[lionheart_mm]

Originally Posted by utkarshgoel

Since I am a newbie, can anyone confirm whether Xtrail will fall is Fortuner Segment or Xuv700 segment? If its Xuv700 segment then it should sell like hot cakes.

It competes with Hyundai Tucson, so it is in the middle of XUV700 and Fortuner. We had the old model in India, but back then there was hardly a market for 20 lac plus SUVs.

[akg7091]

Is Nissan exiting India ? Neo Nissan has shut down ALL outlets last week. I doubt if Nissan has people lining up to open dealerships. Within 2 years of an extremely capable CSUV being launched we have dealers shutting shop.

[prince707]

Is there really a way forward for Nissan in India with only one model i.e. Magnite? With COO Ashwani Gupta (who also put Indian Market's cause to Nissan's global leadership) exiting Nissan, what future hold for Nissan in India?

Why Nissan India is not forthcoming and transparent on the expansion of its Dealership and service network? Why are they taking prospective customers for granted who are attracted by the product but repulsed by the lack of touchpoints and poor after-sales service record?

One can't find a better VFM C segment SUV than Magnite with a proper automatic transmission at the price offered, but how does one invest in a brand that is not expanding/unable to find people for its dealerships and service network? I heard from some sources that they are finding a dealer for Noida for months now, while the existing dealer had already shut shops in such a high-demand market.

[vijay.sundar]

I have been very eager to have a glimpse of the X Trial showcased last October during their media event and also in couple of corporate events held in Chennai and Kolkata.

I hope the X Trial, if launched before Deepavali this year, would be a worthy replacement for my 2016 Ford Endeavour 3.2.

But it seems there is no movement in this regard towards a launch and any scoop/news that would have been out by now have died down.


Too bad, are we looking at a Japanese Ford saga here?

[volkman10]

While the New Dacia Duster has been revealed, Nissan will have its derivative of the Duster in 5 and 7 seat variants, India bound in 2025.

the new Duster will make a comeback in the second half of 2025. Upon India entry, it will rival the links of the Hyundai Creta, Kia Seltos, Volkswagen Taigun, Skoda Kushaq, Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara and Toyota Urban Cruiser Hyryder, in the ever-growing midsize SUV segment. A seven-seat version of the new Duster will arrive in India later, as will a Nissan derivative of the five- and seven-seat midsize SUV.

Link

[ashutoshb]

Nissan India’s turnaround story documented as IIM-A case study. I don't know what that means, and here is the article.

The case covers the entire journey of Nissan from planning to execution, highlighting the key challenges, opportunities and innovations to overcome the obstacles faced during the pandemic for the launch of the Nissan Magnite.

Source: Hindu Businessline

[volkman10]

Nissan's Duster equivalents including an EV planned,

And one of the products for both companies will be an entry-level electric compact.

For now, both Renault and Nissan don't give many details about what this car will be. The presentation only mentions that it is a model in the A segment, of subcompacts, using the CMF-AEV platform. It is the same base currently used by the Renault Kwid E-Tech

[volkman10]

Time frames of Nissan's new launches:

- Magnite facelift in the works, launch by late 2024

-All-new Creta rival based on the Duster coming in 2025

-New seven-seat SUV to take on the Alcazar, Safari, 2026?

-New three-row MPV based on the Triber

- All-new entry-level EV in the works, phasing out the Kwid EV

-X-Trail could be headed to India too, as a CBU


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[volkman10]

Nissan on India's potential and considered one of the biggest markets.

- Could develop up to 8 vehicles for India, including 4 SUV's and 2 EV's and maybe more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL97...l=RenaultGroup

[ph03n!x]

Nissan has been, disappointingly, all talk no action for years now.

As someone keen on the X-Trail, I'll not hold my breath much longer. For now, they are a one-race horse with the Magnite and it's sticker jobs (competent car, no doubt. But...)

[amtak]

Nissan should do the following:

1. launch a compact car like the Dayz.
2. Relaunch Sunny/Sentra (Will sell in limited numbers, but will sell).
3. SUVs and MPVs - Duster equivalent, Creta equivalent, XUV equivalent.
4. A small and a midsize MPV. Can pick one from Renault and one from Mitsubishi stable (Xpander).

[volkman10]

Nissan launches Teaser The Arc, a plan to market more than 30 EV and ICE models in 2027, covering a wide range of segments globally.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67f5...nnel=Carscoops

[arjab]

This is another confused company.
Frankly speaking I have never seen a company with such a wide range of promising products fritter away their chances in India doing nothing.

They are forever under the impression that India means cheap and Indians will not pay for good vehicles and premium products. Their senior management still thinks India is a "land of snake charmers and elephants".
I guess they have not seen the likes of Kia and Hyundai who all sell million rupee plus vehicles; vehicles which are dynamically average but loaded to the gills with features. And they are not cheap. Not at all.

Nissan's bug-eyed Micra was a very well engineered solid car. They never replaced it with the new generation Micra. Had the new generation Micra been launched and marketed well, i20 and Swift would have got some healthy competition.
Same story with the Sunny.

Maruti now is planning to launch the FRONX as a series hybrid range extender in 2025. They are targetting 35kmpl as certified fuel efficieny and possibly will achieve that figure too.

The sad part: NISSAN had a similar series hybrid called the NISSAN NOTE which could have run rings around every other car in the fuel efficiency stakes. Dynamically the NOTE was a well sorted out vehicle. Interior space was very impressive by hatchback standards possibly more than the Honda JAZZ. NISSAN even imported few NOTE's for testing and evaluation in India but never went ahead launching it. Another bungle. Another chance lost.

Moving on to EV's. Remember a car called LEAF? The NISSAN LEAF that is. It was the grandfather of all mass market EV's in the WORLD! NISSAN was seriously planning to bring it into India then all went quiet! If the LEAF had been in the market now, we would be talking less about Nexon EV's, and BYD Atto's.

We have been hearing about CBU imports of Nissan Patrols, X-Trail's, Qashqai since donkey's ears. Some cars were imported for customer clinics as well but then again everything went "phhhuttttt"

They just have a one car wonder, the MAGNITE, which is an honest but average product. It scores highly on the value for money front but not much on anything else.
Yes, it looks pleasant, but with its harsh unrefined mechanicals, weak entry level engine/model variants, stiff ride: the Magnite is losing out fast to the new crop of entry level crossover's and SUV's.

Mitsubishi is now a part of Nissan. In the Rs 50lakh SUV segment, don't you think the PAJERO has got what it takes,(and possibly more), to fight it out with the overpriced Toyota Fortuner?

Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi needs to think afresh about the Indian passenger car market.
They need to cast off the thoughts of "Oooohh..India is only for cheap cars", (remember the Datsun debacle Nissan?) and "Customers won't pay premium pricing for good products" etc.

They need to set right their dealer network localise, their global products and start selling them here. And watch the sales meter tick.
Just ask Hyundai and Kia.

[volkman10]

Nissan India plans:

- Nissan Motor India to build portfolio of 4 cars in the next 3 years.

- Expects equal share from domestic market, exports

- Plans on bringing in an EV by 2026-27 – a move which should see an uptick in the share of domestic volumes.


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[chinkara]

Originally Posted by volkman10

Nissan India plans:

- Nissan Motor India to build portfolio of 4 cars in the next 3 years.

- Expects equal share from domestic market, exports

- Plans on bringing in an EV by 2026-27 – a move which should see an uptick in the share of domestic volumes.


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We now have enough of a track record and a body of evidence to completely discount anything spouted by Nissan executives.