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Japanese automaker Nissan is lining up multiple products, bolstering its sales infrastructure as it places 2026 as the year of resurgence for the brand in India. The company, which currently sells just one model Magnite in the country, on Tuesday launched its second offering -- the seven-seater MPV Gravite. "When we say Nissan is committed to India, what's really important is the year 2026. This is going to be a year for the brand resurgence for Nissan in India," Nissan Motor India MD Saurabh Vatsa told reporters here. Besides Gravite, the company plans to bring in a Tekton SUV and a larger seven seater C segment SUV later this year, he added. "So in close succession, we are bringing in three new vehicles in almost 12 months from now. Therefore, the year of resurgence, which is going to be based on a product lineup which is broadly SUVs," Vatsa said. He noted Magnite will continue to play an important role in the company's product portfolio in the country. Vatsa said the company
Japanese automaker Nissan on Sunday said the company is set to launch in India a seven-seater multi-purpose vehicle in the last quarter of the 2025-26 fiscal, and a five-seater compact SUV towards the end of the April-June quarter of 2026-27. As part of its plans to reshape new products for the India business, Nissan had earlier announced the launch of the seven-seater B-MPV (multi-purpose vehicle) and two compact SUVs (in five and seven-seater configurations), besides the existing new Magnite and the X-TRAIL. "Let me be very clear, we will focus only on SUVs. These will have Japanese DNA and very strong Nissan technologies... We are now ready to share the timing of the new launches: the B-MPV seven-seater is going to come out in the last quarter of this fiscal, while the C-SUV (five-seater) will come at the end of the first quarter (2026-27 fiscal)," Nissan Motor India Managing Director Saurabh Vatsa said. Vatsa said the timeline for the launch of the seven-seater compact SUV will
Japanese auto major Nissan's plans to turn around its Indian operations remain intact, and it is looking to increase headcount in the country despite the turbulence it is facing globally, according to a senior company official. The company, which has increased headcount at its Chennai plant by 600 to add a third shift, does not foresee steps to cut 9,000 jobs and 20 per cent production globally having an impact on India as long as it remains competitive in the market, Nissan India Operations President Frank Torres told PTI. "Nissan is betting big on India...and the plans (for India) remain intact despite this global turbulence," he said. Torres was responding to a query on whether the announcement for global job and production cuts will have an impact on Nissan's India operations. "Contrary to the perception, in India, we are strengthening our members, growing our production, and we just included almost 600 new employments in our manufacturing plant in Chennai," Torres said. "This