The Renault-Nissan combine has decided to scale down its production plans in Chennai. The combine will now have one common assembly line instead of two production lines proposed earlier, sources close to the development said.
“This is a short-term alignment of the product ramp up. We are continuously evaluating the situation,” a company official said. In […]
Motor Trend Magazine on Tuesday named the Nissan GT-R as its 2009 car of the year, saying that it delivers a world class level of performance at a much more affordable price.
Angus MacKenzie, editor-in-chief of Motor Trend, said that none of the other 2009 competitors “crushed” the magazine’s criteria like the GT-R did.
“The Nissan GT-R […]
French car major Renault is going to style the rival of Tata Nano. Along with Japanese group company Nissan and India’s Bajaj Auto, Renault is developing a rival to the Tata Nano budget car under the code-name ‘ultra low cost’ (ULC) and the car is scheduled to roll out by early 2011 from Chakan in […]
The decision of European and Asian carmakers such as General Motors, Ford, Daimler, Nissan, Toyota and others to cut down production in view of the global meltdown, is likely to affect the Indian auto component industry. The auto component industry, which had clocked a $3,615 million (Rs 17,713.5 crore) exports in 2007-08, has called an […]
Nissan Motor Co said on Tuesday it is cutting production of its Altima models at assembly plants in Tennessee and Mississippi due to sluggish demand in the United States.
Nissan North America spokesman Steve Parrett said employees at the plants in Smyrna, Tennessee, and Canton, Mississippi, are taking days off without pay on three successive Fridays, […]
Japanese auto-major Nissan Motor has proposed to venture into the entry level automatic passenger car market by launching the next generation car named ‘March’ by 2010.
“We are hoping to launch the small next generation car ‘March’ by 2010. It will be launched in the ‘A’ segment category in India,” Nissan Motor India Managing Director Shouhei […]
Japanese auto major Nissan Motor Co will make next generation March model at its Orgadam plant near here, built in partnership with Fren ch car maker Renault, a top official said Saturday.
The joint venture company Renault Nissan Automotive India Ltd (RNAI) is investing around Rs.40 billion ($833 million) in the plant, which has a total […]
Armed with the prospect of long-term business from Nissan Motor India, Ennore Port Ltd will soon begin work on a Rs 110-crore facelift that will enable it to handle export of cars.
In six months, Ennore Port will be ready with a quarter-kilometre-long �common user terminal� where car-ferrying ships can anchor in the 12-metre deep waters. […]
The Paris Motor Show opened on Thursday amid concerns over falling consumer confidence and diminishing car sales. And though Indian compani
es were conspicuous by their absence, the country was not missed as three global debuts at the Show — Suzuki’s Alto, Hyundai i20 and Nissan Pixo — would be solely manufactured in India to be […]
Japanese automobile major Nissan Motor Company and Hinduja Group’s flagship Ashok Leyland are looking to fortify their management teams for Light Commercial Vehicle joint venture. Ashok Leyland has formed a JV with Nissan Motor Company in the light commercial vehicles segment. With an investment of about Rs 2,300 crore (575 million dollar), the JV has […]