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New advertising campaign speaks volumes

NISSAN has turned to its heavyweight commercial vehicle relatives to help publicise its new NV400 panel van range to potential business customers. Fifteen HGV trailers are emblazoned with 96-sheet High Dimension truck wraps of the new Nissan van under the title of ‘The New NV400 – Speaks Volumes.’ The trucks travel daily up and down [...]

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LCV sales are storming ahead

NISSAN has reported a remarkable 174 per cent increase in sales of its LCV range in 2011 compared with 2010. It sold 10,854 commercial vehicles, which equates to a 4.2 per cent share of the total light commercial vehicle (LCV) market, compared with 6,223 sales and a 2.8 per cent market share in 2010. Three [...]

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Francis Bleasdale on prototype electric NV200

Nissan Insider caught up with Nissan’s LCV sales and marketing director, Francis Bleasdale, to have a chat about the electric NV200. What’s the set-up with the electric NV200? We’re getting right hand drive prototypes from Japan, and it is a van that has the LEAF’s battery technology, motor and IT system Carwings, so it is [...]

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15 minutes with… Francis Bleasdale

Nissan Insider caught up with Francis Bleasdale - Nissan’s LCV sales and marketing director – and had a chat about the new NV400 heavy van and the LCV market. Is the NV400 just a replacement for the Interstar or is it more than that? No, the NV400 is much more than that. First of all there are [...]

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