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Buying a car for the first time can be stressful and there are pitfalls that many shoppers run into along the way. Avoid making common mistakes by checking out our list of tips for first-time car buyers.

There’s pretty much no better graduation gift than a new car and it’s the perfect present to represent your college grad’s transition into adulthood. If you want to buy your son or daughter a vehicle that’ll better fit their lifestyle following the major life change that comes following college graduation, consider a 2015 Nissan Versa Note, which was recently named on Autotrader’s list of 10 Best Cars for Recent College Graduates.

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.