Zhengzhou Nissan Automobile Co., Ltd., one of the two Chinese joint ventures of Nissan Motor
Co., Ltd. will produce X-trail and Qashqai, two SUV models, for its sister company Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Company.

A top executive of Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. (DFL) has not denied the story, only saying that the plan is currently under feasibility study and will be released in the summer of 2010, when the new plant of Zhengzhou Nissan starts production.

This year, besides NV200, a new car model that is going to be rolled out, Zhengzhou Nissan will acquire the sales right of another imported car model from Nissan. By far, Nissan (China) Investment Co., Ltd. has held talks with some major dealers for the sale.

Currently, Zhengzhou Nissan is selling SUV Paladin, pick-up trucks, minivans, and light-duty truck Cabstar. After the launch of NV200, the company plans to divide its sales network according to target customers.

Zhengzhou Nissan’s plan is to boost the number of its sales outlets from 170 to 200 around China. Last year, the company sold 56,600 vehicles, rising 20% from a year earlier.

(Gasgoo.com) Nissan Motor will launch its fourth-generation March small car in early 2010 and will introduce the five-door model to its Chinese venture Dongfeng Nissan for production. The China-made Nissan March small car is likely to be rolled out in the first half of next year.

Nissan launched its first-generation March in 1982 as a classical small car. The current March model on the global markets measures 3,695mm x 1,660mm x 1,525mm, with a 2,430mm-long wheelbase. The new model is reportedly based on a revamped B-platform with a new engine of 1.2 liters – 1.3 liters and also retaining the HR15DE.(Actually will be used A-platform Not B-Platform)

An executive of Dongfeng Nissan recently said that the Nissan March will be introduced in the original to the joint venture for Chinese production, but it is also possible to modify or revamp some parts of the small car to meet the needs of Chinese buyers. It may be priced between 70,000 yuan ($1,030) and 90,000 yuan.

Nissan Motor (China) Ltd has also revealed that the company will start selling electric cars in China by 2012, believing the world’s most populous country is one of the most important markets for electric cars.

By George Gao From:Gasgoo.com

Nissan Motor Co, Japan’s third-largest carmaker, said today it aimed to boost its Nissan-brand vehicle sales in China by 4.6% from last year to 570,000 units in 2009, finance.baidu.com said today.

The sales growth is to slow from last year. Nissan’s sales in China grew 19% in 2008 to 545,000 units, much above a 7.4% rise in China’s overall passenger car market. Sales rose as Nissan introduced seven new models in China in 2008, including the Teana sedan and three Infiniti-brand models. Still, Nissan expects its first loss in nine years as sales plunge in the U.S. (its biggest market), Europe and Japan.

Dongfeng Nissan, a 50-50 joint venture between Nissan Motor Co. with Dongfeng Motor Group, sold 708,000 vehicles (including passenger cars, light commercial vehicles and medium- and heavy-duty trucks) last year, up 16% from 2007.

The JV, also called Dongfeng Motor Co., has an annual sales target of 1 million vehicles by 2012 with sales revenue projected to hit 100 billion yuan ($14.6 bln), up from 59.32 billion yuan in 2007, as part of a 5-year business plan that began last year.

China vehicle sales may climb about 5% this year, the slowest pace since 1998, as forecasted by an industry association. Chinese car sales in January 2009 fell 8% year on year but improved from the previous month, bolstered by government incentives.