Nissan CEO bets on India to make $3,000 Datsun possible.

[SinoChallenger]

Precisely. Now go back to your Foxconn factory and start putting stickers on the Galaxy Note 2 - I need it.

Does it tell you where to go for fresh air?

 

[Korean]

LOL at indians being better suited for exploitation by greedy Japanese companies.

Well, Chinese allowed themselves to be exploited by foreign companies on $1 T-shirts and toys.

What's wrong with Indians allowing themselves to be exploited by foreign companies on $3,000~5,000 cars?

 

[Tshering22]

So where are they planning the new plant? If 2014, then it better be ready fast!

Gujarat and TN seem to be good bets.

Correct me if I am wrong but TN accounts for a significant amount of our automobile industry already. Gujarat has also come to that.

I hope other state governments like MP or Odisha or Karnataka take the initiative for this.

 

[Tshering22]

Actually, I did not know that India allows 100% ownership in automotive industry. You are more informed than I am. How about Kia motors coming to India?? You guys make some excellent cars. Hyundai is now second best car company in India.

Well here also you need to have a "sleeping" partner (it sounds wrong but you get the idea ).

Mazda has Swaraj as the local partner, Renault had Mahindra etc.

 

[OrionHunter]

And the absence of rigorous safety standards that would be applied to models aimed at the US or European markets will also help keep the price down, the paper reported.

Ah! So Indians, Indonesians and Russians are expendable! So there's no need to ensure their safety! Jeeez!

 

[takeiteasy]

Ah! So Indians, Indonesians and Russians are expendable! So there's no need to ensure their safety! Jeeez!

....until ARAI ensures crash tests equivalent to European standards and mandatory ABS+EBD for all Cars. IINM, they have made ABS compulsory for HCVs.

 

[Jackdaws]

Well here also you need to have a "sleeping" partner (it sounds wrong but you get the idea ).

Mazda has Swaraj as the local partner, Renault had Mahindra etc.

This is not true. 100% ownership is allowed. Renault and Mahindra parted ways quite a few years ago. VW is here on its own steam and rolls out VW Polos, Ventos as well as Skoda Fabias and Rapids roll out. Hyundai and Honda too own their plants as do Nissan-Renault.

Does it tell you where to go for fresh air?

In your Foxconn factory an App directing you toward fresh air would be useless - what with bars and grills everywhere.

 

[jha]

Hope the new Datsun is redesigned...That 60's Datsun wont sell now...