CEO Carlos Ghosn hopes the Go, which has been primed for the middle class, will help Nissan achieve the goal of capturing 10 per cent of the Indian market by 2016.
Nissan's executive vice-president and CEO Carlos Ghosn's key man for his new strategy in emerging markets, Andy Palmer, tells Business Standard how the Tata Nano's experience made his company steer away from the $2,500 car. He also speaks about how Nissan's association with Bajaj Auto to develop a small car failed, making his company place its bets on the Datsun brand to grow its market share 10-fold over the next three years.
The car will be available from early next year.
Naomi Osaka's total is the most ever earned by a female athlete in a 12-month period.
The diesel version scores over petrol in ride quality.
Nissan Motor Company, the renowned global passenger car maker, has been outstanding at the domestic front ever since its arrival.
The car's automatic avatar is more fuel-efficient than the manual variant, and gives 17.97 kmpl.
As part of its plans to have a 10 per cent share in the domestic automobile market, Japanese auto giant Nissan said it would introduce an automatic transmission variant of its flagship hatchback 'Micra' and mid-sedan 'Sunny' soon in India.
Buzz around Innova Aero and cheaper multi-utility brands of competitors make the going tough for Evalia in a crowded market.
The hatchback model is christened as K2 and will take inspiration from Micra.
Provides a unique weekly opportunity to get refund on the purchase and winning 500gms of gold.
The company's Indian subsidiary, Nissan Motor India, is rapidly strengthening its research and development wing for the purpose.
Nissan Evalia came in with a starting price of Rs 849,000.
Japanese auto maker Nissan on Tuesday said it has decided not to continue its partnership with Bajaj for sourcing of ultra-low cost car, ending months of uncertainty.
Nissan has introduced its own flagship sedan Sunny in an automatic avatar.
The first Evalia in India will sport a 1.5L K9K dCi diesel engine.
Sold in the global markets as a van, Evalia will be placed in the category of an 'Urban Class Utility Vehicle' in India.
While the share of diesel vehicles sales in the overall passenger car industry has already fallen sharply, sales of CNG vehicles have shown a compound annual growth rate of 15.5 per cent over the past five years.
Nissan's Sunny overtook Volkswagen Vento to become the third-largest selling sedan in February.
Hyundai Motor and Toyota Kirloskar Motor have announced the suspension of manufacturing operations at their respective plants amid coronavirus outbreak. On Sunday, various automakers like Maruti Suzuki India, Honda Cars, Mahindra & Mahindra and Fiat announced a temporary halt in manufacturing operations at their respective facilities.
The Nissan Sunny diesel silently crept in the Indian market and the car maker has brought two variants -- XL and XV.
During the six-day-long event, automakers have planned 10 global launches, 26 India specific launches, six concept vehicles, seven facelifts and 21 vehicle unveilings.
Nissan Sunny is one of the most complete sedans in the mid-size segment.
The Nissan Kicks does tick all the right boxes as a convincing Hyundai Creta competitor.
The price is expected to remain around Rs 700,000 to Rs 900,000.
The vehicle will be soon available in 1.5 litre petrol version.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday called for sports and cultural events to be scrapped or curtailed for two weeks as the country battles to stem coronavirus contagion amid mounting concerns the 2020 Tokyo Olympics could be cancelled. Abe's call came after a Tokyo baseball team said it would play games in an empty stadium this weekend, while two businesses in central Tokyo reported confirmed cases of infection a day after the government urged companies to recommend staff consider working from home.
Tata Motors' Nano may be struggling to survive, but Renault Nissan alliance Chairman and chief executive officer Carlos Ghosn is glad the group followed the lead of "visionary" Ratan Tata's dream project
Automobile dealers' body FADA said the Budget lacked immediate demand boosters for the automobile industry.
This new model will go on sale first in China in January 2011.
Both cars finally got their fuel economy ratings from the Environment Protection Agency.
The new Micra looks stunning compared to the earlier versions. The front and the rear views are appealing and the colours offered by Nissan are also very captivating.
Hero MotoCorp, Honda Motorcycles, Scooters India, TVS, Honda India, Toyota Kirloskar Motor, Ford, Nissan, Ashok Leyland are all giving the Auto Expo a miss this time.
'Indian apathy towards our historical heritage is indeed amazing,' says military historian Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Let alone a discount, they might not even get the model, variant or colour of choice in BS-IV-compliant vehicles.
The shooting took place at Columbia Heights, about three km from the White House, in Northwest Washington at around 10:06 pm on Thursday.
Production of this model will commence in May 2010 in India.
The Nissan Terrano is an upmarket urban SUV which is single-handedly responsible for bringing some much needed footfall to Nissan showrooms
Nissan Micra is an Indian A2 hatchback with a difference.
Market leaders saw good traction for new cars, including the electric ones.
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