FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
22 September 2010
NISSAN PRESENTS NV200 REFRIGERATED VEHICLE
Nissan extents the award winning NV200 line up with an all new refrigerated vehicle conversion thanks to excellent partnership implemented with well known Gruau SA.
NV200 outstanding external compact dimensions and internal load space and payload, makes the NV200 ideal for delivery of fresh products in urban environments. Nothing stops the NV200: its elegant and agile silhouette allows access to narrow streets and parking lots with low roofs.
The Nissan NV200 Refrigerated vehicle offers a capable 2.2 m3 load volume and can accommodate different optional configurations to be adapted to the needs of different users, particularly in the catering business: shelves, intermediate floor, intermediate reinforced floors, aluminium baseboard, waterproof floor ...). It is equipped with refrigeration unit (provided by a Carrier or a Thermoking group).
The Nissan NV200 Refrigerated vehicle will be available from early 2011 across Europe at the Nissan dealerships. The NV200 Refrigerated vehicle conversion will be operated by Gruau in its Esparraguera (Barcelona) plant. The vicinity to Nissan's Barcelona plant, where the NV200 is produced, makes the logistics effective.
"The Van of the year 2010" NV200 has already proved to be the right response to the requirements of a large number of businesses around the world. In Europe, we want to offer a reliable, agile and capable tool to the many businesses that every day make it possible to find fresh food in the busy centres of our cities," said Dany Boulenger, General Manager, Marketing Strategy, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd, LCV BU. "The collaboration with Gruau gives us confidence that the quality of the NV200 Refrigerated vehicle will meet the highest Nissan standards, and surpass our customers expectations" concluded Dany Boulenger.
Nissan in the UK
- Nissan Sunderland Plant has a workforce of 4,900
- Juke, Note, Qashqai and Qashqai+2 are all produced at Sunderland Plant
- UK is Nissan's biggest market in Europe
- Over 80 per cent of production is exported to 45 markets worldwide
- NMUK has been named as the biggest UK car plant for the past 12 years
- Sunderland Plant won a Queen's Award for Export, the fourth received since the plant opened in 1986
- The plant built its 5 millionth car in June 2008
- Sunderland Plant's 2009 calendar year volume totalled 338,150 units
- Nissan's European design centre is located in Paddington, London and employs around 50 people
- Nissan's European Technical Centre is based in Cranfield, Bedfordshire and employs around 750 people