Saturday, May 18, 2013
Next Generation Nissan Micra Arrives on 2016
Nissan Micra is one of the most important model for Nissan in India and also in global market. Nissan has just given a mid life facelift for Micra in some markets and will come to India next year. Now Nissan Micra is produced at Renault – Nissan Plant in Chennai. Plant makes Micra for domestic and international markets. According to Reports Nissan will launch the next generation Micra in 2016. Next generation Micra will be produced in India and France. Nissan Flins Factory in France will only Make left hand drive version of Next generation micra. Estimated 82,000 Left hand drive units can be made in Nissan Flins Factory. Nissan – Renault Chennai plant will make both Right and Left hand driver version of Micra.
EVP and Chairman of Management committee, Middle east,India and Europe Mr. Trevor Mann said that “Following the announcement today that Renault’s Flins Plant in France will produce the left hand drive version of the next generation Micra from 2016, we can confirm that the Renault-Nissan Alliance plant in Chennai (RNAIPL) will continue to produce both the current Micra model, and the next Micra from 2016 in RHD form and also LHD for some markets. Additionally, consistent with Nissan’s plans to introduce 10 new models in India during its mid- term business plan period, and plans beyond that, Chennai will continue ramping up to run at full production capacity as previously stated. There is therefore no impact on Nissan’s current and future India.” Current generation Micra is doing decent numbers only and Nissan Expect the new Micra to change the fortunes.
