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Old Tiida becomes the Venucia D50 in China
At this years Guangzhou Auto Show Nissan showed off its new Venucia D50 on stage, although journalists were somewhat forbidden from getting too close to the D50 in case they realized it was a warmed over last generation Tiida. The Venucia brand in 2010 when the sub brand craze was just starting to kick off [...]
Surprise Surprise – new Venucia range from Nissan looks exactly like old Tiida sedan
When Honda announced its plans for a new sub brand between itself and Guangzhou Auto everyone in the auto industry was expecting the new brand to make the most of the situation, i.e. mixing the old Honda City’s platform with a new skin and brand, instead the Li Nian was born which looked exactly like [...]
Nissan’s Venucia sub brand to bare child at the Guangzhou Auto Show
Nissan announced the Venucia brand nearly a year ago, but the brand has not yet sired its first model. The brand will be using the older Nissan Tiida platform for its first car and is likely to reskinned, although the below pictures seem to indicate that the first Venucia will look rather like the Tiida [...]
Nissan Murano hits the market in China – 488k or $76,000USD
For those that thought the Murano would hit the market in the middle 350,000rmb segment to fight off against the 3.7L Toyota Highlander, think again. The Murano launched in China yesterday with a price tag to match its high expectations, the sporty looking SUV will come in at a mighty 488,800rmb which roughly works out [...]
Nissan Murano confirmed for China, to be known as Lou Lan
The Murano has been rumored to be arriving in the Chinese market for several months but now it appears that the large SUV really is preparing for the Chinese market with an introduction of a Chinese name. The Murano was unofficially known as the Mei Lun Nu in Chinese mainland automotive media following the Murano’s [...]
Nissan Murano and Murano Convertible confirmed for China
The Japanese 3, as the Chinese like to call them are made up of Honda, Toyota and Nissan – Toyota introduced the Highlander in 2009 as an imported model but later swiftly moved it to local production, Honda and Nissan have been left pondering if to introduce their own Pilot and Murano mid size SUV’s [...]
Nissan’s Beijing designed Compact Sport March/Micra
The Nissan March has not been a popular car in China since its launch here in late 2010, the model has not been taken to with the same excitement as the Ford Fiesta, which has itself become the standard for small cars in China. To improve sales Nissan are possibly mulling over the ability of [...]
Venucia’s first model shown in Shanghai
Venucia is the new brand born of proud new parents, Dongfeng and Nissan. The first Venucia concept model was shown off in Shanghai yesterday but will not go on sale until the first half of 2012 according to Nissan Yang Song, the head of sales at Dongfang-Nissan, said that Nissan and Dongfeng are aiming to [...]
Nissan China sales top 1 million units in 2010, shows 35% raise
Nissan China has managed to clear one million cars from its dealerships in 2010 according to recently released figures. Nissan has several joint venture partnerships in China, all of which have heavily contributed to the impressive 2010 sales tally. Sales of Nissan vehicles are up by 35.5% in China to 1.02 million vehicles which has [...]
Dongfeng Nissan’s Concept car breaks loose at Guangzhou Auto Show
Dongfeng-Nissan recently signed a deal to recycle ex-Nissan platforms into a new economy brand for the Chinese market (and likely beyond the PRC’s borders). Venucia is their creation and will be hitting the market in 2012 or later, the logo features five stars (as a possible nod to China with its five star flag) but [...]
Nissan Sunny breaks cover, possibly America’s Versa
Dongfeng Nissan launched the latest generation of the Nissan Sunny sedan earlier today at the Guangzhou Auto Show and made way for the future Nissan Versa sedan in the USA if you believe the rumors. The new Sunny is based on the new Micra platform which is presumably lengthened to build the compact sedan which [...]
New Sunny to replace Tiida models
The new Nissan Sunny is expected to take the place of the current Nissan Tiida models in the Chinese market, although a newer version of the Tiida has been released in various markets the Chinese one maybe facing the final curtain as the forthcoming Sunny becomes the new compact sedan at Dongfeng China. Should the [...]
Nissan Sunny coming back from the dead with tenth generation car
The 9th generation Nissan Sunny might have gone out of production in 2007 but Dongfeng-Nissan are planing to bring back the Sunny nameplate with the new 10th generation Nissan Sunny. The Sunny is expected to sit above the current Nissan Bluebird but below the Nissan Teana, the below pictures show the front end of the [...]
Nissan Micra/March sedan in rendered glory
The Nissan March (Micra in Europe and India) may have only just launched in China, but it seems that Nissan are planning to extend their March offerings in China and elsewhere with the addition of a sedan March. Whilst hatchbacks are becoming more popular in China, sedans still rule the roost and this is evident [...]
Nissan to improve Dongfeng-Nissan relationship with EV Tech
Whilst other manufacturers are apparently worrying over sharing electric vehicle tech with their Chinese partners, it seems that Nissan are all too eager to share with their JV partner Dongfeng, which might just be a good thing for Chinese-Japanese relations after several weeks of low level bickering that just became very high-level. Nissan’s CEO’s CEO, [...]
Dongfeng-Nissan planning to create own brand
Dongfeng-Nissan have been on a sales roll for the past few years and have gone from strength to strength on the back of strong sales thanks to low tax on sub 1.6L cars and a wide range of vehicles, Dongfeng-Nissan sold 500,000 cars in 2009 and are planning to sell 600,000 in 2010, in addition [...]
Nissan March launched in China, priced from 69,900rmb and rising
The Nissan Micra has followed in the Japanese market footsteps and launched in China under the March name. The March is being built via Nissan’s China joint venture with Dongfeng that has exploded in popularity over the past four years due to an aggressive model launch that has propelled them to one of the larger [...]
Dongfeng’s next self developed car will be Nissan Tiida based
Nissan have been very generous to their joint venture partner, Dongfeng, as they have granted them the use of the popular Nissan Tiida platform on which to build their next self developed model. Dongfeng’s entry into the self developed automobile industry has lagged behind other state manufacturers, however with some serious platforms and technologies under [...]
Nissan Sunny coming back into production – because cars never die in China
Cars never die in China, never. They sort of humble along and get sold alongside newer models so that auto makers can attract the bargain bin customer who wants a large car at an economy price, and then they have the customer that thinks about aesthetics and modernity. VW are the kings of this trade, [...]
Dongfeng Nissan hoping to sell 6000 Nissan March’s per month
Dongfeng Nissan clearly have some high hopes for the Nissan March which will launch in China in August this year, Dongfeng-Nissan have already aimed at sales of 6000 units per month for the 1.5 March. The March is the first small car that Dongfeng Nissan have introduced and comes at a time when multi nationals [...]
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