New Nissan Skyline-Hybrid, (Infiniti Q50) Released in Japan

New Nissan Skyline-Hybrid has been released along side the gasoline only version. 
The first ever car I owned in Japan was a Skyline. Once a bicycle cop followed me and gave me a ticket for speeding :) I asked him "If I was speeding, how could you catch me?" He kept offering me the ticket "Hai Dozo"(Yes-go-ahead).

The hybrid version of the new Skyline, available in two- and four-wheel drive versions, will include Nissan’s latest version of ProPilot as a standard feature. The autonomous technology offers lane-changing and driver-monitoring functions. A mobile connection will let an operator contact occupants, as well as offer updated maps and in-car Wi-Fi.

In an attempt to capture some of the magic of the GT-R, which was spawned from earlier versions of the Skyline, the new sedan has a front grille that resembles the front of Nissan’s iconic sports car. Additionally, the gas-only Skyline features Nissan’s 3.0-liter V6 twin-turbo engine, with a tuned version capable of 400 horsepower.
Outside of Japan, the Skyline is sold as the Infiniti Q50 and competes with sedans by Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz and BMW AG. The cars will sell for between about ¥5.5 million ($50930) to ¥6.3 million($58338), depending on the model.
via Japan Times

Carlos Ghosn And Greg Kelly May Spend XMas In Prison.

Tokyo prosecutors on Monday indicted former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn, close aide Greg Kelly and the automaker itself for allegedly breaching the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act by making misstatements in its securities reports.

The indictment comes three weeks after Ghosn, 64, was arrested on suspicion of under reporting about ¥5 billion of his remuneration in the company’s financial statements during the five years through March 2015.

Kelly, formerly representative director at Nissan, was arrested with Ghosn on Nov. 19 for allegedly conspiring to understate the former chairman’s remuneration by about half its full value for the five-year period from April 2010. Ghosn is accused of reporting only ¥5 billion of his ¥10 billion remuneration in the financial statements for the period.

Japan Times