DriveInside.com | Monday August 2, 2010
Japan-based Nissan Motor Company has developed a new technology that helps moisturize the skin of passenger-car occupants by dispensing vitamin C through the car’s air filter. Nissan’s climate system engineer, Yuzuri Yoshinami, said that the company already had a system to clean the air in its cars, and that it later thought of adding something to Read More...
DriveInside.com | Thursday July 15, 2010
Japanese auto company, Nissan Motor, launched the Nissan Micra in India this week. The Micra is Nissan’s first car to be manufactured in India, and is priced between Rs 3.98 lakh and Rs 5.28 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). Nissan India Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Mr Abhijeet Pandit, said that the company was overwhelmed by the response to the Read More...
DriveInside.com | Wednesday July 7, 2010
Japanese auto company, Nissan Motor, is planning to expand its range of hybrid vehicles. While the company will introduce its much-awaited electric car, the Leaf, later this year, it will also launch a gas-electric version of the Fuga in Japan by December 2010, and in the US by 2011. The hybrid Fuga will be marketed in the US as the Infiniti M35. Read More...
DriveInside.com | Wednesday July 7, 2010
Bajaj Auto and Renault-Nissan will be producing their much-talked-about low-cost car under an OEM arrangement and not a joint venture as was earlier believed. Following Bajaj Auto’s recent clarification that the companies did not intend to form a new corporate entity, a Renault-Nissan official confirmed that the partnership was always meant to be Read More...
DriveInside.com | Tuesday July 6, 2010
Japanese auto company, Nissan, which will be launching its small car, Micra, in India this month is already getting ready to develop its next compact car. The B-segment car will be developed by Nissan India in partnership with commercial-vehicle manufacturer Ashok Leyland, and is expected to be priced at approximately Rs 3 lakh. A Nissan team is Read More...
DriveInside.com | Wednesday June 23, 2010
Japanese auto company, Nissan, will launch its small car, Nissan Micra, in India on July 14, 2010. The car is being manufactured at Nissan’s new production facility in Oragadam, near Chennai, and is expected to be priced at approximately Rs 4 lakh. It will be powered by a 1.2-litre petrol engine, and will compete with the Maruti Swift, the Hyundai Read More...
DriveInside.com | Wednesday June 16, 2010
Japanese auto company, Nissan Motor, is likely to tie-up with Defiance Technologies – a Detroit based company owned by Ashok Leyland (ALL) – to design its global compact car. Nissan, which already has a tie-up with ALL to manufacture commercial vehicles, had announced earlier that the latter was also its preferred partner for the development of Read More...
DriveInside.com | Wednesday June 9, 2010
Japanese auto company, Nissan, unveiled its compact car, Micra, in India this week. So far, the company has received 400 bookings for the car, which is being produced at its Chennai facility. Deliveries will begin in July 2010. Nissan Motor India Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Kiminobu Tokuyama, told mediapersons that the company Read More...
DriveInside.com | Wednesday June 2, 2010
Ashok Leyland (ALL) and Nissan will jointly launch a new high-tonnage (5-7.5 GVW) commercial vehicle by the middle of 2011, and another in the second half of the same year. The companies will make use of their separate production facilities in India to manufacture the new products. While ALL will produce the JV’s first vehicle at its Hosur plant, Read More...
DriveInside.com | Monday May 24, 2010
Nissan India has started the commercial production of its small car, Micra, at its Chennai plant. Bookings for the car will begin on May 25, 2010, and it will be available for sale from July 2010. Nissan Motor Company Chief Operating Officer, Toshiyuki Shiga, said in a statement that the production of the Micra signalled the beginning of a new Read More...
DriveInside.com | Wednesday May 12, 2010
Japanese auto company, Nissan Motor, has reported a profit of 42.4 billion yen in the financial year ended March 31, 2010, compared to a loss of 233.7 billion yen in the previous year. The company’s net loss in the January-March quarter of FY 2009-10 stood at 11.6 billion yen, down from 276.9 billion yen in the corresponding period in 2008-09. Read More...
DriveInside.com | Tuesday May 11, 2010
Nissan India has launched an ‘exposure marketing’ campaign in the country to create awareness about its upcoming small car, the Micra. Under the campaign, which will continue till December 2010, the company will organise a two-day interactive programme at a high footfall spot in a key city every weekend. Nissan has also created a micro-site – Read More...
DriveInside.com | Thursday May 6, 2010
The low-cost car being developed by Bajaj Auto, in partnership with Renault-Nissan, will deliver a mileage of 30 km/litre, which is considerably higher than the Tata Nano’s 20 km/litre. The car will emit less than 100 grams of carbon dioxide in a kilometre-long drive, making it the least polluting car in the country, said Bajaj Auto MD, Mr Rajiv Read More...
DriveInside.com | Tuesday April 27, 2010
Japanese auto company Nissan has started trial exports of its small car Micra from the Ennore Port in Chennai. The company sent the first batch of cars on trial basis to Barcelona, Spain, and will begin regular exports in the second half of 2010. Mr Kiminobu Tokuyama, the Managing Director of Nissan Motor India, said that the domestic production Read More...
DriveInside.com | Wednesday April 21, 2010
The Ashok Leyland- Nissan JV will launch its first Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) in 2011. Hinduja Automotive Executive Vice Chairman, Mr V Sumantran, told reporters that the JV’s initial plan was to start with an annual production capacity of 1.80 lakh units, but that production would now be carried out in phases. He said that the JV would begin Read More...
DriveInside.com | Wednesday April 7, 2010
Daimler AG and Renault-Nissan last week formed an alliance to jointly develop small cars and Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs). Under the new agreement, Renault-Nissan will supply powertrains to Daimler for its micro-cars and Mercedes-Benz’s premium compact cars, while Daimler itself will supply engines to Nissan for its luxury division –the Read More...
DriveInside.com | Wednesday March 31, 2010
Japanese company Nissan is planning to establish a new manufacturing facility in India to produce an entry-level compact car with an approximate price of Rs 2.5 lakh. The car will be positioned below the Micra, and will be developed by Nissan along with a new partner-company. Nissan is currently in talks with Ashok Leyland for the new venture, but Read More...
DriveInside.com | Thursday March 18, 2010
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Mr M Karunanidhi, inaugurated the new Renault-Nissan manufacturing facility in Oragadam, near Chennai this week. The two companies will jointly invest Rs 4,500 crore in the plant over a period of seven years. The production of Nissan’s small car, Micra, will begin at the plant in May 2010. The Micra was unveiled at the Read More...
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...