NMKV

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NMKV Co., Ltd.
Native name
株式会社NMKV
Romanized name
NMKV Kabushiki-gaisha
Industry Automotive
Founded1 June 2011;12 years ago (2011-06-01)
Headquarters
Area served
Japan
Key people
  • Junichi Endo (President and CEO)
  • Isao Torii (Vice President and COO)
ProductsAutomobiles
Brands Nissan
Mitsubishi
¥1,435,000 (FY2019) [1]
Total assets ¥30.859 million (FY2019)
Owner Nissan (50%)
Mitsubishi Motors (50%)
Number of employees
65 (FY2017) [2]
Website nmkv.com

NMKV Co., Ltd. is a joint venture company between Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Mitsubishi Motors in the Japanese market to design, develop, and manufacture kei cars under Nissan and Mitsubishi brands. The company currently produces Mitsubishi eK, Nissan Dayz, Mitsubishi eK Space and Nissan Roox for the domestic market. [3] [4] NMKV stands for Nissan Mitsubishi Kei Vehicle. Despite that, the abbreviation was never announced officially by the company.

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Overview

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Mitsubishi Motors Co., Ltd. agreed to expand its business cooperation on 14 December 2010 from OEM supply to a joint venture. [5] [6] As part of that project, a formal contract was made on 20 May 2011 for the establishment of the company, and NMKV was established on 1 June 2011. [7] [8]

Nissan is in charge of parts procurement, planning and design, while Mitsubishi is in charge of manufacturing and development. The goal of the company is to increase the market share of Nissan and Mitsubishi in the kei car segment, which was about 15% at the time of company establishment to the target of 20%.

At the time of the establishment of NMKV, Nissan developed a successor of the Mitsubishi eK that was rebadged as Nissan Otti and planned to release it in the first half of 2013. The engine was newly developed. On 6 March 2013, the first jointly developed car, the third generation eK and the first generation Dayz was announced, and sales began in June of the same year.

The joint venture on the development of the third generation eK and Dayz has reduced costs by 30% compared to the predecessor model by procuring parts from outside Japan. In terms of vehicle design, one design proposal would include both Mitsubishi and Nissan front fascia designs. In addition, based on Mitsubishi's original engine 3B20 engine, Nissan's technology was utilized to improve the compression ratio to 12:1 with regular gasoline specification. While the body panels are common parts, the several panels and bumpers are made differently. For joint development, Mitsubishi provided engines, manufacturing plants and development facilities to reduce costs, and Nissan provided safety equipment technologies that Mitsubishi does not have. In addition, the cost of procurement has been reduced for the Nissan side compared to the conventional OEM agreement (rebadge), and the fact that NMKV joint venture also solved the problem that Mitsubishi Motors could not generate the development cost alone. In June 2013, Mitsubishi announced a policy to unify the future kei car development with NMKV.

When the third generation eK Dayz was announced, both companies announced that it would jointly develop a super height wagon kei car as the second model. On 25 March of the same year, Nissan announced that the name of the car would be Dayz Roox, alongside an announcement of the design sketch. On October 3, Mitsubishi also announced that it would name the car as the eK space. Both cars went on sale on 13 February 2014.

In April 2016, Mitsubishi Motors admitted that its employees had falsified fuel efficiency data for the eK Wagon, eK Space, Nissan Dayz and Nissan Dayz Roox. The scandal led to the acquisition of Mitsubishi Motors by Nissan the following month. [9]

As of June 2013, the development team had a total of 4 people. Each 2 people were from Nissan and Mitsubishi, and a total of 18 people in charge of development, 16 from Mitsubishi and 2 from Nissan. NMKV have not started the development of light commercial vehicles in the kei car segment, as both Nissan and Mitsubishi are still rebadging the Suzuki Carry and Suzuki Every.

Models

Release dateNissanMitsubishiSegment
ImageNameImageName
6 June 2013 [10] [11]
Nissan DAYZ X (DBA-B21W) front.JPG
Dayz
Mitsubishi eK wagon M e-Assist Plus Edition (DBA-B11W) front.jpg
eK Wagon

(third generation)

Tall kei car wagon [12]
6 June 2013 [10] [11]
Nissan DAYZ HIGHWAY STAR X (DBA-B21W) front.JPG
Dayz Highway Star
Mitsubishi eK CUSTOM T[(Safety Package)]  (DBA-B11W) front.JPG
eK CustomTall kei car wagon
13 February 2014 [13] [14]
Nissan DAYZ ROOX X (DBA-B21A).jpg
Dayz Roox
Mitsubishi eK SPACE G e-ASSIST (B11A) front.JPG
eK SpaceSuper height kei car wagon [15] [16]
13 February 2014 [13] [14]
2019 Nissan Dayz Roox Highway Star X G Package.jpg
Dayz Roox Highway Star
Mitsubishi eK SPACE CUSTOM T Safety Package (DBA-B11A-HXTHF1).jpg
eK Space CustomSuper height kei car wagon
28 March 2019
Nissan DAYZ X (5BA-B43W) front.jpg
Dayz

(second generation)

Mitsubishi eK wagon G (5BA-B33W-LTCE) front.jpg
eK Wagon

(fourth generation)

Tall kei car wagon
28 March 2019
Nissan DAYZ HighwaySTAR X Pro-PILOT Edition (5AA-B44W) front.jpg
Dayz Highway Star

(second generation)

Mitsubishi eK X T (4AA-B35W-LTTZ) front.jpg
eK XTall kei car wagon

Crossover kei car (eK X)

19 March 2020
Nissan ROOX X 2WD (5AA-B44A) front.jpg
Roox

(second generation)

Mitsubishi eK Space Tokyo Auto Salon 2020 IMG 0024 edited.jpg
eK Space

(second generation)

Super height kei car wagon
19 March 2020
Nissan ROOX HighwaySTAR X 2WD (5AA-B44A) front.jpg
Roox Highway Star

(second generation)

Mitsubishi eK X space T 2WD (4AA-B35A-HXTTZ) front.jpg
eK X Space

(fourth generation)

Super height kei car wagon

Crossover kei car (eK X Space)

2022
2022 Nissan Sakura G ZAA-B6AW (20220819).jpg
SakuraTall kei car
2023
Mitsubishi DELICA MINI T Premium 4WD (4AA-B38A-HXTTZZ) front.jpg
Delica MiniSuper height kei car wagon

Crossover kei car

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References

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  11. 1 2 新型軽自動車『eKワゴン』『eKカスタム』を発売 - 三菱自動車工業 2013年6月6日
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  13. 1 2 新型軽自動車『eKスペース』を発売 - 三菱自動車工業 2014年2月13日
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