Q1. What were some of the key features of the quarterly Nissan numbers, and what trends do they point to for full-year results?
Peter: First I’d like to say that we’re encouraged by the results that we’ve been able to post over the first nine months of the year, in what was clearly a very challenging business environment.

EVP for Global Sales Takao Katagiri speaks with the Nissan Global Media Center on the record performance in 2011.

Nissan Americas product planning chief, Pierre Loing, highlights the main design and engineering trends coming from the 2012 North American International Auto Show in Detroit and says it’s a “new type of American Dream.”