Nissan Motor India

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Nissan Motors India Pvt Ltd
Company typeSubsidiary
Founded2005 [1]
Headquarters Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India [2] [3]
Key people
Takeyuki Ishida, Sandip Neogi, Arun Malhotra
ProductsAutomobiles
4.8 million$
153 crore
Total equity 1400 crore
Number of employees
13990
Parent Nissan Motor Company
Website nissan.in

Nissan Motor India Pvt Ltd is the Indian subsidiary of Nissan Motor Company of Japan. [4]

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History

Nissan Motor India Pvt Ltd (NMIPL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nissan Motor Co. Ltd Japan. The company was incorporated in 2005 and offers hatchback, MUV, SUV and sedans in India. Nissan in India has a portfolio of two brands, Nissan and Datsun. In February 2008, Nissan, together with its global alliance partner Renault signed a MoU with Government of Tamil Nadu to set up a manufacturing plant at Oragadam, near Chennai with an investment of INR 45 billion over a period of 7 years. On 17 March 2010, the Renault-Nissan alliance plant was inaugurated in a record time of 21 months since its ground breaking ceremony in June 2008.

Models

Current models

ModelIndian introductionCurrent modelNotes
IntroductionUpdate (facelift)
SUV/crossover
2020 Nissan Magnite front view (India) 01.png Magnite 20202020
Nissan X-Trail e-Power IMG 9865.jpg X-Trail 20052024Imported from Japan

Discontinued models

Nissan

ModelReleasedDiscontinuedImage
Teana 20062014 Nissan Teana J32 facelift 2 China 2012-04-22.jpg
Micra 20102020 Nissan Micra (K13, Facelift) - Frontansicht, 5. Juli 2014, Dusseldorf.jpg
370Z 20112013 2016 Nissan 370Z GT V6 3.7.jpg
Sunny 20112020 Nissan Sunny N17 facelift China 2016-04-13.jpg
Evalia 20122017 Nissan NV200 Shishi 01 2022-04-27.jpg
Terrano 20132020 Nissan Terrano Front.JPG
GT-R 20162022 2018 Nissan GT-R Premium in Super Silver, Front Right, 10-11-2022.jpg
Kicks 20192023 Nissan Kicks B0 (front).jpg

Datsun

ModelReleasedDiscontinuedImage
Go 20142022 2019 Datsun Go Panca A 1.2 AD0 (20200222) (cropped).jpg
Go+ 20152022 Datsun Go+ Panca (front), Denpasar.jpg
redi-Go 20162022 Datsun redi-Go (front).png

Sales and service network

Nissan has assumed full responsibility for the sales, marketing and distribution of all Nissan-branded vehicles in India, with immediate effect from 14 February 2014.

Sales performance

NMIPL registered sales of 36,975 units in FY 2012.

See also

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