Nissan will go bankrupt within two to three years, Carlos Ghosn told a defence attorney during more than 10 hours of interviews before the motor executive skipped bail and left Japan.

Nissan has said it is in no way not considering the dissolution of its alliance with Renault, which was shaken even further by the dramatic escape of former chairman Carlos Ghosn from a trial in Japan.

Nissan executives have examined the possibility of breaking away from Renault amid concerns that relations with the longtime French partner have turned dysfunctional after the ouster of former chief Carlos Ghosn.

Nissan is opposing renewed efforts by alliance partner Renault to merge under a holding company because such a structure won’t help turn the Japanese carmaker around, according to a person with knowledge of the discussions.

The board of car manufacturer Renault is meeting to settle ex-chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn's final pay cheque and wrap up its investigation into possible financial wrongdoing under his leadership.

A Japanese court has rejected a request by former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn to attend the car maker's board meeting.

The Nissan Micra has gained a couple of new petrol engines — will they help the supermini compete with its rivals? Tom Wiltshire finds out.

Volkswagen has held onto its position as the world’s top-selling carmaker for the fifth year in a row, although the German group was edged out again by the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance in the light-duty vehicles segment.

Nissan has welcomed the Government’s announcement that it is considering a ban on certain used car imports from the UK. The Department of Finance confirmed that it is “examining options” in relation to the ban on old, dirty diesel imports.

Nissan has called on the government to ban used car imports from the UK where registration pre-dates 2014 rather than imposing a new carbon tax on householders.

Nissan's board is to pick a chairman to replace Carlos Ghosn, who was arrested last month on charges of violating financial regulations.

A Tokyo court has ruled that Nissan's former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, and another executive will remain in custody until December 20, more than a month after their arrest.

French president Emmanuel Macron will discuss the Renault-Nissan alliance’s future with Japan’s prime minister at the G20 summit in Argentina, seeking to defuse a brewing diplomatic row over the balance of power inside the partnership.

Nissan’s investigation into alleged misconduct by chairman, Carlos Ghosn, is expanding to include Renault-Nissan finances, sources told Reuters, in a further sign that Nissan may seek to loosen its French parent’s hold on their global carmaking alliance.

Japanese prosecutors were considering whether to file formal charges against Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn amid a probe into allegations he misused company assets and under-reported millions of dollars of income.

Nissan will remove Carlos Ghosn as chairman after he was arrested in Tokyo for violations of financial law, throwing the car industry’s largest global alliance into turmoil.

Ryan Hirons headed to Barcelona to see if Nissan’s new 1.3-litre engine can breathe new life into the firm’s popular SUV

Thousands of Irish motorists may be driving around with “time-bomb” airbags made by Takata, a company whose inflation mechanism was deemed responsible for the deaths and maiming of dozens of people worldwide.

Ubiquitous. It’s a nice word. But what does it mean?

Nissan plans to recall 1.2m cars in Japan after it discovered final vehicle inspections were not performed by authorised technicians.

Car manufacturer Nissan has been told by Ireland’s advertising watchdog to stop running a cinema advertisement showing a girl standing up to her brother’s bully.

Nissan has unveiled the new version of the Leaf electric car.

Time was when the Nissan Micra was a staple in the supermini segment, competing successfully against the kingpins in the segment and being produced by the zillion — all over the world.

The collaboration brings together 11 companies.

Nissan hopes its new Micra takes the supermini segment by storm. We sent Rebecca Chaplin to find out how likely that is.

Having spent years making popular, if dull, versions of their Micra supermini, which were sometimes pretty but rarely exciting to drive, Nissan has upped the ante which the latest version of the car which will go on sale here in April.

In conjunction with the Olympics, Nissan has unveiled the working prototype of its futuristic BladeGlider vehicle, combining zero emissions with high-performance.

Nissan has become the first car brand in Europe to sell a vehicle exclusively through the use of social networking site Twitter.

Nissan has launched a suite of semi-autonomous driving functions for its vehicles, stressing they are intended to assist and not replace drivers, just two weeks after similar technology in another maker’s car was involved in a fatal crash.

So bizarre it’s entertaining.

Motoring journalists have had their first ride in Nissan's high-tech self-driving car, saying it is similar to being chauffeured by a very cautious person - maybe your grandmother.

Nissan's profit for the July to September quarter has jumped 38%.

A polar bear is settling in to his new home in Doncaster after an unexpected encounter with a group of shocked refugees in Calais.

BADGE snobbery is a truly a terrible thing to witness. In automotive terms, badge snobbery is a situation whereby a person knows they could easily save a bunch of money on a car which will serve their every need, but cannot do so because said car’s perceived status would not fit their idea of their own social standing.

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US regulators are looking into whether a recall last year by Nissan Motor Co, Japan’s second-largest carmaker, failed to fix a flaw in the air-bag control systems on almost 1 m vehicles.