So what, if you can’t buy a Merceders-Benz… Merc busses is here to take you around the city

Cashing in on the growing city’s transportation sector, Mercedes-Benz India has announced its plans to launch low-floor 38 seat luxury busses in the third quarter of 2011. Other players in this sector are Volvo, Ashok Leyland and Tata-Motors.

Merc city busses are doing a trial run in Navi Mumbai and Mangalore with the state transport undertaking (STU). Earlier, Merc busses were on a trail run for a month with the STU’s in Bangalore, Mumbai, Mysore and Pune.

The chassis and bodies for the busses will be made by the company’s Chackan Plant near Pune.

Mercedes Benz also manufactures intercity, 2 axle and 3 axle busses. The 43-seat 2-axle inter-city coaches is priced at 75 lakh where as the 53-seat, 3-axle coaches are sold for 95 lakh.

Nissan India registers highest ever monthly sales of 1857 nos. in Jan 2011

Chennai/Mumbai, February 1, 2011: Nissan Motor India Private Ltd (NMIPL) today announced that it has registered its highest ever domestic sales of 1857 nos. in the month of January 2011 as against 40 nos. in January 2010.

 

Out of the total 1857 units, Nissan Micra, the made-in-India Global compact hatchback, leads the sales figures with 1784 units in January 2011 as against 1057 nos. sold in December 2010. This is also the highest sales attained by Micra in a single month, ever since it started sales in July, 2010. The company has so far sold 8225 units of Nissan Micra since sales began on July 15, 2010.Out of the remaining, Nissan Teana, the luxury sedan (CBU) clocked 21 nos. in January 2011 as against 30 nos. in January 2010 and Nissan X-trail; the lifestyle SUV (CBU) registered sales of 52 units as against 10 nos. in January 2010.

 

The Nissan Micra comes with a standard manufacturers’ warranty of 2 years/50,000kms (whichever is earlier). In order to understand customer needs and resolve their queries, Nissan has established ‘Nissan Care’ – A Customer Contact Centre. Customers can reach Nissan by dialling Toll-free No 1800-209-4080 or alternatively by writing an email to customercare.hai@email.nissan.in

 

As part of its after-sales commitment, in an effort to handhold the customers and provide them with round-the-clock assistance, Nissan has introduced a host of customer care and service schemes including Extended Warranty and Roadside Assistance for its products starting with the Micra.

Honda

Honda Jazz is handled by Meridian Communications, Delhi, while Dentsu Marcom handles all the other car brands under the Honda umbrella, including Accord, Civic and City.