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Nissan hybrid-come-lately
Several years behind rivals Toyota and Honda, Nissan will enter the hybrid race in 2006 with an '07-model gas-electric Altima. The hybrid will use the base Altima's 2.5-liter, 175-hp four-cylinder gasoline engine mated to electric-drive parts from Toyota. Nissan says the Altima Hybrid's electric motor will put out 100 kW, or twice that of the Prius.
Hitting the X-Trail
The next generation of Nissan's home, Asian-and European-market X-Trail compact SUV, a competitor of the Toyota RAV4 and Honda CRV, is "under consideration'' for the United States. The current X-Trail goes on sale later this year in Canada (AW, March 15), but Nissan will hold the U.S. debut until next year's ...