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Nissan is Japan's second largest car company after Toyota and is among the top three Asian rivals of the "big three" in the US.

The Nissan VQ engines, of V6 configuration, have featured among the World's 10 Best Engines for 12 straight years, since the award's inception. A new generation VQ series engine will premiere on the next generation Infiniti G35, the future Skyline GT-R and the 2007 Nissan 350Z. There will also be a new generation 2.5VQ 4-cylinder engine that will power the next generation Altima and likely will power the upcoming SPEC-V 2007 Sentra (which will make its debut in October of 2006 followed by the new Altima in November).

The name "Nissan" was an abreviation used on the Tokyo stock market for the holding company Nippon Sangyo (Japan Industries or Nippon Industries), founded by Yoshisuke Aikawa in 1928. This company was the famous Nissan "Zaibatsu" (combine) which included Tobata Casting and Hitachi. At this time Nissan controlled foundries and auto parts businesses, but not until 1933 did Aikawa enter automobile manufacturing.
Nissan would eventually grow to including 74 firms, and to be the fourth-largest combine in Japan during World War II. Reference:

In 1931, Aikawa purchased controlling shares in DAT Motors, then in 1933 merged Tobata Casting's automobile parts department with DAT Motors. As Tobata Casting was a Nissan company, this was the beginning on Nissan's automobile manufacturing.

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