELGRAND" due to be launched on August 4. Focused on models in the upper segment, the technologies based on the new concept will be upgraded and deploy...

News  Updated at: 2010/07/23

al production of the new Patrol 4WD. The new plant is located within the site of Kyushu Plant of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Approx. 5,000 Patrols are to be produced by March 31, the end of FY 2009. Its annual output capacity at full operation is 120,000 vehicles. Following the Patrol, production of the Elgrand, the Quest and the Infiniti QX56 will commence in FY 2010. From FY 2011, full-capacity operation is scheduled to start with these four models....

News  Updated at: 2010/02/25

so that the Shonan and Kyushu plants will output the combined total of 250,000 units per year. The company manufactures 12 passenger car and commercial vehicle models including the Serena, Wingroad and NV200 Vanette as well as special purpose vehicles. At the Kyushu plant, four models including the Elgrand and Quest minivans, Infiniti QX56 SUV and Patrol SUV will be manufactured. The Patrol production will be transferred from the Shonan plant. (...

News  Updated at: 2009/12/22

which will be launched in Japan in FY 2010. Both models will be made more fuel-efficient than the current models to emphasize environmental responsiveness and the advantage for users. In FY 2010 the automaker also plans full-remodeling of the "Elgrand" luxury mini-van among its gasoline vehicles. The "Leaf" electric vehicle and a Fuga-based hybrid vehicle will b...

News  Updated at: 2009/08/24

dels to be processed on the single assembly line. A trial production will start in June, and a full-scale production of an SUV "Patrol" for the overseas market will commence at the end of the year. Production of heavy-duty minivans of the "Elgrand" and "Quest," which was originally planned, is scheduled to start in fiscal 2010, depending on future trends of ...

News  Updated at: 2009/04/23

in new models scheduled for launches in the autumn of 2007 and after. For Around View Monitor, four high-resolution cameras mounted on the vehicle take pictures, which are synthesized into one overhead view to be shown on the dashboard display. The new Elgrand, scheduled for a release in the fall of 2007, will be the first model to use the system. Nissan's new Distance C...

News  Updated at: 2008/08/07

n and SUV models by FY 2011. The system assists the driver by displaying an image of the vehicle from above while parking. Since the current system requires a certain vehicle height to synthesize an image, it is offered to the Japanese market only on the Elgrand and the Serena. As these two models are selling well because of the system, Nissan has decided to accelerate its...

News  Updated at: 2008/04/19

on Oct. 12 that it will introduce the world's first Around View Monitor, which offers the driver a bird's eye view of the vehicle and its surroundings on the in-vehicle monitor when parking. The new system will be debut in the new Elgrand, scheduled for a launch at the end of this month, as a factory-installed optional component which is offered...

News  Updated at: 2007/10/13

capacity of 120,000 units will be established within the premises of Nissan's Kyushu plant in Kanda town, Fukuoka prefecture. The new plant will be established as a new company wholly funded by Nissan Shatai and the production of the next Elgrand will start in early 2009. Total investment in the new company (plant) will be about 30 billion yen. It building ...

News  Updated at: 2007/02/05

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. has shifted the production of its new "Serena" to the Shonan plant of Nissan Shatai Co., Ltd. in Kanagawa prefecture, which has produced vehicles with high overall height, such as "Elgrand" and "Caravan". Since no modification to painting line and other production facilities were required to produce the new Serena there, the company decided to move the production site from Tochigi plant, where previou...

News  Updated at: 2005/06/01