NV200, Nissan's global all new small van has been awarded the International Van of the Year (IVoY) 2010 by a jury made of 23 specialized European journalists representing a readership of more than half a million owners of commercial vehicles.
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"The Jury was particularly impressed by the fact that Nissan created a compact light commercial vehicle that sets new standards in terms of internal space in relation to the external dimensions", said the official statement from the IVoY Jury.
"We are delighted to receive the IVoY 2010 award as the recognition of Nissan's determination to create innovative light commercial vehicles that exceed customer expectations" said Andy Palmer, Senior Vice President, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. "The NV200 is a global vehicle that associates unmatched levels of functionality with unique and attractive design. We offer our customers a vehicle that is an efficient and reliable business tool" said Palmer.
The NV200 is a real segment breaker with exterior dimension comparable to a car derived van and cargo capacity of a higher class. It is 4.4m long, 1.86m, tall and 1.69m wide and comes with a cavernous cargo space. Intelligent packaging delivers a cargo load bay more than 2m in length, sufficient to carry two standard Euro pallets at the same time. The cargo floor lowest in its category, only 524mm. As a result, NV200's load cube offers a cargo volume of 4.2m3, around 25 per cent greater than competitor's average, offering additional 1m3.
The NV200 is available in Europe in Van and Combi versions and a passenger vehicle will join the line-up from 2010.
The NV200 is already sold in Japan, where it became instantly the segment leader, with over 40% market share. Sales in Europe start this month (start of sales varies by country). In 2010 it will be launched China and sales in other markets are in advanced study phase.
NV200 will also be produced globally. It is already produced in Japan and production in Europe will start this month (initial supply for the European market will be sourced from Japan). Production in China is planned for 2010.
Recently Nissan announced that a light commercial vehicle based on the NV200 will be the second electric vehicle to be launched by Nissan.
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