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There's almost nothing more important in today's world than staying connected. Last week, Nissan announced it will be upgrading its connectivity options for the Nissan LEAF EV and its popular Nissan Altima sedan. The new NissanConnect system will first launch on the 2013 Nissan Altima when it debuts this July and will include such features as Pandora Internet Radio, Google search, and Google Navigation. The LEAF will see improvements to its current Carwings communications system, including a feature that will improve driving range accuracy for the vehicle's battery.

Shhh . . . can you keep a secret, reader? Crystal Nissan, located at 936 South Suncoast Blvd Homosassa, GL 34448 has inside information straight from the mouth of Chief Nissan Designer Shiro Nakamura.

Here at Crystal Nissan, located at 937 South Suncoast Blvd Homosassa, FL 34448, we know everyone likes to save a buck or two. That's why we're so excited to hear the latest news surrounding the 2012 Nissan Frontier King Cab, which recently received its fourth major award this year when it was named to Insure.com's annual "Least Expensive to Insure" list.

It shouldn't lose its design identity altogether, but the Nissan Altima does seem to be receiving quite a dramatic refresh for the 2013 model year. Set to premiere at the New York Auto Show coming up soon in early April alongside the new Infiniti LE concept (luxury electric) sedan. The next-generation Altima has been spied testing in various markets, but it's still heavily camouflaged. We can spot a few new details on the new Altima, however.

We wouldn't call it spying so much as "doing research," but either way, our friends at Automobile magazine have seen the newest edition to the Nissan lineup doing some testing on the highways of Michigan state.

The current, 2012 Nissan 370Z is one of our favorite vehicles here at Crystal Nissan, located at 937 South Suncoast Blvd Homosassa, FL 3448. That's one of the reasons we were so excited to see what Nissan has planned for this vehicle in the near future. For the 2013 model year, the Japanese auto manufacturer recently premiered a refreshed variant of the 370Z, several days before the scheduled press days at the 2012 Chicago Auto Show, where it will be presented along with several other new Nissan models.

Japanese auto manufacturer Nissan and German auto manufacturer Mercedes-Benz may speak different languages in their home countries, but when it comes to engines, they seem to have a translator. The two companies joined two years ago in the Mercedes-Benz Renault-Nissan Alliance to develop new technologies. (Renault is a French car company which has been working with Nissan specifically on developing electric vehicles).  As far as the new initiative goes, it seems Nissan will be producing engines for Mercedes-Benz four-cylinder gasoline engines in 2014 at the Nissan plant in Tennessee, for its new luxury brand Infiniti's C-Class and various other Infiniti models.

The family-friendly Nissan Pathfinder is getting a new look next year. Very recently, Nissan premiered its new 2013 concept for the Pathfinder at the Detroit Auto Show this week, but the concept is almost identical to the version that will hit showroom floors around the nation, like the one at Crystal Nissan, located in Homosassa, FL. One of the twenty redesigned or new products Nissan plans to bring to the U.S. over the course of the next two years, the new Pathfinder is quite a sight to behold.

Criticism surrounding the Nissan Leaf usually doesn't revolve around the vehicle's appearance, sustainability, or functionality; rather, critics wonder what will become of the Leaf's battery after it can no longer power the car. Nissan has been researching ways to recycle and reuse these batteries for a while now. One of the company's projects even suggested that the "old" Leaf batteries, even after becoming non-functional for the automobile, could still power several homes during times of power loss or emergency. Nissan has now proven this hypothesis with its Smart House, which debuted at the 2011 Toyko Motor show.

The 2011 Tokyo Motor Show is in for quite a surprise. Nissan will premier its eighth EV concept at the show this week. The vehicle has as very forward-thinking design and follows in the footsteps of the Nissan Leaf, along with several previous EV concept cars. The Nissan PIVO 3 concept car has several innovative features and is slated to appear around 2016 or 2017 if it hits production lines.