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New World Record Set with Nissan Ad Featuring Larger than Life Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt, the "world's fastest man" and Olympic sprint champion, is now truly larger than life. An image of a double-sized Bolt is now prominently featured on a Nissan billboard at Dubai's international airport. The billboard's dimensions were recognized today as a new Guinness World Record™. The ad shows Bolt, already a standout at 1.95m tall in the flesh, at over 4.1m even in a crouched position. The mega-sized picture of Usain Bolt is one of a series of advertisements currently placed in major international airports around the world as part of Nissan's "What IF_" global brand campaign.

The billboard, installed in Terminal 3 at the Dubai International, was recognized by Guinness World Records™ at a ceremony held today at the airport as "the largest illuminated advertising sign (indoors)." Measuring 28.0m in length and 6.2m in height, with a surface area of 174m2, and with 183,024 white LEDs, it was unveiled with the latest Nissan 'What IF_' campaign artwork. It is estimated that it would take the world's fastest man the same time to run across the length of the ad as it takes a model year 2013 Nissan GT-R to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/hour: 2.7 seconds.

Commenting on the new Guinness accolade, Usain Bolt said: "It is a pleasure being part of another world record and I continue breaking world records, because that's what I do."

Today, Mr. Paul O'Neill, vice-president of Guinness World Records™, officially recognized Nissan's backlit indoor advertising sign as the largest of its type in the world. O'Neill presented Nissan, represented by Roel De-Vries, Global Marketing vice president and Atsuo Kosaka, managing director of Nissan Middle East, with a Guinness World Record™ certificate recognizing this feat. The recognition was shared with Dubai International, and a specially-commissioned commemorative plaque of the record was offered to His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, president of the Department of Civil Aviation, and Chairman of Dubai Airports.

"It felt natural for Nissan to choose Dubai International, one of the largest and most important airports in the world, as of one of the key locations for the deployment of our global brand campaign. Nissan is proud to have achieved a world record in Dubai, the city of so many world records," commented de-Vries.

"It is an honor to have His Highness with us today as Nissan celebrates another landmark day in the Middle East," said Atsuo Kosaka. "When we began this project, we were bold enough to ask ourselves, what if we can turn our advertising at Dubai International into a world record?.' Today we see the result of that commitment as we once again deliver 'Innovation that Excites' into everything we do in the Middle East region."

Nissan's global brand campaign will reach 100% of the passengers of Terminal 1 and 3, Concourse A and Concourse B, through more than 74 touch points at Dubai International.

*Courtesy of Nissan News

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2013 Nissan Altima Awarded Kiplinger's Personal Finance 'Best New Model in Class'

Adding to its many accolades since launching in 2012, the fifth-generation 2013 Nissan Altima has been awarded the title of "Best New Model" vehicle in the $25,000-$30,000 price range by Kiplinger's Personal Finance. The Altima was one of 22 vehicles honored in the 2013 Kiplinger's annual buyer's guide, which provides consumers with advice on how to find value and quality when they go car shopping.

Every year, Kiplinger's Personal Finance sorts through hundreds of vehicles to reveal the best values in its annual buyer's guide. Winners are selected in 12 categories, which are ranked by price, performance, value, safety, roominess and driving impressions. Among the winners are two standouts in each category—Best in Class and Best New Model. The 2013 winners will be featured in the March issue, which hits newsstands and online at www.kiplinger.com on February 5.

Al Castignetti, Nissan Division Vice President and General Manager, said: "The Nissan Altima has come a long way in the 20 years since it was first introduced. We took great strides to completely redesign this vehicle with a number of innovative features that improve upon the driving experience while maintaining its affordability. Being honored by Kiplinger's Personal Finance validates all of our hard work and highlights our passion for developing innovative yet affordable products."

The Nissan Altima, assembled in Smyrna, Tenn. and Canton, Miss., continues to be one of the top selling mid-size sedans in the United States, with more than 300,000 sold in calendar year 2012.
Among the 2013 Altima's many attributes are a best-in-segment fuel economy of 38 mpg highway* (2.5-liter engine), new premium exterior styling with a strong presence and excellent aerodynamics, an upscale interior with premium materials, and an outstanding balance of ride comfort, stability and a fun-to-drive demeanor.

Building on Nissan's "Innovation that Excites" philosophy, the fifth-generation Altima also offers standard Bluetooth® Hands-Free Phone System and Streaming Audio via Bluetooth®. Also available are NissanConnectSM and NissanConnect^SM with Navigation with a suite of Bluetooth® phone connectivity features including hands-free text message integration, Pandora® playback, real-time Google® POI search and more; along with Easy Fill Tire Alert and next-generation Safety Shield Technologies, including Blind Spot Warning (BSW), Lane Departure Warning (LDW) and Moving Object Detection (MOD) systems.

Dynamic performance is provided by a choice of a 182-horsepower 2.5-liter DOHC inline 4-cylinder engine or a 270-horsepower 3.5-liter V6, with both engines matched with standard next-generation Xtronic CVT® (Continuously Variable Transmission).  The premium interior design looks and feels a class above, with available leather appointments, and a new standard Advanced Drive-Assist™ Display in the center of the instrument cluster that integrates key information – including available navigation, text messaging notification and audio data – right in front of the driver.

*Fuel economy comparison against internal combustion gasoline engine-equipped mid-size sedans. Excludes hybrid and diesel models.

*Courtesy of Nissan Newsroom

Don't Mix Coolants

Avoid mixing coolants that are different in color. If your coolant is pink, don’t add a green formulation to it. Otherwise, you’ll end up with a thick solution that won’t do its job. Use only the coolant specified in your owner’s manual.

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