Nissan to tie-up with Bajaj for developing small car platform with Ashok Leyland's

9 January 2012: Nissan is open to tie-ups with Bajaj or any other partner to play a big role in the Indian small car market and it's already developing a small car platform with the help of Ashok Leyland's engineering arm.

The company is keeping all options open for a tie-up with Renault Nissan to build small cars on the RE 60 passenger vehicle platform. If Renault Nissan wishes to use the same platform with small or big modification they can, and if Renault Nissan is not interested they can walk away. We are open to all the options. Nissan, which plans to make inroads into the Indian small car market with 3-4 products, is already working with Ashok Leyland's engineering firm Defiance to develop a small car platform.

Source: Economic Times