Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Nissan 2008 Livina Series Landing on Taiwan


Tokyo,Oct22/2007, Nissan Motor Corp.just now gave out the official confirm that the 2008 Nissan Livina and Grand Livina will come to Taiwan this weekend. Meanwhile, the 2008 Grand Livina will be also launched in South Africa next month, then the 2008 Nissan Livina will be Jan.2008. Addtion to it, there are more planning for new automotive markets, including Malaysia and the Philippines.



2008 Nissan LivinaReleasing News From Nissan Official:



Both Taiwan's Yulon Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (YNM) and Nissan Motor Company South Africa (Proprietary) Ltd. (NSA) held kick-off events recently in support of the introduction of the Livina series, which is part of Nissan's global product strategy to deliver models with the flexibility to meet the needs of diverse customers. As part of the strategy, the Livina series will be manufactured at several plants in Nissan's global production network.


The three-row Nissan Grand Livina first went on sale last November inChina(under the Livina Geniss brand name), followed in April by the two-row Livina. Also in April, the Grand Livina was introduced in Indonesia. The Livina Geniss and Grand Livina already have received several accolades, including Indonesian Car of the Year, "Best Compact MPV," by Mobil Motor Magazine.


The Grand Livina is a seven-seater MPV offered with 1.5, 1.6 or 1.8-liter gasoline engines and available with a four-speed automatic or five- or six-speed manual transmission. The five-seater Livina compact hatchback is powered by 1.5 or 1.6 gasoline engines paired with either a four-speed automatic or five-speed manual transmission. There are model variations by market.


The Livina series for the South African and Taiwanese automotive marketswill be built locally at the Rosslyn plant and the San Yi plant, respectively.


With momentum in new markets, Nissan plans to introduce this new family of global vehicles to more countries. The Grand Livina will be introduced in Malaysia later this year and in the Philippines next year. As well, the Livina will launch in Indonesia early next year. For each of those markets, the vehicles will be manufactured locally.


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