Nissan Insider

NISSAN is known for being a company that innovates – and it has just marked an exciting first in the way it communicates with its Dealer Principals. All DPs were invited to take part in a special web chat with Managing Director Jim Wright. And there was no doubt about the value of the exercise [...]

NISSAN could sell up to 4,000 all-electric LEAFs in the UK during 2013, according to the company’s managing director, Jim Wright. And this will partly be because the car has been ‘normalised’ and made to feel much more a part of the Nissan family. Production of the second-generation LEAF is now under way at Nissan’s [...]

WHEN a recall notice pings up on my email, I naturally wince. It means something has gone wrong somewhere and there’s going to be a lot of work involved. But every problem presents us with an opportunity to shine. The airbag recall, which hit the headlines this week, initially seems over-cautious. The youngest car involved [...]

NISSAN is celebrating a successful March after breaking sales records set last year. Despite speculation that the 13-plate would deter buyers, UK new car registrations rose by 5.9 per cent in March. During March, 23,576 new Nissans were delivered giving the company a market share of 5.4 per cent, representing a 6.4 per cent increase [...]

NISSAN unveiled a new Juke n-tec version at the Geneva Motor Show – and boss Jim Wright says it will soon become the best-selling model. The Qashqai n-tec was a big-seller for dealers before it was replaced by the new Qashqai 360 – now Wright has high hopes for the Juke version. ‘We expect this [...]

THE future’s very bright for Nissan but there are ‘growing pains’ ahead. That’s the message from Managing Director Jim Wright, after the company announced its best-ever UK sales figures. Just days after publishing record-breaking stats that saw new car sales rise sharply to 105,834 and the company’s share of the new car market hit 5.2 [...]

IT’S official – 2012 was a record year for Nissan, with 105,834 cars sold, giving Nissan a market share of 5.2 per cent. Total car sales were up 9.9 per cent from 2011’s performance of 96,269 units. Including LCVs, Nissan sold 115,970 vehicles in the UK, up 8.3 percent from 107,123 in 2011. And that [...]

NOW 2012 has drawn to a close, I would like to look back at what we achieved and to ask you to reflect on this success with pride. The year ended with NMGB delivering its best-ever volume and share performance since the establishment of the company some 21 years ago. Back in 2003 when the [...]