“We are delighted to see the Datsun Go+, manufactured with pride at the Renault-Alliance plant in Chennai, introduced for sale in South Africa”.
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Currently, it exports vehicles to 106 countries around the world. Since operations began at the plant in 2010 over 620,000 cars have been exported overseas. The models made at the plant include Datsun GO, Datsun GO+, Datsun redi-GO and Nissan Sunny, among others.
Japanese auto-maker Nissan’s low-priced brand Datsun has embarked on a new journey with the launch of India-made Datsun Go+ MPV in South Africa. It is mated to a 5-speed manual gearbox and returns an ARAI certified fuel efficiency figure of 20.62Km/L. Datsun made a comeback with the Indian market with the GO hatchback which is a 5-seater entry level hatchback from the company. Most recently, exports of Datsun redi-GO cars produced in Chennai went on sale in Nepal in July.
The Renault-Nissan Alliance Chennai plant, which has a manufacturing capacity of 480,000 units per annum, is the Alliance’s largest plant in the world and is among the leading passenger auto exporters in India. The opening of this plant has led to the creation of over 40,000 direct and indirect jobs. “The launch in South Africa of the Datsun GO+ mark Datsun’s ongoing commitment to broaden the brand’s reach in global markets”, said the company in a statement. In 2015-16, Nissan Motor India exported a total of 111,460 units. Nissan revived the Datsun brand especially for the low-priced cars in 2013.
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Datsun India now locally manufacturers three models at their facility in Oragadam, Chennai.
