Nissan Motor India

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Nissan Motors India Pvt Ltd
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 model
IntroductionUpdate (facelift)
SUV/crossover
2020 Nissan Magnite front view (India) 01.png Magnite 20202020

Discontinued models

Nissan

Datsun

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.

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