Nissan New Zealand
Products from Nissan New Zealand can be found in these categories:
Farm Vehicles
About Nissan New Zealand
Nissan is a large multinational company that operates on all continents of the world.
Together with Alliance partner Renault, Nissan has the second highest market capitalisation – 77 million Euros ($NZ 154 million) - of any company operating in the motor industry.
In 2007 Nissan sold over 3.5 million vehicles worldwide and with Renault selling a further 2.5 million, the Alliance is one of the largest companies operating in the global motor industry securing a 9.1 percent global market share last year. The pair also sells vehicles under the Infiniti, Dacia, Samsung and Lada brands and employ over 300,000 people worldwide.
Established in 1933 Nissan was the first Japanese company to start mass producing vehicles in 1935. It opened its first overseas production facility in Taiwan in 1959 and now has 26 plants on all five continents, as well as in Japan. It has 6 design and 11 research and development facilities in Europe and North America and at home.
Some manufacturing plants – in Brazil, Morocco, China, India and Russia – are shared with Renault. They all have large annual production volumes to meet the demand for vehicles in these large developing markets.
The Alliance with Renault was formed in 1999, with the two companies co-operating on the development of vehicles and sharing technology. Nissan provides Renault with engines and transmissions for certain models and Renault does the same in return for other vehicles.
The pair develops chassis platforms together to save costs and has greater buying power from component suppliers thanks to their combined production volume.
Datsuns as they were called at the time, first came to New Zealand in 1962. In 1981 the company re-branded itself worldwide under the Nissan name.
Since 1999 Nissan has doubled its research and development budget and the company now consistently returns profits to its share holders.
In 2006 Nissan produced its 100 millionth vehicle
Nissan’s R&D budget increase is allowing it to develop a variety of technologies to provide more economical vehicles with better fuel consumption that produce less emissions including CO2.
Nissan is currently trialling hybrid, fuel cell, electric and plug in hybrid vehicles with an eye on the future. Many of its engines are already E10 compatible – to run on a 10 percent biofuel mix.
It sold its first electric vehicle with lithium–ion batteries in Japan as long ago as 1996. With Alliance partner Renault and Project Better Place it will begin marketing electric vehicles on a large scale in Israel and Denmark in 2011, with the necessary infra structure to recharge and exchange batteries.
Nissan has pioneered the use of CVT (continuously variable transmissions) for better fuel economy. Compared to conventional automatics an engine with a CVT transmission is about 10 percent more economical. In 2007 more than a million Nissans were sold with CVT transmissions.
Better production techniques now mean over 90 percent of every Nissan is re-cycleable.
Globally Nissan is aiming to meet the goals in its 2010 Green Programme, having already surpassed the targets it set itself in its 2006 programme.
The variable valve event lift technology used in many petrol engines is responsible for 40 percent less emission of hydro carbons while providing 10 percent better fuel economy.
Locally Nissan continues to test its vehicles under AA supervision in real world driving conditions to demonstrate the economy its cars, 4WDs and commercials can provide owners.
In New Zealand Nissan offers a wide range of vehicles from the compact Micra, the sophisticated Maxima, the tough Navara to the 350Z coupe, backed up by 33 dealers offering specialised service.