Nissan Motor India Limited is all set to unveil the hatchback diesel variant of the Nissan Micra a few days from now.
“India will be the first country to have the 1.5-litre K9K diesel version of Micra hatchback with intelligent key, immobilizer, a push-button engine start-stop system and electric foldable mirror,” Nissan Motor India chief executive Kiminobu Tokuyama.
Nissan has received good success from the petrol variant of Micra which was launched in July. The company has managed to sell 5,000 units during the last four-five months.
“The success of the petrol powered Micra in the Indian market has given us confidence to introduce the diesel variant within six months of its launch in response to popular demand,” Tokuyama said at a pre-launch briefing.
Nissan and the french automaker renault had got into a joint venture to set up a manufacturing plant at Oragadam near Chennai, It is believed an investment of Rs 2,300 crore (about $500 million) was pumped into this plant.
“We signed an agreement with the Tamil Nadu government in February 2008 to invest a total of Rs.4,500 crore (about $980 million) over the next seven years for ramping up the annual production capacity to 400,000 units from the present 100,000 units and introduce a range of models for domestic and export markets,” Tokuyama said.
Nissan has been working hard and has managed to produce 85 per cent of parts locally. For now engine and the five-speed gearbox are imported from its plants across Asia, including Japan and China.
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