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Nissan Sunny ready to shine in India

The Japanese auto giants Nissan Motors Ltd. announced on the 29th June that the plan to introduce its worldwide sedan model, the Nissan Sunny, in the Indian car market by the end of this year. The Nissan Sunny will come with a price tag of 7 Lakhs to 9 Lakhs. Nissan Sunny will compete in the mid size sedan segment of the India car market.

The Nissan Sunny's production will commence at the company's plant in Chennai and the Nissan Sunny will be based on the Nissan Micra's platform. Nissan has tied hands with Ashok Leyland Automobiles to produce a Multi Purpose Vehicle (MUV).

This is for the first time that Nissan will be venturing into this segment of the Indian auto market. Presently, the company is busy in planning ways to increase sales of Nissan Micra. Nissan had a lot of expectations from the Nissan Micra but it failed to deliver. The main reason behind the failure is the high price of Nissan Micra and the lack of appropriate dealership in the country. Nissan plans to increase its dealership from 36 currently to 100 by 2013. Only 13,000 Nissan Micra's have been sold till May this year. The company plans to double this figure in the coming fiscal year 2011-2012.

Some of the popular hatchback models in the Indian auto market are Toyota Etios Liva, Ford Figo, Maruti Swift, Hyundai i10, Chevrolet Beat and Volkswagen Polo. Apart from these popular models, cars going to hit the Indian roads this year are Chevrolet Beat Diesel, Maruti Cervo and New Ford Fiesta.