Nissan is proud to announce that they are again teaming up with Spike TV for a second season of "GT Academy." Along with Sony Entertainment and Polyphony Digital the show is set to air this year. Be sure to check your local cable provider listings for air times and dates.

"GT Academy" allows gamers and race fans to drive animated Nissan vehicles where they race against the clock and winners will be featured on the…

What does your new Nissan Leaf go through before it comes to Carson Nissan? Nissan public relations are out on a mission, to show potential buyers just how safe their 2012 Nissan Leaf electric vehicle is.

Thousands of Leaf models have been sold since its release late last year. Nissan put together a promotional video recently, depicting steps a 2012 Leaf takes before it enters dealership lots. One scene displays Leaf riding through a pool…

If you're over the age of 40, you probably remember the Datsun. The Fairlady Roadsters and 240Z Coupes cruised the streets all around the US from the late 1950s until the very early 1980s. And, if you keep your eyes peeled, you might still see a Datsun pickup or two cruising around. But, in 1981, the Japanese automaker decided to market purely under their Nissan brand, and solidify the brand worldwide. And since then…

Did you know that nearly half of all of the Nissan LEAF models on the road can be found here in California? It's true! Of the 11,000 Nissan EVs purchased in the United States so far, 40 percent of them are on the West Coast. So then it follows that the Governor of California would be pushing to create infrastructure to support all of those electric vehicles.

Which is exactly what he's…

Nissan has taken the cargo van market by storm, and has discovered the need for a smaller more economical such vehicle. As such they've decided to follow up on the Nissan NV cargo van, introduced to the U.S. just this year, with something that leaves a slightly smaller footprint on the environment. We're talking about the new 2013 Nissan NV200.

Already available in various markets around the globe, the new Nissan NV200…

Feel like you've spent enough time licking envelopes in your lifetime to end up like George Costanza's dearly departed fiance on Seinfeld? Nissan Motors Acceptance Corporation is here to help take one of those envelopes off your monthly list. By signing up to go paperless, and making your monthly payments online, you'll save yourself the hassle of writing a check, addressing the envelope and paying for postage...sounds like a win-win situation…

We've come across more than one or two drivers in Los Angeles who believe the Nissan LEAF is engineered to serve only as a fair-weather transporter - and it's not often we see anything less around these parts. However, on the rare occasion of rain (or even more rare occasion of snow!) you'll be interested to know that a recent test conducted by over 60 automotive journalists in Japan have proved this common?

If you're looking for more than a car and want to have some heart-racing fun, look no further than the new 2012 GT-R sports car from Nissan. Peeling into approximately seven-hundred certified Nissan dealerships around the country, it's got an edgy personality and twin-turbo V-6 engine to match.

Putting out 530 hp and 463 lb.-ft of torque, the new Nissan GT-R is a sports car designed to dominate the  road with more…

Nissan is looking to come out with more EV cars, like the successful Nissan Leaf and upcoming NV200 delivery van.

One option is an electric sports car. Nissan introduced their Esflow two-door concept last year, which featured a sporty design. Pivo 3, a small city car concept, might be an option as well. The EV battery operated car was shown off at the Tokyo Motor Show.

Another alternative is Townpod EV. This small minivan provides…

Safety is one of the main criteria drivers have when looking for a new car. Interesting, then, isn't it, that as a general rule, only top-of-the-line brands and models have the most high-tech, active safety features such as lane-departure warning, pedestrian warning and blind-spot warning? Thankfully, Nissan doesn't believe safety is a privilege. They never have and never will. Take their brake override technology, for example. Congress is now mulling the possibility of…