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Motoring Motoring 7 col heading x 1 line Nissan adds economical Pure Drive badge to its car range | 7 col heading x 1 line Nissan adds economical Pure Drive badge to its car range |
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| Written by Staff Reporter | |
| Wednesday, 15 October 2008 | |
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FROM early next year in Europe and Japan, Nissan will introduce the Pure Drive badge to its range of cars which produce the lowest emissions, or those which feature technology that reduces fuel consumption significantly.
Nissan claims that the introduction of the Pure Drive badge is to enable customers to quickly and easily identify the most efficient models in Nissan’s range. It also follows recent changes to several Nissan models to reduce the emissions and fuel consumption. In Europe, Pure Drive badges will be added to the vehicles in Nissan’s range which produce less than 140g/km of CO2: • Micra 1.2l petrol (MT) • Micra 1.5l diesel (MT) • Note 1.4l petrol (MT) • Note 1.5l diesel (MT) • Qashqai 1.5l diesel (MT) • Qashqai+2 1.5l diesel (MT) In addition, from next month those models fitted with a CVT transmission will be badged with an Xtronic CVT badge: • Qashqai 2.0l petrol • Qashqai+2 2.0l petrol • X-TRAIL 2.0l petrol • X-TRAIL 2.5l petrol Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) technology allows the engine to operate at its most efficient rate thanks to a complex system of belts and pulleys instead of traditional cogs and gears. As well as being smoother to drive, without the normal interruptions in acceleration normally associated with manual or automatic gearboxes, CVT technology claims to provide the convenience of an automatic transmission with lower fuel consumption and emissions. Caption: Nissan aims to make it easy for our customers to identify which cars in its range consume and emit the least CO2 by using the new Pure Drive badge. |
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