10 Interesting Nissan Facts

Saturday, August 30th 2014. | Automotive


Nissan Facts provide the information about one of the well known automobile companies in the world. It is called Nissan Motor Corporation.  But people often call it Nissan for the short name.  The base of this Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer is in Nishi-ku Yokohama, Japan. Here are the facts about Nissan for you:

Nissan Facts 1: Renault–Nissan Alliance

Nissan builds a partnership with Renault, a French automaker since 1999. Both involve in Renault-Nissan Alliance. Nissan only has 15 percent non voting stake in Renault, while Renault has 43.4 p recent voting stake.

Nissan Facts 2: who is the CEO?

Who serves the CEO of the company? Carlos Ghosn holds the CEO position in Nissan and Renault.

Nissan Altima

Nissan Altima

Nissan Facts 3: the largest automaker in the world

Nissan is not the largest automaker in the world. It was ranked in the sixth position in 2012. The company is still behind Toyota, General Motors, Volkswagen Group, Hyundai Motor Group, and Ford. But by making alliance with Renault, it is called as the fourth largest automaker in the world. The brand of Nissan dominates the market in Mexico, Russia and China. Get facts about the competitor of Nissan in BMW facts.

Nissan Facts 4: a manufacturing plant

Nissan created a manufacturing plain in Brazil in 2001. The operation of the manufacture of Nissan in India was added in 2005. The company has a subsidiary in India. It is called Nissan Motor India Pvt. Ltd.

Nissan Company

Nissan Company

Nissan Facts 5: manufacturing facility

To create manufacturing facility in Chennai India, Nissan and Renault invested $990 million. The manufacturing plant is also used as the base for European export of small cars.

Nissan Facts 6: the Middle East market

Nissan also spreads the wings in the Middle East market. In 1957, the company sold their first cars in Saudi Arabia.

Nissan Facts

Nissan Facts

Nissan Facts 7: Dongfeng Motor

Nissan also built a joint venture with Dongfeng Motor. In 2009 the company sold 520,000 new cars in China. To increase the production, Nissan and Dingfeng had a production base in Guangzhou.

Nissan Facts 8: Renault-Samsung

Nissan is ready to expand again in South Korea by Renault-Samsung in 2014. The Busan factory will manufacture 80000 Nissan Rogue/X-Trail in the country.

Nissan Logo

Nissan Logo

Nissan Facts 9: Ashok Leyland

Nissan also has a joint venture with Ashok Leyland in India. The main focus of this venture is to generate the light commercial vehicles.

Nissan Facts 10: mini cars

Nissan also works with Mitsubishi motor to create mini cars.

Nissan Rogue

Nissan Rogue

If you like to have a Nissan car with the fast accelerating speed, you can choose Nissan GTR. If you want a city car, Nissan Leaf is a good option. What do you think on facts about Nissan?


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