We reported earlier that Nissan Motor India has launched official website of Sunny sedan. Now we have reports that the company celebrated the start of production of its ‘Made-in-India’ mid-size sedan Nissan Sunny at the its manufacturing plant at Oragadam, near Chennai. This is the second completely made in India car to be rolled out after Micra hatchback by Nissan from the Chennai plant in a period of 15 months.
Nissan Sunny was unveiled earlier this month. Nissan is planning to launch the car in the coming festive season. The company has localized the Sunny sedan highly, with upto 85% of localized components of which 40% of the components are sourced from Chennai.
The sunny sedan will be powered by 1.5 liter petrol and diesel engines. The petrol engine would be 1498cc unit with variable valve timing with peak power of about 110PS at 6000 rpm and torque at about 145Nm. The diesel engine will produce 106PS of power at 4000 rpm and 240 Nm of peak torque at 2000 rpm, if it’s in the same state of tune as the Fluence.
Commenting on the achievement, Kiminobu Tokuyama, Managing Director and CEO, Nissan Motor India said, “Start of production of Nissan SUNNY is another significant milestone for Nissan in India. We wanted the mid-size sedan to be available during the upcoming festival season and we successfully accelerated our work program to make that schedule. Nissan SUNNY will help to leverage our position as one of the key players in the Indian market”.
Speaking on the occasion, Kou Kimura, CEO and MD, Renault Nissan Alliance India Pvt Ltd (RNAIPL) said, “Today’s start of production of SUNNY reinstates Nissan’s commitment to India and is the second of many other local products to come. It highlights the high-performance level of our state of the art plant, which is producing its second model in less than 15 months”.
