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The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Nissan page on 19 March 2016, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Nissan Motor Company Ltd (Japanese: 日産自動車株式会社), usually shortened to Nissan, is a Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan.
Since 1999, Nissan has been part of the Renault–Nissan Alliance, a partnership between Nissan and French automaker Renault. As of 2013, Renault holds a 43.4% voting stake in Nissan, while Nissan holds a 15% non-voting stake in Renault. Carlos Ghosn serves as CEO of both companies.
Nissan Motor sells its cars under the Nissan, Infiniti, and Datsun brands with in house performance tuning NISMO.
Nissan was the sixth largest automaker in the world behind Toyota, General Motors, Volkswagen Group, Hyundai Motor Group, and Ford in 2013. Taken together, the Renault–Nissan Alliance would be the world’s fourth largest automaker. Nissan is the leading Japanese brand in China, Russia and Mexico.
Nissan is a member of the Mizuho keiretsu.
History: Nissan Motor founded in 1934
In 1934, Aikawa separated the expanded automobile parts division of Tobata Casting and incorporated it as a new subsidiary, which he named Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. The shareholders of the new company however were not enthusiastic about the prospects of the automobile in Japan, so Aikawa bought out all the Tobata Casting shareholders (using capital from Nihon Industries) in June 1934. At this time, Nissan Motor effectively became owned by Nihon Sangyo and Hitachi.
In 1935, construction of its Yokohama plant was completed. 44 Datsuns were shipped to Asia, Central and South America. In 1935, the first car manufactured by an integrated assembly system rolled off the line at the Yokohama plant.[11] Nissan built trucks, airplanes, and engines for the Japanese military. In 1937, the company's main plant was moved to the occupied Manchuria, and named Manchuria Heavy Industries Developing Co.
In 1940, first knockdown kits were shipped to Dowa Jidosha Kogyo (Dowa Automobile), one of MHID’s companies, for assembly. In 1944, the head office was moved to Nihonbashi, Tokyo, and the company name was changed to Nissan Heavy Industries, Ltd., which the company kept through 1949
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| 2 September 2002 | Toyota Agrees to Share Hybrid Engine Technology with Rival Nissan Steve Herman for Voice of America News |  Article Page - 1:43 |
Championships Won in Nissans
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| 1990 | Australian Touring Car Championship | Jim Richards | Nissan Skyline HR31/GT |
| 1991 | Australian Touring Car Championship | Jim Richards | Nissan Skyline GT-R |
| 1992 | Australian Touring Car Championship | Mark Skaife | Nissan Skyline GT-R |
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Subject: Nissan Valve Cover by Motorsport Powdercoating
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Subject: Nissan Valve Cover by Motorsport Powdercoating
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| 30 January 1967 | NHTSA Recall 67V011000 Nissan L250 Steering:Wheel and Handle Bar National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | Recall Page - 1 page | |
| 5 April 1983 grant date | Fuel Control System for Gas Turbine Engine United States Patent US 4,378,673 Toshimi Abo and Hidetoshi Kanegae for Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. |  PDF - 736KB - 8 pages | |
| 2008 | OWNER’S LETTER Nissan North America | PDF - 50KB - 1 page | |
| 23 January 2008 | Attention: Recall Management Division From: Frank D. Slaveter, Nissan North America To: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 1.8MB - 23 pages | |
| 23 January 2008 | NHTSA Recall 08E014000 Nissan/Infiniti 999R5-AR000 Bike Rack Equipment National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | Recall Page - 1 page | |
| 30 January 2009 | From: George H. Person, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration To: John Gibbons, Nissan North America | PDF - 40KB - 1 page | |
| 14 February 2008 | AFTERMARKET HITCH STYLE BIKE RACKS From: George H. Person, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration To: Frank Slaveter, Nissan North America | PDF - 26KB - 1 pages | |
| 16 Feburary 2008 | Voluntary Recall Campaign: Hitch Mounted Bicycle Rack Nissan | PDF - 41KB - 2 pages | |
| 29 May 2008 | Quarterly Report: Campaign Number 08E-014 Nissan North America | PDF - 34KB - 1 page | |
| 17 October 2008 | Quarterly Report: Campaign Number 08E-014 Nissan North America | PDF - 40KB - 1 page | |
| 25 October 2008 | From: Frank D. Slaveter, Nissan North America To: George Person, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 69KB - 2 pages | |
| 17 February 2009 | Quarterly Report: Campaign Number 08E-014 Nissan North America | PDF - 67KB - 1 page | |
| 25 April 2009 | From: John Gibbons, Nissan North America To: George PersonNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 71KB - 3 pages | |
| 22 July 2009 | From: John Gibbons, Nissan North America To: George PersonNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 62KB - 3 pages | |
| 15 March 2011 | National Institute for Strategic Technology Acquisition and Commercialization v. Nissan North America, Inc. United States District Court for the District of Kansas Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.; Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd.; Subaru of America, Inc.; Toyota Motor Corporation; Toyota North America, Inc., Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc., Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.; Honda Motor Co., Ltd.; Honda North America, Inc.; and American Honda Motor Co., Inc. Memorandum Order | PDF - 136KB - 16 pages | |
| 20 December 2011 grant date | Intake Control Apparatus for an Engine and Method United States Patent US RE43,034 Shunichi Aoyama, Shinichi Takemura, Ryosuke Hiyoshi for Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. | PDF - 1.5MB - 18 pages | |
| 20 November 2012 grant date | Design for Rear Combination Lamp for an Automobile United States Patent US D671,248 Hideyuki Fuchigami and Hisatugu Hirabayashi for Nissan Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha | PDF - 216KB - 4 pages | |
| 11 June 2013 grant date | Exhaust Manifold for Internal Combustion Engine United States Patent US 8,459,016 Masaaki Ashida, Sunkee Yi, Takao Inoue, and Shunichi Mitsuishi for Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. | PDF - 11.7MB - 32 pages | |
| 11 June 2013 grant date | Gerotor Expander for an Air Conditioning System United States Patent US 8,459,048 Ronald S. Eisenhour for Nissan North America, Inc. | PDF - 7.3MB - 16 pages | |
| 16 July 2013< grant date/td> | Exhaust Gas Purifying Catalyst and Method for Manufacturing the Same United States Patent US 8,486,853 Kazuyuki Shiratori, Katsuo Suga, Masanori Nakamura, Hironori Wakamatsu, Hiroto Kikuchi, Tetsuro Naito, and Jun Ikezawa for Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. | PDF - 1.6MB - 20 pages | |
| 6 August 2013 grant date | Fuel Cell Power Plant and Control Method Thereof United States Patent US 8,501,359 Ryoichi Shimoi and Seiho Sugawara for Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. | PDF - 1.1MB - 22 pages | |
| 6 August 2013 grant date | Variable-Airflow Cloth, Sound Absorbing Material, and Vehicluar Part United States Patent US 8,501,317 Hiroaki Miura for Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. | PDF - 2.4MB - 49 pages | |
| 30 December 2014 grant date | Driving Assistance System for Vehicle and Vehicle Equipped With Driving Assistance System for Vehicle United States Patent US 8,924,074 Kenji Komori, Tomohiro Yamamura, Noboyuki Kuge, Yasuhiko Takae, Takayuki Kondoh for Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. | PDF - 6.7MB - 127 pages |
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