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Nissan’s Le Mans entry, a GT-R LM NISMO, is out-of-the-box to say the least. In fact, it fascinated car enthusiast and former late-night-TV host Jay Leno so much that he spotlighted it on his YouTube show “Jay Leno’s Garage.” The front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout of the car is amazingly unconventional, but that’s not all that’s interesting about this racecar, which will be driven by Jann Mardenborough.

Nissan has been picking up awards left and right recently. Critics love everything from the brand’s luxury digs to its technologies, efficient powertrains and safety technologies. Continue reading to see a few of Nissan’s most recent awards!

If you get goosebumps every time you hear the robust sound of a diesel engine powering up, you’ll want to download this recording of the 2016 Titan XD’s Cummins V-8! Make it your ringtone, alarm clock sound or whatever you want!

For the fourth consecutive year, Nissan has been recognized for its achievements in sustainability. Improving energy management and reducing greenhouse gas emissions has been a key focus of Nissan’s business plan for many years, and the automaker continues to come up with new ways to further its commitment to improving the environment.

Nissan’s newest safety system “Driver Attention Alert” will debut this month in the newly redesigned 2016 Maxima. The system is an audible and visual warning alert mechanism created to help detect whether drivers are too sleepy to be behind the wheel.

Here’s your weekly blast from the past. MotorWeek has begun putting up their old car reviews on their Youtube channel. These “Retro Reviews” are the many video reviews that MotorWeek did back in the 1980s and early 1990s.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has just announced that the 2015 Nissan Sentra has earned their coveted Top Safety Pick award. These awards are given to cars who go above and beyond in safety and earn their highest ratings. The 2015 Sentra earned the Institute’s top rating of “Good” in all five of the IIHS’ crash tests.

Nissan is promoting their bestselling electric Leaf in a fun new way this month. Looking to start digging deeper into the European market, Nissan has painted on of their Leafs with a specially made glow in the dark paint.

Nissan has just sent out a tweet of the Nissan JUKE Nismo crossover in honor of the massive – and at times disappointing - blizzards that many parts of the U.S. have undergone of the past few weeks. Thankfully, Phoenix is exempt from these wintery storms of ice and cold, but we can’t help but be a little envious that we won’t be able to test out the new wheels on this already fun to drive JUKE.

Edmunds.com has just released its annual “Most Popular” awards list and the 2015 Nissan Altima, Frontier and Pathfinder all made the cut. Chosen within their individual segments, winners were selected by looking at the most number of unique visitors to the various inventory and research pages on Edmunds.com.