Fact About Nissan Motors

What you need to know about Nissan Motors.

Nissan Motors was founded in 1932 by Kenjiro, Rokuro Aoyama, Meitaro Takeuchi and Aikawa Yoshisuke. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The current president, CEO and co-chairman is Carlos Ghosn. Nissan employs over 185,000 people and society, the income of $ 88 billion in 2007. 44.4% of Nissan owns Renault SA, France from the year 2008, but were in an alliance together since 1999. Nissan vehicles manufactured before under the name Datsun. Nissan is the third largest producer in Japan and also produces Infiniti luxury vehicles.

Datsun first as a car manufacturer in 1914 and the Nissan was not used on the vehicles until the 1930s. Since the inception of the company, there is more than a handful of President and CEO of the company:

• 1933-1939 Yoshisuke Aikawa
• 1939-1942 Masasuke Murakami
• 1942-1944 Genshichi Asahara
• 1944-1945 Haruto Kudo
• 1945 Takeshi Murayama
• 1945-1947 Souji Yamamoto
• 1947-1951 Taichi Minoura
• 1951-1957 Genshichi Asahara
• 1957-1973 Katsuji Kawamata
• 1973-1977 Tadahiro Iwakoshi
• 1977-1985 Takashi Ishihara
• 1985-1992 Yutaka Kume
• 1992-1996 Yoshifumi Tsuji
• 1996-2000 Yoshikazu Hanawa
• 2000-present Carlos Ghosn

The President & CEO of Nissan helped the company to one of the best vehicles from the business world, and continues that tradition today. Nissan produces and sells sports cars, compact cars and heavy trucks for the collection in the world.

Nissan Pro-site, the company has tons of production sites around the world. You are in:

• Japan
- Oppama, Yokosuka, Kanagawa (Oppama Plant & Research Center)
- Kaminokawa, Tochigi (Tochigi Plant)
- Kanda, Fukuoka (Kyushu factory)
- Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa (Yokohama Plant)
- Iwaki, Fukushima (Iwaki Plant)
- Hiratsuka, Kanagawa (Nissan Shatai Shonan Plant)
- Nagoya, Aichi (Aichi Machine Industry Atsuta & Eitoku plants)
- Matsusaka, Mie (Aichi Machine Industry Matsusaka Plant)
- Tsu, Mie (Aichi Machine Industry Tsu Plant)
- Uji, Kyoto (Kyoto-Auto Works)
- Ageo, Saitama (Nissan Diesel Motor, which is currently in possession of the Volvo Group)
- Samukawa, Kanagawa (Nissan Kohki)
- Zama, Kanagawa (Zama plant in 1995, currently Global Production Engineering Center and the storage of its historical patterns)

• Brazil
- São José dos Pinhais, Parana

• Indonesia
- Cikampek, West Java

• Iran
- Karaj, Iran

• Malaysia
- Segambut, Kuala Lumpur
- Serendah, Selangor

• Mexico
- Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes
- Cuernavaca, Civac

• Philippines
- City of Santa Rosa, Laguna

• South Africa
- Rosslyn

• Spain
- Barcelona
- Ávila

• Thailand
- Bangna, Samutprakarn

• Taiwan
- Taipei

• United Kingdom
- Sunderland, North East

• United States
- Smyrna, Tennessee
- Canton, Mississippi
- Decherd, Tennessee

Nissan Motors plans to start selling electric cars in 2012 and has been to develop hybrid cars and hybrids, the engine of recent years. Nissan believes that the development of electric cars and the growing popularity of cars are also powered their commitment to implement. The idea for the company to an electric car company has the current president and CEO Carlos Ghosn.