• English
    • Login / Register

    New plant for Nissan Micra in Chennai

    It's official now! Nissan Micra will be manufactured locally from Renaul-Nissan's yet-to-set-up facility in Chennai. The Japanese auto major Nissan announced on Monday that the new plant will be inaugurated on March 17. Carlos Ghosn, chairman and CEO of Renault-Nissan, will inaugurate the plant in Chennai. It is to be mentioned here that the alliance has invested Rs 4,000 crore to set-up the new plant which will have a capacity of manufacturing 4 lakh units per annum. The first car from the plant is expected to be rolled out in May that is might be Nissan Micra.

    Meenal
    Meenal
    Published On Feb 22, 2010 12:52 IST
    info icon
    Published OnFeb 22, 2010 12:52 IST
    Last Updated OnFeb 22, 2010 12:52 IST
    2.9K Views
    • Write a comment

    It's official now! Nissan Micra will be manufactured locally from Renaul-Nissan's yet-to-set-up facility in Chennai. The Japanese auto major Nissan announced on Monday that the new plant will be inaugurated on March 17. Carlos Ghosn, chairman and CEO of Renault-Nissan, will inaugurate the plant in Chennai. It is to be mentioned here that the alliance has invested Rs 4,000 crore to set-up the new plant which will have a capacity of manufacturing 4 lakh units per annum. The first car from the plant is expected to be rolled out in May that is might be Nissan Micra. Nevertheless, the company official did not comment on the car model which is to be manufactured here. The compact car is planned to be manufactured in five countries including India. The company, Nissan, will revel more details about the plant and car models at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show. The Japanese company had declared that it will introduce 9 car models in India by 2012 in view to grab 5.5 per cent of market share in India. Five out of nine car models would be produced domestically. At present, the company sells SUV Xtrail and Teana in India.

    Read More on : click here to read more on Nissan Micra

    Was this article helpful ?

    Meenal
    <p>Vidyadhar takes charge of the quality and consistency of the content produced by CarDekho correspondents. With over 5 years of involvement in content &amp; social media marketing, he believes that the www is an ever evolving phenomenon. Considering the ways the web algorithms are evolving, foreseeing the threats and opportunities and managing online business accordingly is going to play a crucial role. He comes from a highly valued content development background, where, during the first phase of his corporate career, he served Westpac, an Australian bank. Later, he came into the context of technical writing where he managed teams that dealt in producing maintenance guides meant for software applications. This part of his career bestowed upon him an outlying vision to see things from end-user perspective. He bagged a masters degree in English and is pursuing MBA in Digital Marketing at the moment.&nbsp;</p>Read more

    Write your Comment on Nissan Micra

    Trending Hatchback Cars

    • Upcoming
    • Popular
    *Ex-showroom price in New Delhi
    ×
    We need your city to customize your experience