Nissan aims to expand in US, boost image with electric Leaf
Nissan hopes to take advantage of a weakened Detroit to grow its share of the US market with a host of new products including a high-profile electric car, the Japanese automaker's top US executive said.
"2010 is going to be for us a very strong year in terms of product," Carlos Tavares, executive vice president in charge of the Americas, said in an interview Monday.
"We are going to bring eight new products to this market in the next 12 months."
Nissan managed to expand its share of the US market by 0.2 points to 7.4 percent in 2009 even as the overall industry suffered a 20-percent drop amid a broad economic crisis.
That came on the back of a 0.6-point rise in 2008 and helped Nissan end the year in sixth position, just 1.5 points behind Chrysler.
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