Nissan Sunny - Introduction

Ever since Nissan launched the Micra platform based Sunny during a period of rising petrol prices, enquiries for the sedans diesel variant never ceased. This was due to the fact that diesel, with its subsidies, is presently the fuel of the hour.

During the launch of the Sunny petrol, we had asked Mr.Kazuhiro Doi (Chief Product Specialist V-Platform) on his views about the diesel version, to which he had assured that the diesel variant launch won’t be too far away and rightly so. Nissan got the diesel Sunny 3 months after the petrol variant, way ahead of its scheduled launch

Nissan does not wish to fall behind their competitors in the diesel variant space. Honda, who were initially against bringing diesel variants into India. They have however; analyzed trends have decided to get them into India soon.

Nissan Sunny has C segment contenders like the Toyota Etios, Tata Manza and Maruti Suzuki Swift DZire. To find out how the Nissan Sunny diesel fairs in comparison, we review the Nissan Sunny diesel XV variant.