Nissan Insider

NISSAN sold a record number of cars – 4.914 million – in the 2012 financial year. And this year the company is hoping to top the five million mark. The impressive figures were revealed when the company published its financial results for the 12 months ending March 31, 2013. Nissan faced a range of challenges [...]

NISSAN has defied tough trading conditions to record an 11 per cent increase in the number of cars sold this year. The figure relates to the period April to September, when the company sold 2.476 million vehicles worldwide. The rate of increase was well in excess of the industry average. At the same time, Nissan [...]

STAFF at a Cambridgeshire Nissan dealership have been presented with a trophy to mark their success in the car manufacturer’s Global Award scheme. The team at JS Holmes Ltd, East Anglia’s longest-established Nissan dealer, has won praise for their sales success and first-class customer care. Their Global Award coincides with similar successes for two other [...]

THE Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler are collaborating on two new projects to accelerate development of fuel-efficient powertrains. Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn and Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche confirmed the new projects in an annual media update about the Franco-Japanese-German partnership. The new engine project is a jointly developed four-cylinder petrol engine family co-led by Renault and [...]

NISSAN Motor Co. Ltd. has announced an operating profit of £986m for the first quarter of fiscal year 2012. Compared with the first quarter of 2011, operating profit declined 20 per cent due to the worsening foreign exchange impact of an abnormally strong yen, along with higher one-time selling costs, particularly in North America, linked [...]

DATSUN is on its way back! Nissan today announced measures to strengthen its production base and sales performance in Indonesia – and the reintroduction of the legendary Datsun name plays a crucial part in its plans. Total manufacturing capacity in Indonesia will increase to 250,000 annually by 2014, with the workforce at Nissan’s factory there [...]

Carlos Ghosn is one of the most powerful men in the worldwide automotive industry. As the head of the Renault Nissan Alliance, he understandably knows a thing or two about the industry. At this year’s Tokyo Motor Show, Nissan Insider was given the unique opportunity to hear him chat about some of the troubles his [...]

PRESIDENT and Chief Executive Officer of Nissan Motor Co., Carlos Ghosn, has revealed his big six-year plan for the company. Taking the headlines is his ambitious plan to grow Nissan’s already strong 5.8 per cent market share of the global car market, to an impressive eight per cent in under six years time. Ghosn also [...]