Nissan may just spoil the toyota party further,if the mahindra ingenio was bad news heres something even worse, India's business paper Economic Times predicts Nissan is going to enter the Indian market by around next year[however expect a bit of a delay] with its Livina minivan,and that is real trouble for Toyota cause the nissan is a much more comfortable vehicle than the innova and wait a minute it is much more cheaper than the innova though exact pricing details not known at this moment[but expect atleast a difference of a lakh].This is a seven seter and would be targeted more at families than the tourist operators.
The Nissan Livina Geniss project spawned two MPVs - the 5-seater Livina and the 7-seater Grand Livina, with the latter expected in India. It is an economical 7-seater MPV, much like the Toyota Avanza, however it has one key advantage over it. The Nissan Grand Livina is built upon a monocoque car chassis rather than adapted from a truck chassis. This means it is a lot more comfortable.
Front wheel drive driving dynamics also mean it is relatively somewhat safer as most people are used to how a car handles when it is front wheel drive rather than rear wheel drive. A car-based chassis also means a lower center of gravity compared to it’s competitors. The Grand Livina’s chassis is shared with other compact Renault-Nissan vehicles such as the Nissan Note, Renault Clio, and Nissan March.
Since in this segment Indians prefer diesel expect a common rail heart for this car.Source1:
Also from economictimes.com, expected in India are the Skoda roomster as well as the Renault Megane[probably the sedan version] by 2008/2009.
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