Carlos Ghosn, chairman and CEO, Nissan-Renault Alliance, has the distinction of running two major global automakers, Nissan and Renault, with headquarters on two continents. He is no stranger to the global lifestyle, having been born to Lebanese parents, but growing up in Brazil, before spending much of his early career in the United States. In this talk, he discusses the different challenges each company faces, and how he adapts his leadership to the strategic and cultural contexts. He also discusses trends in the global auto market, and his vision for zero emission vehicles (electric), which he believes will represent an important (and profitable) market segment in the coming decade. Recorded: Jan. 11, 2010 Related News Article: gsb.stanford.edu Stanford Graduate School of Business Center for Leadership Development and Research: www.gsb.stanford.edu Nissan: www.nissan.com Renault www.renault.com Video Rating: 5 / 5
Get the Skinny on the Nissan Land Glider and the 2009 Tokyo Auto Show on Edmunds’ Inside Line. Full Tokyo Motor Show coverage @ InsideLine.com Watch 2009 Tokyo Auto Show Highlights: www.youtube.com Video Rating: 4 / 5
Nissan GT-R: World´s 1st Full Test Article: www.edmunds.com Articles: www.insideline.com Car Prices & Info www.edmunds.com Twitter Feed twitter.com com Facebook Page: www.facebook.com Hi-Res Videos: www.hulu.com We know you want the numbers and we’re not going to waste your time. Neither is Nissan. Its 2009 GT-R hits 60 mph in 3.3 seconds, quicker than the last Dodge Viper, Corvette Z06 and Porsche 911 Turbo we tested. Keep your foot pinned, and after another tap on the upshift paddle it will clear the quarter-mile in 11.6 seconds at more than 120 mph.
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MORE 2009 NYAS @ INSIDELINE.COM: www.edmunds.com The first Nismo Z didn’t come around until the end of the Nissan 350Z’s model cycle, but Nissan isn’t wasting any time with the 370Z version. The 2009 Nissan Nismo 370Z hits US dealerships in June, and this time it has a little more power and torque than normal Z-cars, thanks to a 350-horsepower version of the 3.7-liter VQ-series V6. Nissan expects the track-focused Nismo model to account for 5 percent of all Z coupe sales. As with the original Nismo Z, the chassis and bodywork for the 2009 Nismo 370Z have been developed by Autech, the Japanese company that prepares Nissan’s entries for the Japanese Super GT (JGTC) racing series. But Nissan has been more heavily involved in the engineering of the 2009 Nismo Z, and the automaker had final approval on the design. Probably that’s why Randy Rodriguez, the Nissan Design America designer who’s credited with the initial sketches for the regular 370Z, is pretty happy with how the 2009 Nismo 370Z turned out. “I think it’s much better than the last version,” he tells us. “The last Nismo was kind of busy and didn’t really accentuate the design very much. There was a lot of stuff added to it, and this one seems to be a little bit more refined.” At a glance, though, the 2009 Nissan Nismo 370Z appears to compromise the new Z-car’s effort to slim down to pure sports-car dimensions. The Nismo’s wheelbase remains 100.4 inches, but at 174.3 inches in overall length, it’s 7 inches longer than … Video Rating: 4 / 5
