The Phenomenal Rise Of Nissan Motor Company
The Nissan motor company was founded in 1933, 26th November and is headquartered at Nishi-Ku, Yokohama, Japan. Nissan motor has been into manufacturing automobiles, forklift trucks and outboard motors and till 2011 the automobile giant has enrolled 155,099 human resources in its payroll. The Nissan motor company is the member of the Nissan Group but with its success in the automobile market it has become more of an independent entity under the CEO Carlos Ghosn who had restructured it. Nissan sat at number six in global standing after, Volkswagen Group, Toyota, General Motors, Ford and Hyundai Motor Group in 2011 and marketed its automobiles under the brand name of Datsun earlier.
Rising of Nissan Brand
The company entered into a partnership with Renault S.A., France and in the two way agreement it owned 15% of the Renault shares and the partner company owned 43.4% of Nissan. The company apart from its regular models also manufactures a range of luxury cars in the brand name ‘Infiniti’. In the year 1911 Masujiro Hashimoto started The Kwaishinsha Motor Car Works and in the year 1914 rolled out the company’s first car named DAT. In 1918 the company became Kwaishinsha Motorcar Co., Ltd and renamed as DAT Motor Co in the year 1925. Most of the company’s production was dedicated to trucks because there were no demands for passenger cars. In 1926 the company merged with the Osaka based Jitsuyo Motors and became DAT Automobile Manufacturing Company Ltd. The company produced its first small car named DATSON and when Nissan took charge the name was changed to DATSUN.
Nissan Goes Global
Nissan entered into an agreement with Austin in 1952 and made its mark in the US by building Austin Sevens. The company started manufacturing sports cars and produced Datsun Fairlady roadsters, Datsun 510, race winning series 411 and world class Datsun 240Z. The company has collaborated with several automobile companies and continues to manufacture sports cars, luxury automobiles, trucks and tractors. It has manufacturing locations in Japan, USA, India, Brazil, Indonesia, Malaysia, Egypt, Morocco, Mexico, Spain, Thailand, UK, Republic of China, South Africa and Russia.
Present Status
The company has a stupendous output of 4,889,379 units as on 2012 and has earned a revenue of ¥9.63 trillion. Until 2012 the company has also earned a profit of ¥342.4 billion. It has three manufacturing divisions namely Datsun, Nismo and Infiniti. Nissan registered global sales of 2,555,962 units in 1998 and in 2012 it stands at 4,940,133.
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Nissan models list: |
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Nissan 370Z | 2009-2013 |
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Nissan Altima | 1993-2013 |
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Nissan Armada | 2004-2013 |
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Nissan Cube | 2009-2013 |
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Nissan Frontier | 1998-2013 |
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Nissan GT-R | 2009-2014 |
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Nissan Juke | 2011-2013 |
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Nissan Leaf | 2011-2013 |
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Nissan Maxima | 1990-2013 |
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Nissan Murano | 2003-2013 |
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Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet | 2011-2014 |
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Nissan NV | 2012-2013 |
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Nissan NV Passenger | 2012-2013 |
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Nissan NV200 | 2013-2013 |
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Nissan Pathfinder | 1990-2013 |
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Nissan Pathfinder Hybrid | 2014-2014 |
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Nissan Quest | 1993-2013 |
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Nissan Rogue | 2008-2013 |
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Nissan Sentra | 1990-2013 |
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Nissan Titan | 2004-2015 |
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Nissan Versa | 2007-2014 |
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Nissan Versa Note | 2014-2014 |
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Nissan Xterra | 2000-2013 |
Nissan 200SX | 1995-1998 | Nissan 240SX | 1990-1998 |
Nissan 300ZX | 1990-1996 | Nissan 350Z | 2003-2009 |
Nissan Altima Hybrid | 2007-2011 | Nissan Axxess | 1990-1990 |
Nissan NX | 1991-1993 | Nissan Pulsar | 1990-1990 |
Nissan Stanza | 1990-1992 | Nissan Truck | 1990-1997 |
Nissan Van | 1990-1990 |
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