Nissan Planning Product Blitz: Eight New Models in Next Two Years

[AutoGuide.com]

Nissan's sales have been solid over the past year, managing a 16.9 percent increase in 2010, a somewhat surprising feat considering the age of many of its products. The vast majority of volume sellers in Nissan's lineup have been on the market for almost their entire product cycle and are in danger of becoming stale.

Before that happens, Nissan has big plans to revamp its showroom collection and will introduce eight new models in the next 24 months. More importantly, those eight models represent 85 percent of Nissan's total sales.

The plan was revealed to AutoGuide by Ian Forsyth, Director of Corporate and Product Planning at Nissan Canada. No further comment was made on the new product push and so it's not clear if those numbers are Canadian specific or for all of North America. While in comparison to the U.S., compact cars like the Sentra do represent a larger portion of sales in the Canadian market than, say the full-size Maxmia, that 85 percent number shouldn't change much on either side of the border.

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[bob1]

Here is one small problem, I am in my car tonight, I see this hot white car pulling up next to me at a stop light, I'm what the heck is this, some Lexus? I let the car pull ahead to catch the back of the car, it was a 2011 Hyundai Sonata!

Look at the photo, the problem is Nissan has a car like this as a prototype, the Ellure. Oh yeah, looks great but the competition is already selling something that looks just as good or nearly as good. You be the judge.
Keep in mind the production cars never look as radical as these prototypes. Hyundai is leaping over the slow moving competition.

[MuranoSLVER]

That's how the Maxima should've looked when they redesigned it in my opinion. Bob1 does make a right assessment in the sense that other manufacturers are offering similar fluid designs already. Hyundai for instance is a on roll. I have yet to see the sonata's sibling which in picture is even more radical, the 2011 Kia Optima. Hopefully some diesel engines will finally be incorporated along with one of these 8 new models.

[truonyxrose]

Hyundai really has been coming up! i remember when Hyundai was like a dirty word to me now it like hmmm..

anyway im sure Nissan has to have some new car designs in the works seeing as they really dont have a full sized vehicle. The Maxima has shrunk to the point of being basically the same size as the Altima. i would be interested to see what they come up. better be good thats for sure.