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Nissan celebrated 10 years in India by holding the Nissan ‘CARnival’ event over two days at the Buddh International Circuit at Greater Noida. This event gave visitors a chance to check out and test drive the entire range of Nissan models that are on sale in India. Additionally there were various activities held  as well. There were Nissan stunt shows , a Nissan Sunny graffiti car which people could spray paint on and a specially designed off road track too.

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Nissan used the CARnival to showcase two of their global models of different extremes.The first was the Nissan Patrol SUV which demonstrated its capabilities on the off road track and the second was the LEAF electric car which has sold 1,60,000 units world wide.

Highlight of the Nissan Carnival-The Nissan Sunny with its modern design, excellent performance and stylish comfort, at the performance track(6)

Nissan LEAF-largest selling EV of the world at the Zero Emission Track at the Nissan Carnival(1)

The CARnival gave customers an opportunity to discover Nissan technologies including the the  Xtronic transmission, ; the Pure Drive range of low-emission powerplants; and Around View Monitor, which gives the driver a virtual 360-degree bird’s eye view of the entire vehicle.

Guillaume Sicard, President, Nissan India Operations, said: “The Carnival is our way of thanking India for ten great years, and allowing customers to experience our full Indian range, as well as class-leading, innovative products like Patrol and LEAF from our global line-up. Although we are still at the start of the Nissan journey in India, we have already accomplished a great deal. Our seven locally-produced models are growing in popularity and we are rapidly expanding our retail network and presence in what is a key growth market. There is a lot more to come from Nissan in India as we continue to grow our brand and further evolve our product portfolio to meet and exceed the expectation of our customers here.”

Nissan is looking to expand its dealer network to 300 outlets by 2016. There is 92% localisation for the core models made at the Chennai plant and is the third largest exporter at 100k cars per year.

Nissan is currently evaluating the Patrol SUV for launch in India. Click here to read our driving experience of the Nissan Patrol.