Power will come from the same under powered 1.6L from the old Nissan Tiida along with the same transmissions, pricing is expected to be around 70,000rmb when it launches in early 2012.

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Venucia in Guangzhou

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 the old Honda City….. with a new badge. Now, when GM did it for the Baojun brand, they used an old Buick Excelle platform, reskinned the car, threw in an old 1.5L engine from the Aveo (which is great, as spare parts are dirt cheap and widely available) and they had a car capable of mass sales, Li Nian on the other hand barely rolls off the forecourts.

At last years Guangzhou Auto Show the Venucia concept showed a sleek sleek sedan that was more international sports car than Tiida based family car – all being said, at that show they only showed the nose of the car peaking out of the wall. At this years Shanghai Auto Show the full car was on show, again more sleek sexy sports, not dull Tiida. At this years GZ Auto Show, Dongfeng-Nissan will show off Venucia’s first model, which is looking more like a a sexed up last generation Tiida for 2012 with a new set of badges. It seems Nissan’s auto show posters outside of the exhibition center have given the game away ahead of the launch, but at least the anticipation is over and the disappointment is not too bad.

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The Venucia brand follows in the same foot steps as GM’s Baojun brand which was set up between a third way joint venture between SAIC, GM and Wuling. The Baojun brand has had a good start with several thousand units being sold in the first months of it being in production. Honda has also set up multiple sub brands with its partners at Guangzhou Honda where the Li Nian brand was hatched and over at Dongfeng-Honda where the Ciimo brand is about to delivered.

Nissan have already become market leaders in the Chinese markets with 750,000 units sold in 2010, by recycling their older platforms for use within the Venucia brand which will be targeted at economy buyers in rural areas Nissan will be able to net even more sales.

Venucia spotted out testing - looks like old Tiida

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Ash came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way and now focuses his time on watching the Chinese car industry develop. He has witnessed the market change from being minor backyard market in to the world's biggest and most important market for all car manufacturers. You can contact or connect with him via Linkedin by clicking the 'Website' link.

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Dongfeng-Nissan made Murano

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 name from Hong Kong and Taiwan markets, but as the Murano’s localization at Dongfeng-Nissan’s factories comes closer Nissan have given the Murano its own Chinese name: Lou Lan (楼兰).

According to media reports the Murano will be first imported into China to take the fight to the Toyota Highlander but will later be produced by Dongfeng Nissan in China, prices are expected to be 300,000rmb and rising. Nissan have not yet confirmed a launch date for the imported Nissan Murano, but it is expected to be in the fourth quarter of the year.

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Ash came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way and now focuses his time on watching the Chinese car industry develop. He has witnessed the market change from being minor backyard market in to the world's biggest and most important market for all car manufacturers. You can contact or connect with him via Linkedin by clicking the 'Website' link.

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An eventual launch date has not yet been confirmed, but it is expected to be before the the end of the year but the locally made hard top version is expected to be introduced by the middle of the year.

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The Nissan Compact Sport is based on the poor selling March (Micra) platform but with an overhauled interior that will make the car popular with younger buyers who want to buy a hot hatch from hell. This particular model was a joint project between Nissan’s Japanese and Beijing based design center, and goes some way to show that not all Chinese designed cars are poor quality or clones of something else, here’s hoping that this model makes it to the production line soon.

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Yang Song, the head of sales at Dongfang-Nissan, said that Nissan and Dongfeng are aiming to build a dealership network of 100 dealers covering 31 key provinces in China before the end of the year. Nissan dealerships are becoming crowded with the ever increasing product line up which has powered Dongfeng-Nissan to become one of the best selling car brands in China last year with over 1.02 million cars cars sold, surpassing the US market for Nissan.

The Venucia brand was first aired at the Guangzhou Auto Show in 2010 but for the Shanghai Auto Show Nissan showed the Venucia’s first model. No information was forthcoming on what might be powering this first new model, the concept cars name not announced either, furthermore looking under the concept no suspension or platform was visable – concept cars are not always based on real car platforms but models that are soon to hit the production lines generally are, perhaps Nissan are further behind than initially thought with this model.

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Ash came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way and now focuses his time on watching the Chinese car industry develop. He has witnessed the market change from being minor backyard market in to the world's biggest and most important market for all car manufacturers. You can contact or connect with him via Linkedin by clicking the 'Website' link.

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Sales of Nissan vehicles are up by 35.5% in China to 1.02 million vehicles which has made China Nissan’s greatest market and has sold more vehicles in China than in the USA, the USA end of year figures are at 908,570 vehicles. According to Nissan, the strong sales figures are being led by demand for the Nissan Teana sedan which is one of the best selling sub 300,000rmb V6 vehicles available, sales of the Teana reached 140,842 units which was Nissan’s best selling vehicle in 2010.

Whilst other auto makers are aiming for larger growth in 2011, Nissan are play it low key with Nissan expecting growth of 10% in 2011 due to the increase in tax on small displacement cars – of which Nissan currently carries four models; Livina, Tiida, Sunny and the Micra models.

Dongfeng-Nissan sold 660,160 vehicles in 2010, whilst Nissan’s other joint venture with Zhengzhou Auto is responsible for commercial vehicles, sales at Zhengzhou-Nissan reached 100,100 units and showed an increase of 78.6% in sales over 2009 figures largely due to the introduction of the Nissan NV200 compact van.

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Ash came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way and now focuses his time on watching the Chinese car industry develop. He has witnessed the market change from being minor backyard market in to the world's biggest and most important market for all car manufacturers. You can contact or connect with him via Linkedin by clicking the 'Website' link.

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Updated: Correct pictures!

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Ash came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way and now focuses his time on watching the Chinese car industry develop. He has witnessed the market change from being minor backyard market in to the world's biggest and most important market for all car manufacturers. You can contact or connect with him via Linkedin by clicking the 'Website' link.

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In the Chinese market it is expected that the Sunny will become Nissan’s compact sedan whilst the Nissan Tiida will become the line up’s compact hatchback and thus won’t be available in notchback sedan form as before.

The new Sunny is being compared to a mini Nissan Teana in terms of styling, although to CCT’s eyes it looks a little uncomfortable in terms of its styling although it will look different once it hits the roads and is mixed up with other cars on the roads, the styling could be compared to the Toyota Vios.

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Ash came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way and now focuses his time on watching the Chinese car industry develop. He has witnessed the market change from being minor backyard market in to the world's biggest and most important market for all car manufacturers. You can contact or connect with him via Linkedin by clicking the 'Website' link.

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A fresh interior is being made available for the Sunny and seems to be a miniature version of the Teana in terms of styling, and is almost as if Nissan are planning to clone Buick’s idea of making their compact sedan a mini version of their flagship sedan in a bid to keep consumers within the Nissan family as they upgrade their cars. A 1.8L engine will be used in the Sunny, it is unclear if they will go for the 1.6 option that is available with the Bluebird Sylphy to gain a better sales tax bracket for end consumers, however it is clear that cars such as the Ford Focus have managed to hit a sweet spot with Chinese consumers even though they offer larger 1.8L engines.

You can expect that this model will be on show at the Guangzhou Auto Show later this year, and be on sale in early 2011.

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Ash came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way and now focuses his time on watching the Chinese car industry develop. He has witnessed the market change from being minor backyard market in to the world's biggest and most important market for all car manufacturers. You can contact or connect with him via Linkedin by clicking the 'Website' link.

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Rendered Nissan March Sedan

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 in other car manufacturers line ups, cars such as the Fiesta sedan, the Mazda2 sedan, VW Polo sedan, Fiat Linea, and the forthcoming Toyota Etios sedan are popular with Chinese consumers. Its not entirely clear where small sedans are more popular with Chinese consumers, a long held theory is that consumers believe that they are getting a bigger, safer car with a compact sedan instead of a sedan. It appears that Nissan are aiming to attack this theory with a compact sedan, although an eventual launch date for China has yet to be announced.

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Ash came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way and now focuses his time on watching the Chinese car industry develop. He has witnessed the market change from being minor backyard market in to the world's biggest and most important market for all car manufacturers. You can contact or connect with him via Linkedin by clicking the 'Website' link.

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Nissan’s CEO’s CEO, Carlos Ghoson, speaking at a Nissan factory opening event in Zhengzhou earlier this week, stunned audiences when he announced that Nissan will do everything in its power to bring more electric car products to China, and will transfer electric car know how to its Chinese partner Dongfeng Automobile. The secrets are likely to include the electric battery know technology that Nissan developed for the forthcoming Nissan Leaf, which is expected to go into production in China within the next several years as the demand for electric vehicles heats up.

Dongfeng’s own pure electric vehicles are in development and are not just limited to passenger vehicles, they have also worked on pure electric city buses and trucks within the last few month, a Dongfeng S30 hybrid car is expected to launch in 2011.

Dongfeng-Nissan has seen rapid development over the past few years due to Nissan’s clever introduction of launching models at the right time which appears to strongly resonate with consumers, the Leaf has already been shown in China this year at the Beijing Auto Show and is expected to launch in China next year.

Ash

Ash came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way and now focuses his time on watching the Chinese car industry develop. He has witnessed the market change from being minor backyard market in to the world's biggest and most important market for all car manufacturers. You can contact or connect with him via Linkedin by clicking the 'Website' link.

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Now Dongfeng-Nissan are planning to capitalize on their success and start their own jointly developed brand for the Chinese market, originally Dongfeng-Nissan’s CEO, Mr. Song Yuan Shi expressed that they were not planning to build a new brand, but it seems that Mr. Song is going to have to go back on his word. The first car is expected to be based on the current Nissan Tiida platform and will be a hatchback vehicle with a sports styling.

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Ash came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way and now focuses his time on watching the Chinese car industry develop. He has witnessed the market change from being minor backyard market in to the world's biggest and most important market for all car manufacturers. You can contact or connect with him via Linkedin by clicking the 'Website' link.

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Nissan March

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 foreign car makers in China. The introduction of the March fills in an product gap in their dealerships that was being exploited by other small car makers, with low price Nissan is likely to take car sales from domestic self developed car makers.

The March is powered by a 1.5L engine mated to a 5 speed manual or a 4 speed automatic gearbox and is the cheapest model in the Dongfeng-Nissan lineup. Nissan is expected to launch other models in China to further fill in gaps in the model line up, the Nissan Quest MPV is likely to be Dongfeng-Nissan’s next model and also a new Tiida range.

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Ash came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way and now focuses his time on watching the Chinese car industry develop. He has witnessed the market change from being minor backyard market in to the world's biggest and most important market for all car manufacturers. You can contact or connect with him via Linkedin by clicking the 'Website' link.

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Dongfeng’s entry into the self developed automobile industry has lagged behind other state manufacturers, however with some serious platforms and technologies under their belts it is expected that they will make quick advances into the market, although they are largely lagging behind the likes of Chery and Geely.

Previously it was rumored that the last generation of Nissan Sunny was to become a Dongfeng self developed vehicle, instead Nissan are planning to bring the car back from the grave and breath new life into it.

According to Dongfeng Nissan from its launch until February 2010 the Tiida range has already sold 600,000 units in China and over 60% of its internals are locally sourced, which means that this platform will be a great head start for Dongfeng’s own car ambitions.

Ash

Ash came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way and now focuses his time on watching the Chinese car industry develop. He has witnessed the market change from being minor backyard market in to the world's biggest and most important market for all car manufacturers. You can contact or connect with him via Linkedin by clicking the 'Website' link.

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Initially it was believed that Nissan were planning to give the Sunny platform over to joint venture partner Dongfeng for their own self developed vehicle range, but now it seems the Sunny will be seeing the sun one more time.

Ash

Ash came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way and now focuses his time on watching the Chinese car industry develop. He has witnessed the market change from being minor backyard market in to the world's biggest and most important market for all car manufacturers. You can contact or connect with him via Linkedin by clicking the 'Website' link.

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The March is the first small car that Dongfeng Nissan have introduced and comes at a time when multi nationals are entering into the small car segment whilst the Chinese domestic manufacturers are heading towards the premium segment where joint venture cars have reigned supreme, in short a clash is about to happen and who comes off worse has yet to be decided.

The March will be going up against the Toyota Yaris, Ford Fiesta, Ford Fit,and the popular Sail. Pricing for the March has not yet been announced, but it is likely to be sub 80,000rmb as it is aiming to take on highly popular Sail and Swift.

Ash

Ash came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way and now focuses his time on watching the Chinese car industry develop. He has witnessed the market change from being minor backyard market in to the world's biggest and most important market for all car manufacturers. You can contact or connect with him via Linkedin by clicking the 'Website' link.

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For the Chinese market the Micra is being given a 1.5 engine, and is expected to be priced between 70,000rmb and 100,000rmb, although no exact prices have been announced.

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Ash came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way and now focuses his time on watching the Chinese car industry develop. He has witnessed the market change from being minor backyard market in to the world's biggest and most important market for all car manufacturers. You can contact or connect with him via Linkedin by clicking the 'Website' link.

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Thankfully on Friday morning Carlos Ghosn himself was on hand to explain to the assembled media which were made up of local and foreign representatives alike. The Nissan Leaf is capable of traveling 160km on its own battery power, but can be charged up on home electrics, however this takes up to 8 hours, where as at a quick charging station it only needs 30 minutes to reach 80% fully charged, but after a 10 minute charge it can travel 50km no problem.

The Leaf will be imported into China, however it will be wise to remember that the Leaf will cost around $25,00USD in the USA when launched later this year. The Chinese market leaf will be priced at somewhere in the region of $30,00USD once import taxation has been added, however government subsides of upto 150,000 RMB will be available for new energy cars, which might make the Leaf attractive to some.

Ash

Ash came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way and now focuses his time on watching the Chinese car industry develop. He has witnessed the market change from being minor backyard market in to the world's biggest and most important market for all car manufacturers. You can contact or connect with him via Linkedin by clicking the 'Website' link.

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The 2010/11 Livina has some niceties that were never available on the original Livina such as leather seats, sunroof, and keyless ignition. On the exterior the grill appears to have been updated, as well as the lower bumper which is now body coloured rather than being black.

The engine remains the same with it being a 1.6L 105BHP engine producing 150Nm of torque, which is quite perky.Pricing is expected to remain the same, which is from 80,000rmb to 120,000rmb depending on specification.

On another note, CCT has one of these for the past three years and has yet to write a review of it as my wife is usually busy driving it into walls and other things she claims she couldn’t see at the time. The Livina is a brilliant, sturdy little motor that is thankfully cheap to repair as well.

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Nissan Motor Co said Monday it will establish a design studio in Beijing early next year to develop cars that better meet the needs of consumers in China and other rapidly growing Asian markets. The new studio, the first such facility to be set up by a Japanese carmaker in China, will be located in the Shao Yang district of Beijing, where automotive design activities are brisk, the company said.

The Japanese automaker plans to invest 11.76 million yuan, or about 156 million yen, on establishing the Chinese design studio and will hire about 20 designers to work there. Nissan currently has two design centers in Japan and one each in Britain and the United States.

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The above cars are from an initial test run of cars that Nissan produced with Dongfeng, and they look to be the latest generation of Micra, which Nissan have only just released sketches of.

The Micra is expected to be the cheapest car in the Nissan China line up and will be placed lower than the Nissan Livina, although it will carry the same 1.6L engine and 4 speed auto and 5 speed manual gearbox.

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The reasoning for the recall is due to a problem with the steering system which may result in the vehicle becoming difficult to steer in extreme cases.

CCT will be delivering his own Qashqai to Nissan sometime this weekend, Donfeng-Nissan clearly furthering the case for me to swap the Qashqai for a Toyota Highlander early next year.

Ash

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It’s expected that the Nissan Micra will be powered by a 1.4L engine and will also have the option of a 1.6l engine which will be taken from the Nissan Tiida (Versa) and Livina line up. The Micra will be another addition to the small car segment here in China, with it facing stiff competition from the likes of the Toyota Yaris, Honda Fit, and the recently launched Ford Fiesta.

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The current line up is as follows:

SUV:

• Nissan Qashqai (1.6l to 2.0L)
• Nissan X-Trail (2.0l to 2.5l)

Compacts:

• Nissan Tiida sedan and hatch (1.6l)
• Nissan Livina (1.6l)
• Nissan Livina Genesis 7 seater (1.8L)
• Nissan Bluebird (1.8l to 2.0l)

Larger sedan:

• Nissan Teana (2.0l to 3.5 V6)

In addition to the above, Nissan also plans to launch the following this year and in 2010:

1. Nissan Micra/March – to fight its way into the ‘premium mini car market)
2. Nissan Quest MPV – Imports have of this model have already ended.
3. Nissan Fuga Large Sedan – Expected to go up against the Toyota Crown in the premium car segment.

The addition of the new cars is expected to give Nissan a further boost in the Chinese market place.

Ash

Ash came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way and now focuses his time on watching the Chinese car industry develop. He has witnessed the market change from being minor backyard market in to the world's biggest and most important market for all car manufacturers. You can contact or connect with him via Linkedin by clicking the 'Website' link.

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The NV200 is expected to be produced by Zhengzhou Nissan in 2009, and will come with a 1.6l gasoline engine, and a 1.5l diesel engine.

Ash

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The Nissan Slphy Bluebird is a small compact sedan from Dongfeng Nissan that sells reasonably well, and is probably the nicest Bluebird to date.

To take advantage of the growing ‘mini stretched’ market, Nissan have chosen to stretch the Sylphy Bluebird, which is expected to be the flagship Bluebird once launched later this year.

In addition to a stretched Bluebird, Nissan are expected to launch a 5 speed manual version of the Sylphy.

Ash

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Engine options in the PRC for the Tiida are very limited, limited to just one option – a 1.6l, where as the USA gets the option of a 1.8l. We hope that China can get a 1.8l Tiida Sports, then perhaps Dongfeng Nissan can give China Car Times another Nissan to buy.

Ash

Ash came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way and now focuses his time on watching the Chinese car industry develop. He has witnessed the market change from being minor backyard market in to the world's biggest and most important market for all car manufacturers. You can contact or connect with him via Linkedin by clicking the 'Website' link.

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Dongfeng-Nissan have launched the latest generation X-Trail SUV as a domestically made car, rather than an imported model. The pricing of the new X-Trail shows the difference between a domestically made model, and the imported model which was subjected to healthy import tariffs.

Pricing is now as follows:

The launch of the X-Trail in China gives Dongfeng-Nissan an interesting array of vehicles, basically a car in every segment except for the supermini segment, which is expected to be corrected next year with the launch of the Nissan Micra, or Nissan March.

Dongfeng-Nissan’s X-Trail appears to be slightly different from both the first, and second generation X-Trails that were offered in overseas markets.

Dongfeng-Nissans current line up is currently as follows:

Compact MPV: Nissan Livina (5 seats), and Grand Livina (7 seats)

MPV: Yumsun (Made by Dongfeng subsidery, Zhengzhou)

SUV’s: Paladin – (X-Terra in the USA, also made by Zhengzhou), X-Trail, and Qashqai

Compacts: Nissan Tiida hatchback and sedan (Versa in the USA) and the Sylphy Bluebird sedan

Full size sedan: Nissan Teana

Dongfeng Nissan can only go from strength to strengh now it has an offering in every segement, 2009 onwards is going to be very interesting for Dongfeng and Nissan.

Ash

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The information regarding the platform was revealed by Dongfeng Nissan boss Mr. Ren Yong, he later revealed that the platform will be finished by 2010, and the IPR will belong to Dongfeng Nissan

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The 2nd generation X-Trail is expected to go on the market in October 2008, with a choice of either 2.0l or 2.5l engine, both of which are already made in China for use in other Nissan models. Pricing of the Chinese made X-Trail is expected to be 240,000rmb, slightly cheaper than the import price of 290,000rmb to 330,000rmb.

Ash

Ash came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way and now focuses his time on watching the Chinese car industry develop. He has witnessed the market change from being minor backyard market in to the world's biggest and most important market for all car manufacturers. You can contact or connect with him via Linkedin by clicking the 'Website' link.

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