Mazda and Toyota are not very keen on making turbocharged speed monsters at the moment but Nissan is considering to resurrect the turbo Z mean machines.

Engineers and designers from Nissan are toying with the idea of using turbocharged powerplants in their next gen vehicles. Leading garages from Europe like that of the VW and BMW, and Ford in North America which have been making waves with their turbocharged vehicles have made Nissan think about the issue.

Nissan’s turbocharged units in the market today are primarily using diesel engines and are relatively focused on their low volume segment like the GT-R. Their series of VQ with 4-cylinder or 6-cylinder engines have variants that are turbocharged.

Nissan can also give their future vehicles with better fuel saving while maintaining the engine grunt through turbocharging. To fight off bad reviews which mention of vibrations during high rpm of their Infiniti G37 and 370Z, a new series of vehicles with smaller tuirbocharged engines might just prove critics wrong about the Nissan technology.

The plan of using forced induction technology like the platforms being used by leading automakers also gets the nod from their business partner, Renault. One issue that they are trying to study and look at is the emission of the vehicles. Some car makers have avoided turbo charging vehicles because of higher emissions especially when tougher laws are being put into place in different corners of the world.

Nissan Motor Co., and Chrysler LLC have postponed their plans of sharing a small car that is constructed at North America and a full-sized pick-up until they can finally cut down costs.

In their statement, Chrysler will sell a model of Nissan’s compressed Versa sedan as a part of their third vehicle-sharing venture and will continue as planned.

The postponement of the companies’s plans was made because of the declining economic situation, and that includes the dollar-yen exchange ratings. And due to this, Nissan and Chrysler are still working on the other two projects and is making sure that the financial needs for both car companies will be met before the two projects step up into the next level. This information is released by Nissan North America Inc.

The arrangements between Nissan and Chrysler was made last year in response to Chrysler’s seeking out for a global partner in terms of technology after their unsuccessful partnership with Daimler AG of Germany. Meanwhile, Nissan is also needing at that time a support for their full-sized pickup models.

But with today’s worsening economic situation, both automotive giants are facing the worst of all situations. Chrysler is facing a tight deadline to submit their viability plan to the US Treasury in order to attain the $4 billion loans and Nissan is about to post a $2.9 billion loss and is about to cut 20,000 Nissan jobs globally.

Presently, both teams are now working hard to improve their financial status in order to launch the vehicle sharing project.

Nissan is planning to seek government’s financial aid, aside from cutting down jobs and delaying establishments of new factories and model launches.

The car company is anticipating a 265 billion yen or $2.9 billion net loss this fiscal year up to the month of March. This would be CEO Ghosn’s first loss since he took charge of the operations of Nissan in the year 1991. Aside from Nissan, other massive Japanese corporate companies are cutting down jobs and foreseeing yearly losses. These companies include Toshiba, Sony and Toyota.

Nissan Motor Co. had already survived a yearly net loss that lasted on March 2000. Their alliance with Renault SA of France helped the car company survive from the brink of economic collapse.

CEO Ghosn had already put on hold the midterm business plan of the Nissan GT 2012 that was revealed last year and its goal of reaching a desirable 5 percent on its revenue growth up to the year 2012.

The car manufacturing company’s priority as of now is to preserve cash, as other Japanese market competitors are struggling to do in order to survive the deteriorating global economic condition.