Nissan

The all-new 2021 Nissan Note has been officially unveiled, ahead of a Japanese sales launch on 23 December 2020. The third generation of the brand's Yaris-sized city car shifts to the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance's CMF-B platform, shared with the latest Renault Clio, Renault Captur and Nissan Juke.

The all-new 2021 Nissan Qashqai has been teased by the Japanese manufacturer, with an international launch slated for mid-next year before arriving in local showrooms. Soon to be in its third generation, the medium-size SUV is underpinned by a new platform shared with Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi under their recently announced alliance. The car is part of Nissan’s rollout of 12 all-new models over the next three years, and follows the launch of the 2020 Juke SUV earlier this year.

The Australian new-car market is showing signs of recovery. Pundits were forecasting another sharp decline, in the region of 20 per cent, as per previous months affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. To their surprise, October was a stellar month – Australians were buying new cars at almost the same rate as this time last year, pre-pandemic.

Hardcore off-road fans may finally get the four-wheel-drive wagon they’ve been wishing for, with the locally-developed Nissan Patrol V8 Warrior scheduled to go on sale next year. While Nissan is yet to publicly confirm the vehicle has been signed off, dealers who participated in a confidential meeting about future model plans were shown a teaser image of what the Nissan Patrol V8 Warrior might look like.

A new record price has been set for a Nissan R34 GT-R at auction, with a pristine example selling for ¥33,205,000 at auction in Japan, according to according to GTR-Registry.com. That’s the equivalent of AUSD$437,500, US$313,400, £241,900 and €266,600, excluding commission and delivery fees. With just 6817km on the odometer, the Millennium Jade-finished M-Spec Nür eclipsed the previous record set back in 2018 when a White V-Spec II Nür went under the hammer for ¥32,000,000.