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Nissan Motor Philippines to launch 3 new cars

by Anna Barbara L. Lorenzo 25 Feb 2010
Photos from Nissan Motors

TopGear.com.ph Car News 2010 Nissan Sentra photo

Nissan Motor Philippines is putting its game face back on as it plans to introduce three new models--two sedans and one sport-utility vehicle--in the local market this year.

The first sedan will be launched in April while the SUV and the other sedan will be out after the May elections, Nissan Motor Philippines president and chief executive Allen Chen said.

After a little prodding, Nissan Motor Philippines assistant vice president Steven Hu revealed the company is launching the Nissan Sentra 2.0-liter manual and CVT variants in April. The other sedan is the Nissan Teana 2.5-liter V6, a higher variant over the currently available Teana 2.3.

The Nissan X-Trail, a test unit of which was spotted by TopGear.com.ph on the North Luzon Expressway, is slated for a mid-year launch. Like the current X-Trail, it will be assembled in the car manufacturer's plant in Sta. Rosa, Laguna.

The series of launches scheduled for 2010 follows almost two years of drought on the part of Nissan Motor Philippines. The last vehicle it launched was the Nissan Grand Livina in the second half of 2008.

"With three new models, we hope to reach a 20 percent growth in sales from less than 3,000 units last year," Chen said.

Data from the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers in the Philippines, Inc. (CAMPI) showed Nissan Motor Philippines sold 2,395 units in 2009, 18.6 percent lower than its sales in the previous year.

Aside from lower sales in 2009, Nissan's lack of new offerings in last year also caused it to drop a notch lower in CAMPI's ranking. Nissan Motor Philippines closed 2009 on the 10th spot with a total market share of 1.8 percent from 2.4 percent in 2008.

(Editor's note: Photos of the North American Nissan Sentra are for visual purposes only. Actual units which will be made available in the Philippines may vary.)

 
Tags: Nissan, Nissan Motor Philippines, Nissan X-Trail, Nissan Sentra

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  • maranello says I hope we were getting the sporty USDM sentra instead of the bland JDM bluebird sylphy,The new Teana looks like the model it replaced only more elegant (25 February 2010)
  • JCTP says Ok ang mga line up ng nissan (25 February 2010)
  • BOOGIECAT says We'll likely get the Sylphy Sedan which is not that bad(it will likely compete against the Cruze).The new gen Murano and Patrol is coming also this March courtesy of Universal Motors Corporation! (25 February 2010)
  • KRAM says bakit ang tagal bago dumating sa pilipinas ng mga bagong nissan?! the current sentra sa U.S. was launched nung 2007 pa (it had a midcycle change last year). the new x-trail was launched 2 years ago. kung ipaparating ang mga ito sa tin at this time, we'll wait na naman for a new version. (25 February 2010)
  • CL says hmm....ou nga puna ko rin un KRAM atlis ngayon nababago na ng konti dba... hmm mabangit ko lng curious lng aku kelan kea ilalabas ung bagong Urvan? (25 February 2010)
  • AA says How come 2L variant only for Sentra?? Unless they plan to sell it really cheap, I dont think it can compete with the current 2L cars from its competitors. (25 February 2010)
  • ala lang akong magawa says anu yan panglaban sa chery eastar kung binabaan ang presyu mulala tong AA na to sura ng sentra mukang t*ng* lang ahh gaya gaya sa cadilac hahahahah!!!! (25 February 2010)
  • FR says Finally.. new sentra to replace your taxi at the garage :D. (25 February 2010)
  • Juan Miguel Mendoza says wla bang sport variant, ok na sana kaso lng wlang sporty variant. i still prefer civic and lancer and lancer EX. (25 February 2010)
  • goldcrow says Finally a replacement to the age-old sentra! In fairness, it looks decent, would look better with bodykits I'm sure. Problem is, they can't compete in sales against the altis and civic if they won't release one with a smaller displacement. If they can just release the Pathfinder, they can compete on equal footing already. (25 February 2010)
  • arville says Hmmm... I love their a.c, but.. Overall? I'll stick to Civic. (25 February 2010)
  • maranello_5775 says It looks like the 2nd gen prius especially at front at rear when you squint hard (25 February 2010)
  • Anonymouse says Just like the upcoming X-Trail, this is two years too late. GISING, NISSAN PHILIPPINES! How can you hope to compete with the likes of Toyota and Honda if you keep coming out with products that are hopelessly old already?! Napag-iiwanan na kayo ng Korean brands! (25 February 2010)
  • suv says daming inilalabas na bagong sasakyan ang Nissan ngayong 2010 pero parang mahirapan na silang humabol dami nang magaganda from other manufacturers (26 February 2010)
  • Leopaul says Back in the game! (26 February 2010)
  • CL says Anonymouse is right panu ba naman hahabol ang nissan kung mga nilalabas nila d2 sa pinas dalawang taon na, dapat pagkalabas sa ibang bansa dapat kasabay din ilalabas d2 sa pinas tulad ng patrol......... baka nissan maunahan pa kayu ng kia ung kia dami na ring nilabas na bagong models ng kotse latest pa hindi dalawang taon....^_^ (26 February 2010)
  • m0nk says like this new sentra compared to the current one (26 February 2010)
  • Pooty says Sa wakas! :) Go Nissan! (26 February 2010)
  • WOW says LOOK AT THE EDITOR'S NOTE. PUNK'D! (26 February 2010)
  • Roger says Wala nman kaarte arte ang bagong nissan parang luma na kung gusto nilang humabol sa sales nila gandahan nila ang design para hinde mag atubiling bibili ang mga customer parang tinatamad ang mga designer nila kulang yata ang bayad....... (26 February 2010)
  • grt says @ goldcrow. i agree. they should release the pathfinder! (26 February 2010)
  • aeronTGco says Why ngayon lang nila to ilalabas? Sa ibang bansa ung bagong X-Trail nung 2007 pa linabas, tapos ung Sentra rin 2007 pa. (26 February 2010)
  • voksy says Nissan design? Mukhang decades behind sa ibang cars! Wake-up Nissan... lol (26 February 2010)
  • BOOGIECAT says Ang daming reklamo eh di naman kayo bibili ng Nissan! (26 February 2010)
  • aiwa says tama si BOOGIECAT hahahaha ou nga naman reklamo kayu ng reklamo bakit bibili ba kayu nyan o kali man may pambili ba kayu nyan? hahahah!!! (26 February 2010)
  • suv says yun nga eh di nga bibili pero makakapulot ng inputs ang mga gustong bumili sa mga comments (26 February 2010)
  • aiwa says asa kapa suv hahahahah (26 February 2010)
  • Roy Eusebio says sa wakas!!! (26 February 2010)
  • Car_Lover says I hope This news is true... It looks so sleek, I just arrive from US, and I saw thiscar there, actually its one of their best seller in US, it completely ,looks like Altima... Its bigger and macho... hahaha.. Cheers to Nissan Motors, if you can bring this car... This is really a good car, and daming ganyan sa US. I saw Murano also in US, pero the old one is better, yung bago ngayon, cannot compete with CX-9, kasi kamukha ng new Murano ang face ng outlander... (26 February 2010)
  • BOOGIECAT says suv wala namang katuturan ang ibang posts dito.Panay reklamo lang na wala sa lugar.Pasalamat kayo at naglabas ulit ng bagong products ang Nissan rito sa Philippines! (26 February 2010)
  • suv says in fairness, may maganda rin namang nissan, yung murano, i like the black one na nakikita ko dito sa aming lugar sa aprika (27 February 2010)
  • hopeless says Lagi namang delayed ang release dito sa Pilipinas. Parang nung unang dalhin dito ang Nissan X-trail at Mitsubishi Outlander, 2 years delayed rin compared sa U.S. (27 February 2010)
  • AA says Compared w/ other brands, this looks plain. Although this looks way better than the current sentra we have... (27 February 2010)
  • zed says parang prius... (27 February 2010)
  • randi says Looks like a baby Teana. More over, it also has a resemblance on the Prius or the Cadillac CTS. Is there a new Altima released in the local market? I do hope so. (27 February 2010)
  • stongchef says ok naman ang nissan tahimik ang makina malaks ang aircon at yung pathfinder at xtrail nila ok din kaya lang parang ang hina naman ng mga designer nila alang kalatoy-latoy ang dating compare sa mga design ng honda talaga namang maatract kang tumingin kahit anong latest model nila at saka mabilis ang improvement ng mga makina nila tama ba ako oh hindi just saying (27 February 2010)
  • BOOGIECAT says Mas pangit ang style ng cars ng Honda..Look at the Accord at City,gayahin ba naman ang BMW pero SABLAY NAMAN!!And the Insight,CRV and CRZ looks AWFUL!AFAIK Nissan just improved its designs a bit and concentrated on improving the style and build quality ng interiors ng cars nila which is a great move! (27 February 2010)
  • fiesta says keeps getting worse.. (27 February 2010)
  • southboy says improve the design of the x-trail pref. like a murano and it will be a sure hit! (27 February 2010)
  • hhhhhhmmmmmmm says "Mas pangit ang style ng cars ng Honda..Look at the Accord at City,gayahin ba naman ang BMW pero SABLAY NAMAN!!And the Insight,CRV and CRZ looks AWFUL!AFAIK Nissan just improved its designs a bit and concentrated on improving the style and build quality ng interiors ng cars nila which is a great move!" - bakit ka ba laging mainit sa Honda? huwag ka na magsalita lalo na kung ang panlaban mo ay sobrang talunan na! (27 February 2010)
  • dcyy77 says sana naman mag isip ang nissan phils. na maglabas sila ng estate na pangtapat sa commuter ng toyota.im sure it sells like an hot cake kasi palpak yung d4d ng toyota.para may ibang choice kami na nasa van 4 hire business.go nissan...dont wait for 2 year! (27 February 2010)
  • arville says Yes thats true, these version are all old model. (28 February 2010)
  • BOOGIECAT says Pasalamat kayo at naglabas pa rito ang Nissan nang bago cars.Heck yang Honda panay taas nang taas nang presyo every year eh panis naman ang products nila.Dahilin nila dito ang Honda Freed at iba pa.. (28 February 2010)
  • stongchef says @boogiecat every 3years bago maglabas ang honda ng new models nila if im not mistaken and every year may mga inilalagay silang bagong improvement sa kanilang mga cars that means nagpoprogress sila correct me if im wrong please dont be bias ciaoo (28 February 2010)
  • BOOGIECAT says I don't care about Honda na laging nagtataas ng presyo at limited masyado ang lineup nila rito(sheesh we need the Freed and Stream here not the boring CRV and that failed wannabe BMW 7-Series Accord).Mabuti pa ang Nissan eh marami silang products which is great! (28 February 2010)
  • AA says Although the design is not as radical as its competitors, im sure the conservative design will attract some buyers. (28 February 2010)
  • fiesta says @boogiecat: would you prefer buying that all-new sentra to a honda civic? (28 February 2010)
  • AA says Is it true na hindi ito ung ilalabas na sentra dito? What we'll be getting is the JDM sylphy... another wrong move... (28 February 2010)
  • keithdb says bkit hinde yung nissan cube ang ilabas nila dito? (28 February 2010)
  • stongchef says @boogiecat bias why do you think honda is increasing prices think harder s***pid i`ll give you choices A) improvements B)quality C)patronage D)all of the above (28 February 2010)
  • Roger says Sana ilabas dito nang nissan ang 2.5L SE-R malakas yun 200hp usok ang kakainin nila...... (28 February 2010)
  • fiesta says @strongchef: cheers bro..maybe he's jealous of honda being successful in the automotive market. (28 February 2010)
  • BOOGIECAT says stongchef mas stup!d ka dahil Honda fanbot ka na panay reklamo di mo alam na manloloko ang HCPI!Walang maiingit sa Honda dahil mas sikat parin ang Toyota at Mitsubishi rito at saka limited masyado ang products ng HCPI.Mabuti pa ang Nissan ang dami nilang products! (28 February 2010)
  • stongchef says @Boogiecat if a product is not selling well of course you tend to sell it in a much lower price compare to its competitors bargain ika nga now if your product is being patronize by a lot people of course prices are bit higher law of supply and demand peace bro saluti!!!! (01 March 2010)
  • Bob says Alam nyo kung bakit nagtaas ang presyo ang Honda... kasi kakaunti lang ang supply na dumadating ngayon. Tulad ng avanza grabe pila, tumataas presyo. Ngayon wala ng free insurance ang Avanza, naubos nung december. Yung mga katulad ng nissan na nilalangaw syempre wala silang karapatan mag taas, pano pa sila bebenta? hahaha (01 March 2010)
  • stongchef says correct ka dyan peace bro saluti!!!!!!!!!! (01 March 2010)
  • hhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmm says @ boogiecat: wag ka na lang magsalita kung wala namang basehan ang mga sinasabi mo. trasher ka na masyado. di na kami natutuwa sa iyo. wala kang kwenta kausap. kung gusto mo ng freed, dun ka sa japan. lahat ng honda models nandun. dun ka na lang sa japan. ang gulo mo eh! (01 March 2010)
  • suv says oo nga naman @boogiecat wag ganun mukhang talamak ang pagnguya mo ng sili, anghang mong magsalita (01 March 2010)
  • BOOGIECAT says hhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mas BUGOK KA!..May Freed kaya sa Indonesia na puwedeng dalhin dito.Pero guess what ayaw ng HCPI dahil di daw bebenta ang BORING na CRV!.HCPI is just FOOLING us!Mas okay parin ang Nissan! (01 March 2010)
  • AA says Theres talk that its the Sylphy that will be the next Sentra and not he usdm one featured here. How true is that? Huwag naman sana. It may look plain but I like this a lot more than the sylphy, which looks like a facelifted version of the current sentra here.... (01 March 2010)
  • emo says what's so boring about honda crv boogiecat?maybe the wait for you to earn enough money to buy a crv is boring..ahahahah! (02 March 2010)
  • honda says sana ung nissan rogue nlang ilabas nila kesa ung x-trail na prang refresh model lng..pra mkasbay sa global trend ng nissan.. and mas mganda ung rogue icompete sa crv,rav4,outlander,cx7 (02 March 2010)
  • AA says I just read in an article in the Manila Times website that its the North American Sentra that will be released here, not he Sylphy. Buti naman. Although the deign is a little plain, its kinda growing on me. i like the 350Zesque headlight. (02 March 2010)
  • BOOGIECAT says emo mura lang yang LAME MONG CRV,heck mas mahal pa ang cars ko kaysa sa LAME MONG CRV!!!Common nayan at for sure talo yan nang mas okay na new generation Nissan X-Trail!!Its a great thing na yung USDM Nissan Sentra ang dadalihin dito,6 Speed Manual at 6 Speed Automatic CVT variants ang lalabas dito..Grabe PANIS ang competition!! (02 March 2010)
  • John Martin C. Balinghasay says the USDM sentra is already a weak vehicle even when it was released new last 2007. It was the last among 6 compact cars behind the corolla, civic, mazda3 and even the elantra despite its 6 speed transmissions which was actually one of its many weak points. See caranddriver.com comparisons 2007 (03 March 2010)
  • hhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm says @ boogiecat: mahilig ka talaga mang-asar ng Honda vehicle owners noh. sinabi ko na dun ka na lang sa japan dahil nandun lahat ng Honda models. wala naman sa Indonesia lahat. gulo mong kausap. saka ano naman kung mas mahal ang mga ***** mo? volvo nga na mahal, nagpa-recall eh. sana lahat ng sasakyan mo ay ipa-recall. yung sayo lang. =p (03 March 2010)
  • RUPERT says @boogiecat oo talagang mapapanis kasi panis na yang xtrail mo at sentra dalawag taon na? yack! talagang panis biruin mo bat pa nila dadalhin d2 ehh kung dalawang taon na! mas lalo pang mapapanis kasi lumabas na ang 2010 na model ng CIVIC!! hahahahaha!!! (03 March 2010)
  • emo says sir boogiecat..CRV being common simply means the success of honda.new generation xtrail?i've seen it and even though the crv is 3years older.it is still better looking than your box type crossover(xtrail). (03 March 2010)
  • stongchef says @BOOGIECAT walang kakampi talagang panis late model na kasi !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (03 March 2010)
  • BOOGIECAT says Stongchef at emo tanggapin nyo na PANIS NA ang Honda CRV at Civic dahil parating na ang mas maganda na Nissan X-Trail at USDM Sentra!..Its better late than never ika nga! (03 March 2010)
  • Macstar1 says Had a chance to ride this model way back 2007 at LA . . . I'm not sure kung nasanay lang ako na malalaki ang mga oto roon, or maliit lang talaga at underpowered ang model na ito. (04 March 2010)
  • RUPERT says cge lng boogiecat umasa kapa tignan mo wala ring magagawa kasi panis na nga yang sentra at Xtrail! kung may mapapanis yang xtrail mo at sentra! hahahahahahahahaha!!!!!! (07 March 2010)
  • Gerry_1 says Sa mga taong nag mamahal ng Civic, open your eyes, buksan nyo ang hood, obvious na ang pangit ng quality, tinanggalan na ang mga insulator, so puro panglabas, pero ang loob parang may sakit.... I think the New Sentra, really came from US, kasi this was bought by my brother, and this is the new generation, yung sinasabi nyo na yr-2007 honeycomb pa ang grill.... (07 March 2010)
  • emo says mas okay na ung insulator lang problema mo kesa buong kotse.performancewise mas nakakaangat ang civic.. =P (07 March 2010)
  • SE-R says civic ang mahal mahal pero insulator lang sa hood and trunk wala pa... (07 March 2010)
  • duds says masyadong old fashion design ng mga nissan. (11 March 2010)
  • bella says sobrang boring ang design ng new nissan sentra, parang pang taxi ang design. makabili nga pang taxi ko. hehe he!charot!naiwanan na talaga sila ng hyundai. (11 March 2010)
  • toby says sa wakas!!!!!! tma ung mga ngcocomment nissan takbo na!!!!! ang daming mggandang kotse ng nissan sa ibang bansa tpos d2 pro mg abulok 2lad n lng ng nissan sentra n toh tgal tgal n toh sa ibang bansa d2 wla pa pati sports ata wla pa rin (16 March 2010)
  • AA says This car's dimensions are bigger than the current Altis, Civic and Lancer. It may look plain and simple but I think this will sell well here. Its conservative styling does not have that polarizing effect other cars have. (18 March 2010)
  • anna says i heard nissan will be launching soon the newest patrol..this time hindi na lumang version yung ila-launch (19 March 2010)
  • Gerry_1 says Patrol ba??? tignan natin ang price... baka si Manny V & P. lang ang kayang bumili.. Kahit same year pa nilabas kung O.A naman ang presyo eh dibale nalang. I agree with Toby, Its time for Nissan to shine, basta nung nakita ko sa US yung bagong Sentra, ang ganda and it is big. Hindi Boring and design... I may say... its sophisticated. (19 March 2010)
  • dingchavez says I am a Nissan Sentra owner. I have had no problem with my unit but the after sales service of Nissan dealers (Nissan Gallery Ortigas in particular) needs to be improved ten-fold. If Nissan is pushing for sales growth, they should improve their service and customer support. (15 April 2010)
  • PA DDY CULLEN says need help to service my super Nissan Sentra that has one nasty 'achilles heel" - the air flow meter.... it wasn't enough to just replace this high tech piece of sh...t at $632 .00 Canadian .... my embarassed Vietnamese nice dude) mechanic bought me a used one at $260 US - but it still chunged and spit spuratically...( never knew when it would happen ) - but always engine hot after at least 50 kms running/ He worked out in a new temperature modulator in the engine block and for 2 months it run perfect. Then the chugging returned but only every three days or so/. It is stopped by merely shutting off the engine for 3 sec. But now it's almost everyday...I am buying a US replacement piece for $123 US and I hope it will solve the problem. At worst, I'll have a new part that is significant and if the chugging continues - this major domain is out of mind/ I hope once the new flow meter is calibrated I can forget about anymore serious electronic disease with my Sentra/ I wish Japanese designers would go the way of simplifying their engines so that Mr. Nissan dealer doesn't have his 1st option as " Let's replace the computer " ( over a thousand dollar decision...this happened to me here in Canada's capitol, Ottawa. In the ART of ZEN maintaince, all these greedy Nisson dealer bastards are going straight to the animal Bardo ...where they belong and will learn their lessons of generosity, compassion and selflessness. (20 April 2010)
  • nissan shift the past says bulok nmn nyan luma na yan matagal ng inilabas yan sa ibang bansa. yung may-ari ng nissan phil ang bobo nyo. kya kaya naunahan sa sales ng made in korea na mga brand ang BOBO nyo. swerte nyo may UMC navara kayong naproduce. kung ndi lagpak tlga sales nyo. (23 April 2010)
  • kier says nissan cars always suit your needs (27 April 2010)
  • lemor says new sentra d maganda outside apperance saka ang mahal mukhang cheap p (22 May 2010)

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