Nissan Leaf is 2011-2012 Japanese Car of the Year

Nissan Leaf is 2011-2012 Japanese Car of the Year

The Nissan Leaf has added another feather to its cap – the EV has been named as the Japanese Car of the Year for 2011-2012. The announcement was made at the Tokyo Motor Show, and this is the first time in the award’s 32-year history that an electric vehicle has won.

The win makes it a hat-trick of COTY titles for the Leaf, which has also taken the 2011 European Car of the Year and the 2011 World Car of the Year accolades. The last Nissan to bag both the European and Japanese Car of the Year titles was the Micra (or March), back in 1993.

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  • Simon on Dec 07, 2011 at 1:29 pm

    Nissan car is sucks! Super high maintainence and tan chong is ….

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    • gtrGunner on Dec 07, 2011 at 2:35 pm

      yeah i couldn’t agree more, gtr owner here.

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    • You Can't Even Spell "Maintenance"correctly on Dec 07, 2011 at 6:45 pm

      dude…stop complaining pls…remember…you pay for the quality…go for Proton if you insist :)

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  • Leonardo on Dec 07, 2011 at 2:19 pm

    Obviously it does not win due to the Styling. While it is not outright ugly, it is not to everyone’s taste, and reminds me of the tadpole. Well maybe it’s kawaii (cute) to the Japanese, i guess.

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  • DarkAvenger on Dec 07, 2011 at 2:59 pm

    Nice,,,wonder will sell how much here.

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  • Carl Wong on Dec 07, 2011 at 3:53 pm

    Ya this Japanese electric car was the European car of the year. Why is it still not here yet?? 2013 maybe?

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  • Muddy on Dec 07, 2011 at 5:45 pm

    Designed by engineers, not car designers!!!

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  • tikus on Dec 07, 2011 at 6:37 pm

    Tan Chong…When ah?

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  • malaysian bugis on Dec 07, 2011 at 9:37 pm

    the award is fixed by YAKUZA.

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  • how come all the EV car so Fugly?

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  • Hmm electric car. What happens if you run out of juice midway? it’s not as if you can tumpang to a petrol station to get a refill.

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    • GengProton on Dec 08, 2011 at 4:40 pm

      tow to nearest house and pay for electricity… and rent his house also.. charging will take 8 hours.. :D

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      • Leonardo on Dec 09, 2011 at 2:43 pm

        Fast charging takes about 3 hours. Too bad if you ran out of juice in Grik or Hulu Trengganu!

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    • Time to start a new business. Mobile recharging for electric cars.

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  • timemute on Dec 09, 2011 at 4:11 pm

    no bad actually as city car, specially for those terrace house owner, just remember to charge it everyday. wonder how much and when will bring it in to malaysia? well, tan chong….maybe 2020?

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  • coming soon?

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  • Kelvin on Nov 01, 2012 at 10:47 pm

    We are still waiting :)

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