Nissan to roll out 9 cars by 2012

Nissan Motors India has announced that the company will bring in 9 car models in India by 2012, five will be manufactured in India and the remaining will be imported from Japan. The company has adopted an aggressive strategy to consolidate its positioning in the Indian automobile market.

Kiminobu Tokuyama, MD and CEO Nissan Motors India said that they already had three of the four cars that will comprise the CBU import line up. The cars that will be imported are the Teana sedan, the X Trail spoprts utility vehicle and the sports car 370Z.

The cars which will be manufactured in India will comprise the compact hatchback, its sedan version and the other three models will be based on V, Nissan’s new global compact car platform which will be shared with Renault. Nissan’s upcoming compact hatchback will be launched from its Chennai plant. The company also plans to introduce its awaited hatchback model Nissan Micra this year.

However the French car maker had already announced that it will retain its share of 4lakhs per annum capacity at the Chennai plant although Nissan motor will initially build 2 lakhs capacity.

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