Last month, it was reported that Nissan was set to revive the Terrano name with a SUV for the Indian market, and that the low-cost offering was to be a rebadged Renault (or Dacia, if you will) Duster.
Confirmation of this has come about, with sales of the new SUV – which will be built at the Renault Nissan joint plant in Chennai – set to begin later this year, the Nikkei reports. The upcoming vehicle is also teased via a microsite, with a new hint on how the rear could shape up.
The current Nissan lineup in India consists of six models, with the X-Trail – brought in from Japan – being one of these. The automaker’s decision to add a locally-assembled model is to tap on the growing popularity of SUVs with a competitive, low-cost solution.
In related news, the Nikkei adds that Nissan is set to unveil plans later today to release a low-cost hatchback next year in India, badged under the Datsun brand and priced below 400,000 rupees (RM21,210). Set to be built in Chennai, it will apparently take the Nissan March/Micra as its base and borrow its 1.2 litre three-cylinder engine.
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The auto play Kia advertisement is annoying. Playing loud sounds and wasting my bandwidth downloading the ad.
Because of this annoying ad, I shall boycott their Cerato and tell all my friends not to buy it and I shall badmouth the Cerato for the rest of my life.
Can expect a handful of people planning to buy it, a handful per month.
I admire your guts and loudness Mr policeman. It is annoying and disturbed ppl around me when i go online…
Now about the saman u gv to me this morning….
Telescopic steering, again, to be absent.
Airbags: two.
ESP: absent.
Slim 1695-1790mm, no, because it is from Dacia. Original Nissan will be slim.
Wait, wasn’t the new Datsun supposed to be Lada based?
Also, somehow I think the Dacia Duster looks best, quite manly, the Renault Duster ruins it a bit with the bling front grill. This we’ll have to see, but I’m not so impressed with the drawings.
I wonder if there are any plans to bring the Duster (in whatever form) to Malaysia. They could offer a cheap but decent SUV…
Like the mighty Navara, this has the design cue of the tough truck. Better design than the other SUV’s.