The heads of Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors have agreed to form of a new board of management for the three-headed automaking alliance. As part of the deal agreed to in Tokyo, the "New Start" board will be chaired by Jean-Dominique Senard, chairman of Renault...
Carlos Ghosn, the man who once headed up Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors, has decided to quit as the chairman and CEO of Renault. After a meeting of its board of directors, Renault has appointed Thierry Bolloré as the company's new permanent CEO. Bolloré was elevated from chief operating officer to interim CEO after Ghosn was arrested in Japan in November 2018...
The Datsun Cross has been revealed in Indonesia this week, becoming the third model introduced by the brand to that market in as many years. Serving as Datsun's new flagship in the Indonesian market, the Cross is a seven-seat crossover designed for "all lifestyles and a variety of tasks" – according to the company, at least...
Datsun has taken to the Jakarta motor show in Indonesia to reveal the Go Live concept, previewing the design direction for the next generation of the brand's line-up. Though no longer present in the Australian market, the reborn Datsun brand (a subsidiary of Nissan) has proven popular in numerous developing markets, like Indonesia and India, where it is pitched as a budget offering...
Budget-focused Nissan offshoot Datsun has unveiled its fifth new model, launching the Redi-Go in India overnight. At the same time, Italian car maker Fiat has revealed a new offering with the same focus on ‘emerging’ markets, dubbed Mobi. Both models will play in the same compact SUV segment as Renault’s recent Kwid, which in fact uses the same CMF-A (Common Module Family) platform that underpins the new Datsun...
Datsun, the reborn Nissan brand now focused on emerging markets, has revealed a preview of what could be its first SUV model - and a sign of significant expansion into new markets. Debuting at this week’s Tokyo motor show, the Go-Cross hints at a potential new compact SUV for the budget brand...
The budget-focused Datsun Go and Maruti Suzuki Swift models sold in India have been lambasted after scoring zero stars in the most recent round of Global New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) crash testing. Both market-specific vehicles were put through a crash test scenario under the newly formed Indian arm of NCAP, the Bharat New Car Assessment Program...
The Datsun Mi-Do is the newest addition to the born-again budget brand’s line-up, with the city car making its international debut at the Moscow motor show overnight. The five-door Mi-Do hatchback is based on the compact On-Do sedan that was revealed in April. The pair shares the same 2476mm wheelbase and front-wheel-drive layout...
Datsun has released a sketch of its cut-price compact sedan developed specifically for the Russian market. The all-new model, to be unveiled in Moscow on April 4, represents the official introduction of the Nissan-owned budget brand to Russia. Datsun says its launch into Russia is significant for the global expansion of the brand, identifying it as a key market that offers great growth potential...
Meet what could soon be the cheapest SUV in the world - the Datsun Redi-Go. The Nissan-owned brand is designed to offer affordable automotive options for developing markets such as India, where this concept model made its debut at the Delhi motor show overnight...
The Datsun Go+ will become one of the world's cheapest people-movers when it launches in emerging markets in 2014. The second all-new model from Nissan Motor Company's born-again budget brand, the Indonesian-built Datsun Go+ will cost less than 100 million rupiah ($9300) in its home market, where it is set to become the most affordable vehicle with three rows of seats...
The Datsun Go has been unveiled in India, signalling the return of the iconic Nissan-owned budget brand to the automotive scene. The city-sized Go hatchback is the first new model from Datsun, which Nissan brought back from the dead last year to give it an entry point into the automotive world's lucrative developing markets...
Datsun has released two sketches of an upcoming model to be unveiled at the brand's official relaunch in India on July 15. While the first sketch shows a small five-door hatchback, believed to be based on the Nissan Micra, the second highlights only the car’s front end, hinting at the possibility of a sedan variant...
Datsun has added South Africa to its list of target markets, announcing plans to launch a new passenger vehicle in the country by the end of 2014. Datsun, a derivative of the Nissan Motor Co., will return to South Africa - where it was phased out in 1981 as Datsun was integrated with Nissan - as the Japanese brand expands its sales plans into four destinations along with India, Indonesia and Russia...
The boss of Toyota says his company will not engage in a price war with Nissan by launching a budget car brand to compete with Datsun in developing markets. Toyota Motor Corp president Akio Toyoda told Reuters his customers expected a certain level of reliability from Toyota vehicles, and insisted he had no intention of boosting sales at the expense of vehicle quality...
