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In our last blog post we talked about the eco-friendly Nissan LEAF and how it is gaining serious traction in the marketplace. While producing some of the cleanest cars on the planet is great and all, Nissan isn't stopping there when it comes to reducing its environmental impact. A Nissan manufacturing facility in Aguascalientes, Mexico has recently become the leading plant for renewable energy, brand-wide.

This Nissan production site started its green campaign back?

It seems like automotive reviewers can seem to stop talking about the shocking prowess of the Nissan LEAF. Since its debut, the LEAF has been one of Nissan's biggest success stories, attracting the attention of thousands of eco-minded drivers around the world the LEAF even experienced its best ever sales month this March. If that wasn't enough, KBB.com recently compiled a list of the "10 Best Green Cars of 2013" and naturally?

Today on our blog we want to tell you all about a recent announcement from our favorite Japanese automaker. As part of an overall effort to increase the fuel economy of all the cars in the current production line of new Nissan vehicles, the company will begin using a new material to build car frames.

We typically imagine that the most of the technological development in automaker's labs is focused on electronics, but apparently?

When auto news finds its source in the rust belt of America, people tend to listen. Most recently, reviewers from the Detroit Free Press decided to put the 2013 Nissan Pathfinder through the ringer and see how it stood up next to similar crossovers from competing automakers.

We always knew that there was something special about the Pathfinder. While we truly love all the new Nissan models in our inventory, this CUV has always been?

You can define crossovers by what they are (outsize station wagons that government regulations incentivize manufacturers to build) or you can define them by what they are not (passé minivans, excessive SUVs). They attempt to cover all the bases - to drive like cars, to accommodate kids and friends, to haul stuff, to occasionally go off-road or tow a rowboat. They're even supposed to look stylish.

Nissan's fourth-generation Pathfinder addresses most of these points, but in doing so, serves none of them outstandingly.

The original 1980s Pathfinder was a rugged, body-on-frame SUV. Despite skyrocketing sport-utility sales in the mid-…

Like the Renault Modus with which it shares its underpinnings, the Nissan Note is a small car with big ideas, based principally around clever interior packaging. The catch is that no-one seems to give a toss.

• Comfort

  There's plenty of headroom throughout the Note, and even rear legroom is surprisingly good. A decent range of engines including Renault's 1.5 dCi diesel also ensure an acceptable level of refinement on the move.

  

• Performance

  Small engines abound in the Note, and none is particularly quick. Stick with the 1.5-lite Renault-sourced diesel that's marginally slower but dramatically more…