Reviews - NV400
WHATVAN? Test Drive Review 01/26/2012
First Drive: Nissan NV400
Nobody could accuse Nissan of lacking ambition when it comes to commercial vehicles. Quite simply, the company aims to become the biggest-selling manufacturer in the global market by 2016 and a key player in Europe with a 5% market share.
In the mid-term, the target is to double sales in Europe to 100,000 units by 2014. The company believes this is achievable because it claims to have the widest range of CVs on offer, most of which are built in Europe – predominantly in Barcelona, Spain.
The brand is also confident that by 2016 more than one-in-five of all the vehicles it sells will be light commercials. “These are ambitious plans,” admits Sergio Alcaraz, vice-president LCVs,“but they will be achieved. Nissan currently has the widest range of LCVs on the market. There are new and innovative products such as the NV400, Primastar and Cabstar vans and top-selling pick-ups like Navara. All are fully Euro5-compliant and all have been designed to deliver exactly what customers want and need. “But this is just the start. New models, often exploring new segments and delivering new innovations, are just around the corner.”
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