DriveInside.com | Sunday March 7, 2010
Japanese car company, Nissan, said this week that it would review its sourcing deal with Suzuki only after 2013, when its contract period between the two companies ends. Suzuki has a deal with Nissan to supply the small car Pixo to the latter at a ‘committed transfer price’ till 2013, said Nissan Motor Co Executive Vice-President Collin Dodge. He Read More...
DriveInside.com | Wednesday March 3, 2010
Nissan Motor Co. has announced a recall of 540,000 vehicles across the world to repair faulty brake pedals and fuel gauges. The affected vehicles include the Nissan Titan pick-up truck, the Nissan Armada, the Nissan Infiniti QX56, the Nissan Quest mini-van, the Nissan Frontier pick-up and the SUVs Pathfinder and XTerra. Nissan has said that the Read More...
DriveInside.com | Tuesday February 23, 2010
Japanese car company Nissan will start operations at its Chennai facility on March 17, 2010. The new manufacturing facility, developed by Nissan along with its French partner Renault, will be inaugurated by Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and CEO of Renault-Nissan. Nissan will manufacture its small car, Micra, at the new plant. The Micra will also be Read More...
DriveInside.com | Sunday February 14, 2010
Japanese car company Nissan may have to look for a new partner for its small-car requirements, as its future with current partner Suzuki Motor looks uncertain. Ever since European auto major Volkswagen bought a stake in Suzuki Motor, there has been speculation that the Suzuki-Nissan partnership may end. Currently, Suzuki supplies the Pixo model to Read More...
DriveInside.com | Monday January 18, 2010
French auto company Renault may consider launching its first vehicle developed jointly with partner Nissan, the Renault Koleos, in India. While Renault worked on the initial design, Nissan pitched in with its engineering skills and 4X4 system to develop the Koleos, which has the comfort and luxury of a sedan and the off-roading capabilities of an Read More...
DriveInside.com | Monday January 18, 2010
Japanese car company, Nissan, will be launching its sports car, the 370Z, in India on January 20, 2010. The company currently sells two models in India – the X-Trail and the Teana. With the new sports car, it will further widen its portfolio in the country. By 2012, Nissan plans to expand its product range in India to nine models, including 5 Read More...
DriveInside.com | Wednesday January 13, 2010
French auto company Renault may use a platform from its partner Nissan’s stable to build a small car for the Indian market. Renault Asia-Africa Management Committee Executive Vice-President, Katsumi Nakamura, said that Nissan already has a global platform for just the kind of car that Renault is planning to make, and that the two companies are Read More...
DriveInside.com | Sunday January 3, 2010
Utility vehicle maker Ashok Leyland launched a tipper and a tractor last week on its new platform known as the ‘U-Truck’. Ashok Leyland Managing Director, Mr R Seshasayee, said that the company would launch as many as 25 products on the U-Truck platform in the next 18 months. He added that the new platform would “set a new benchmark in terms of a Read More...
DriveInside.com | Tuesday December 15, 2009
Japanese auto company Nissan will introduce its sports car 370Z in India in January 2010. Nissan India spokesperson, Mr Suresh Rangarajan, said that the 370Z would be the third car from Nissan’s stable to be imported fully-built in India. The company already sells the Teana and the X-Trail in the country, and plans to introduce another SUV Read More...
DriveInside.com | Monday November 16, 2009
Japanese auto company Nissan has set up a new corporate office in Chennai’s T Nagar. The office, spread over 10,000 square feet, was inaugurated this week by Nissan Motor India Private Limited (NMIPL) MD and CEO, Mr Kiminobu Tokuyama. Mr Tokuyama said in press release that Nissan had come to India to become a major player, and that Chennai would Read More...
DriveInside.com | Wednesday November 11, 2009
Renault-Nissan head Carlos Ghosn said after a meeting with Bajaj Auto’s Rajiv Bajaj this week that the two parties had worked out the basic contours of their low-cost car project. He said that the ultra low-cost car would be highly fuel efficient and would be launched by 2012. The Bajaj tag, however, will not figure in the branding of the car. Read More...
DriveInside.com | Monday November 9, 2009
Renault-Nissan head Carlos Ghosn said last week that Nissan was committed to developing a low-cost, small car with Bajaj Auto by 2011, in spite of differences between the companies. Speaking on the sidelines of the India Economic Summit, Ghosn said that the affordability of the car was important not only for India but for emerging markets all over Read More...
DriveInside.com | Wednesday October 14, 2009
Nissan India will start the first trial production of its small car in November, 2009. Approximately 30 units of the car will be manufactured in its first trial production at Nissan’s Chennai plant. A company spokesperson refused to divulge details of the production schedule, but said that the small car would be ready for launch by May 2010. The Read More...
DriveInside.com | Friday October 2, 2009
Japanese auto company Nissan has unveiled a sketch of the global small car it is developing, to replace the Nissan Micra/March in 2010. The car, to be built on a global platform, will be available in three versions - hatchback, sedan and MPV. It will be sold in as many as 150 countries, and will be manufactured in five countries. In India, the car Read More...
DriveInside.com | Sunday September 27, 2009
Japanese car company Nissan Motor will be launching its sports car, the Z370, in India in January 2010. Mr G M Singh, Vice Chairman of Hover Automotive India (Nissan India’s marketing partner) told media persons that though there isn’t a huge market for sports cars in the country right now, it is expected to increase over a period of time. Read More...
DriveInside.com | Thursday September 24, 2009
French auto company Renault SA will be using its partner Nissan’s small car platform to develop its own compact car in India. Renault has suffered major losses in the past year, and a readymade platform will help it cut down on the development costs of its new car. Both Renault’s and Nissan’s small cars will roll out of the companies’ Read More...
DriveInside.com | Monday September 21, 2009
Japanese car company Nissan has developed a new sound system to be used in its electric cars. Electric car engines are known for their noiseless performance, a feature that makes them unsafe for pedestrians. Nissan’s noise and vibration expert, Mr. Toshiyuki Tabata, said that he was asked by the company to re-create the sound of an engine for its Read More...
DriveInside.com | Thursday September 17, 2009
Japan based Nissan Motor Company will be sourcing auto parts worth $20 million from India in the year 2010. The components to be sourced from India include engine pistols, clutches and start-up motors and will be used for Nissan’s operations in Japan, China and Thailand. Nissan India CEO and Managing Director, Mr. Kiminobu Tokuyama, said that by Read More...
DriveInside.com | Wednesday September 16, 2009
Nissan India launched new versions of the X-Trail and the Nissan Teana in Mumbai last week. The new Teana comes with plush interiors, dual sunroofs and Continuous Variable Transmission (CVT). It is powered by a 2.5 litre V6 engine and is priced between Rs 21.03 lakh and Rs 25.40 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi).The X-Trail is powered by a diesel engine Read More...
DriveInside.com | Tuesday September 15, 2009
Nissan’s electric car, the Leaf, will not be launched in India until 2011-12, an year after its launch in Japan, Europe and the US. The company may also consider China for an early launch of the car. Nissan India’s CEO, Mr Kiminobu Tokuyama, said that the parent company in Japan would study the feasibility of introducing the Leaf in India, and Read More...
DriveInside.com | Thursday September 10, 2009
Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor is planning to expand its presence in India by launching five new models. Nissan, which was so far a niche car manufacturer, wants to now offer products for the mass-market in India. The new cars will include both the hatchback and sedan versions of the Nissan Micra. Nissan currently sells the Teana and the X-Trail Read More...
DriveInside.com | Wednesday August 19, 2009
Japanese car company Nissan recently showcased its new all-electric car, the Leaf. Expected to be launched in Japan and the US some time in the first half of 2009, the Nissan Leaf is the first serious all-electric car to be developed by a mainstream automobile company. It is powered by a set of special batteries designed by Nissan that contain Read More...
DriveInside.com | Sunday August 16, 2009
Indian two-wheeler company, Bajaj Auto, is yet to finalise its low-cost car project, along with Japanese car company Nissan and French company Renault. The three companies will be analysing the proposed car's techno-economic feasibility before coming to a decision and drawing up a final joint agreement. For Renault, it was always the pricing of Read More...
DriveInside.com | Tuesday July 14, 2009
Nissan Motor Company has started looking at India as a cost effective location to source spare parts for its global operations. The company is planning to procure spare parts for its non-compact cars from all locations in India including its Orangadam plant near Chennai, which will be its focal point. The Chennai plant will take care of special Read More...
DriveInside.com | Thursday May 21, 2009
The joint venture between Bajaj Auto and Renault-Nissan to develop an ultra low-cost car has suffered yet another setback. The companies are now having differences over the branding of the car. While an MoU was drawn up by the two companies over an year ago, a formal Joint Venture agreement is yet to be signed. The points of contention have ranged Read More...