Japanese automaker Nissan Motor India released on Tuesday the sketch of the new global Sedan based on the Nissan's 'V' platform to be produced from the company's plant at Oragadam near Chennai.
"Following the success of our first locally made carthe Nissan Micra, we are happy to reveal the first sketch of the second car to be produced in India," Nissan Motor India managing director and chief executive officer Kiminobu Tokuyama said.
"We are confident that the 'New Global Sedan', which is also based on the versatile V platform, will delight the discerning Indian customers", he said.
The new global Sedan, 'which is the second product after the launch of Micra from Nissan stable', would be displayed at the eighth China (Guangzhou) International Automobile Exhibition, scheduled to be held in December, the company said.
The New Global Sedan is a completely new look Sedan based on Nissan's 'V' platform, it said. Nissan in association with French automajor Renault has set up a manufacturing facility at Oragadam near Chennai at an investment of Rs 4,400 crore (Rs 44 billion) over a period of seven years.
The company registered total sales of 1,256 units in September 2010 with the Micra clocking 1,183 units.
In the same month last year,the company sold a total of 57 units only.
The sales of Micra nationwide began on July 15, while the overseas market sales of the Micra models began recently.