Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn announced that the Japanese car maker Nissan which plans to launch its global small car in the Indian market next year will start the first trial production of the product from its Chennai plant in November. 

The news revealed that more than 30 units will be produced in the first trial production that will commence in November. The company spokesperson declined to comment on the specific production schedules.

The trial production of power train along with trial run of the body shop is already started in September. The company is currently installing stamping machines.

Nissan will reveal the first model of its global compact car that would be produced in five countries, including India, China and Thailand, from next year. The sources say, “Our first car that is made on this global compact car platform in Chennai will have its global premiere at the Geneva Motor Show 2010”.

Nissan plans to make India the sourcing hub for its compact car for Europe. It has set a sales target of one million units per year from this new global compact car platform by 2013. The company invested Rs 4,500 crore in partnership with French firm Renault over a period of seven years for setting up the Chennai plant, which will have an initial capacity of around 200,000 units, scalable up to 400,000 units in the future.

Nissan two models Teana sedan and SUV Xtrail is already sold in India and company is planning to achieve a market share of 5.5 per cent in the near future.

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Nissan X-Trail Comfort (Diesel)
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Posted by Naresh Koshti on 16 October, 2009 11:03:51 AM IST #