Nissan unveils the Evalia MPV at the Auto Expo

Nissan has finally pulled the wraps off the imposing Nissan Evalia MPV which was popularly known by its codename-NV200 until now. None other than Normand Gilles, the Nissan Vice-President of Africa, Middle-East and India has unveiled the locally developed Nissan MUV at the Auto Expo 2012. The MPV is undoubtedly majestic is basically an eight–seater but the box like structure is making it look heavy and much bulkier.

On an overall the MUV is decent enough if you ignore the caravan like structure as mentioned before with the dimensions of 4.44 m in length, 1.69 m width and 1.88 m in height. The dimensions are enough to kickstart you imagination which might as well give you a rough sketch in your mind’s eye the narrow form although looking tall enough towering high over the passing cars. With a short bonnet and a sliding rear doors, the Nissan Evalia MPV reminds us of the age old Maruti Omni but the similarity goes only that far. The new Nissan MPV will not go into production until the later half of 2012, is what the top executive had stated.

The wheelbase however is not bad in fact more than the Nissan XTrail at least by 95 mm with 2.73 m in length. Another big plus for the MPV is the all-diesel engine Nissan Sunny’s 1.5 L  powertrain which is more of an advantage as the lack of petrol engine usually does not garner attention as the diesel engine deficit does. The company has to come up with the pricing and other details of the MUV. The Nissan GT-R and the Nissan Leaf electric are the other cars from the Japanese car manufacturer which are already put up for a display at Nissan’s stall in the New Delhi Auto Expo.