Nissan’s new sedan on platform V will come out from its Chennai plant on parallel with Mirca. The Nissan-Renault JV will see this Versatile on three varied vehicle body – hatchback, sedan and a compact MUV. The market for this sedan is yet to be arrived at by the company. By launching this sedan, a new strategy will be devised to reduce the weight of the car for fuel efficiency and reduced material utility.
Further the new platform will meet the global needs on safety and emission norms. As such, the new Mirca is to weigh less than 945kg of kerb based on the country to which it is designed. More reduction in weight is applicable by 4-5% in certain European countries. The new vehicle is in the reversal of designing as more auto industries go in for increase in the weight for meeting the quality norms. To make this reduction, the company has reduced some 18% parts in the net number, especially in the instrumental panel it has come down by 50 from the earlier 83.