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21 September, 2011 Japanese automobile manufacturer Nissan’s Indian subsidiary on Tuesday launched its sedan car Sunny priced between Rs.5.75 lakh and Rs.7.68 lakh (ex-showroom).
“We are certain that Nissan Sunny will redefine the dynamics of the Sedan segment in India,” said Gilles Normand, corporate vice president, Africa, Middle East and India, Nissan Motor Co. The new car would compete with other mid-size sedans like Verna Fluidic, Ford Fiesta, Honda City, SX4 and Fiat Linea.
The company said the car would be produced at its Oragadam plant near Chennai with 85 percent localized parts.“We have been able to aggressively position it thanks to localization in excess of 85 percent, which also reiterates our commitment to India,” said Normand.
The company further said that bookings for the new sedan would be accepted from Sep 21 and the deliveries would be made in October.
“Sunny with a 16.95 km per litre of fuel economy will be available to customers across the country without any waiting period for delivery,” the company said in a statement.
The sedan is powered by a four-cylinder, 1.5-liter double overhead camshaft petrol engine, which can churn out a power of 99 PS at the rate of 6,000 rpm. The car boost of a large rear knee room for rear seat passengers, large centre armrest with cup holders in the rear seat.
The 10th generation of car launched Tuesday traces its lineage back to 1966 and till date has sold more than 16 million units in 140 countries.

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02 December, 2010 Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) has said that the company is developing a diesel engine for mid-size sedan, which will be ready by the middle of 2011.
“Currently work is going on for developing a diesel engine for mid-sized sedans. Our engineers are developing it internally and we are hopeful of getting it ready by mid (of) next year,” MSI Managing Director and CEO Shinzo Nakanishi said.
He also said that the company will utilise the new engine for launching the diesel variant of its premium sedan SX4. MSI currently sources diesel engines for Swift, DZiRE and Ritz from Italian carmaker Fiat.
The company had announced an investment of over Rs 3,500 crore to expand capacity at the Manesar facility. Talking about the company’s upcoming second and third production units at its Manesar facility, Nakanishi said, “Opening of the second plant will be preponed by about six months to the end of 2011. We are also trying to advance operations at the third plant, which is scheduled to start in 2013.”
At present, MSI has an annual capacity of 8.5 lakh units at its Gurgaon plant, and the Manesar plant can produce 3.5 lakh units per annum, with the overall capacity of 12 lakh units per year.
He said that MSI will close down the operations at the Gurgaon and Manesar facilities from December 25, 2010 to January 2, 2011 for annual maintenance work.

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