Nissan’s NV200 concept van was one of the undoubted stars of the Hanover Show – and designer Ryoichi Kuraoka found an unlikely inspiration for its innovative demountable pod system. “It’s based on Thunderbird 2, the one with the pod,” he said.

The inspiration isn’t recent either. Kuraoka has been with Nissan since 1981 – his CV includes the 1992 Micra hatchback – and he’s been a original fan of the British puppet sci-fi series since the 1960s, when he saw episodes on Japanese TV as a boy. “I had the Tracey Island model too,” he said.

Sadly, cost rules out putting into production the ‘pod’ body of the concept, which slides out on rails and is supported by fold-down legs. But the NV200 will become a production reality early next year, when it replaces the Renault Kangoo-based Kubistar compact van in the Nissan range. It’ll go on sale first in Japan next Spring, with European sales before the end of 2009.

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In a press conference held at the 62nd Hannover Motor Show, Nissan announced plans that will lead to a doubling of LCV business revenues and top level customer satisfaction in the LCV market globally.

As part of a plan to introduce 13 all new products during its GT 2012 mid term business plan period, Nissan will introduce a small van globally in 2009. The vehicle, inspired by the NV200 Concept first presented at the Tokyo Motor Show in 2007, will hit the road in Japan next spring and then in Europe, as well as in several other markets, in the second half of 2009.

Like the concept vehicle, the all-new small van will be named NV200. Its attractive design will combine with practicality, convenience, low-running costs and high quality. With a smart configuration of its layout, the NV200 will offer class leading cargo space.

Reflecting the importance of reduced fuel consumption and emissions to LCV fleets in Europe, Nissan announced its on-going development to mass market a hybrid-powered light commercial vehicle by the end of 2012. The Hybrid Cabstar prototype presented at this year’s Hannover Motor Show demonstrates Nissan’s commitment to LCV hybrid technology, coupled with state of the art battery technology.

It was developed in partnership with powertrain specialists ZF.

It will spend a high proportion of its working life in urban areas, where stop and start traffic is the norm. Nissan estimates that reductions in CO2 and fuel consumption will amount to up to 30%.

“We have not yet reached our full potential,” said Andy Palmer, Corporate Vice president, Nissan Motor Company, LCV Business Unit. “We aim to expand our business much further with smart new products and services that meet the needs of our customers, both in Europe and around the world.”

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Nissan is developing of All new own LCV by Nissan-Renault Alliance R&D team instead of current LCV’s renault rebadge hope to Nissan LCV Global Strategy Planning goal.

X81A be built on extended platform adaptor from F-Alpha platform (Navara,Titan) to be Interstar-Primastar successor to fighting to Ford Transit,Mercedes Benz Vito and will mounted by YD 2.5 l diesel,QR25DE to be will launch in 2010,forecast name hoping may be used “NV400″ or “NV500″

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CHENNAI (May 26, 2008) - Hinduja Group flagship Ashok Leyland and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., today announced the legal formation of the three JV companies for the Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) business in India for vehicle manufacturing, powertrain manufacturing and technology development. This follows the signing of the Master Co-Operation Agreement between the two companies in October 2007.

The shareholding structures of the three joint ventures are as under:

• Ashok Leyland Nissan Vehicles Pvt. Ltd.,the vehicle manufacturing company will be owned 51% by Ashok Leyland and 49% by Nissan;
• Nissan Ashok Leyland Powertrain Pvt. Ltd., the powertrain manufacturing company will be owned 51% by Nissan and 49% by Ashok Leyland;
• Nissan Ashok Leyland Technologies Pvt. Ltd., the technology development company will be owned 50:50 by the two partners.

The aggregate investment in all three companies will be around Rs. 23 billion (approx. 575 Million USD). The enterprise will involve a capacity of 100,000 vehicles in the first phase, to be scaled up subsequently. The plant is expected to start production from 2010/11. Among the three platforms identified, covering applications up to 7.5 ton Gross Vehicle Weight, is an all-new generation Nissan Atlas F24 light-duty truck. In addition, an all-new engine is being developed specifically for LCV applications, as part of the range of Euro 3 and Euro 4 compliant diesel engines.

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Nissan X11M is  a LCV van shaped form based on B-platform use same as Tiida,Note,Micra.Mainly its for Europe fron Spain plant and China from zhengzhou nissan plant,It will be Kubistar LCV replacment by developed from NV200 concept

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