Honda and Nissan aiming to regain registered vehicle sales in Japan Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda) and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd (Nissan) are aiming to increase their share in the sales of vehicles with engine displacement larger than 660 cc (registered vehicles) in Japan. The sales of the Honda N-Box and the Nissan Dayz, both of which are mini vehicles (vehicles with engine displacements below 660 cc), have been relatively strong. However, the regist...

News  Updated at: 2021/07/07

sible for the welding process of press parts produced at the Kamiishizu Plant in Ogaki City, Gifu Prefecture. Although the company is an affiliate supplier of Honda, business with automakers other than Honda is expanding. Most recently, it received orders for components for new models of the Nissan Dayz and Roox, and the Mitsubishi eK, and eK Space. Although domestic sales to Nissan and Mitsubishi are currently just over 10% of Marujun’s total ...

News  Updated at: 2020/07/10

Nissan Roox and Roox Highway Star, as well as the Mitsubishi eKX (Cross) Space and eKSpace. The hybrid system charges the SCiB LIB, using electricity generated from kinetic energy during deceleration, to drive a motor that assists the engine. The SCiB LIB has previously been adopted for the Nissan Dayz and Days Highway Star, as well as the Mitsubishi eK X (cross) and eK Wagon released in March 2019. (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun...

News  Updated at: 2020/03/25

Nissan to launch all-new Roox minivehicle in Japan On Feb. 25, 2020, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. announced the all-new Roox, super-height minivehicle, will go on sale in Japan on March 19. Nissan planned and developed the new Roox under the management of NMKV, a joint venture of Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors. Customers have bought about 612,000 units of the previous iteration of the model, named the Dayz Roox, since the first generation went on sale in...

News  Updated at: 2020/02/25

riod since records began in 2015 (2016 for mini vehicles). Electrified vehicles accounted for 25.9% of the total passenger car sales, up 1.8 percentage points y/y. Sales of mini hybrid vehicles increased substantially due to effects from the launches of hybrid variants of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.’s Dayz and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation’s eK series in March. Meanwhile, sales of electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHVs) posted a ...

News  Updated at: 2019/10/08

estricted conditions, will be commercialized in Japan this summer. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (Nissan), for the first time, adopted its ProPILOT, which automatically controls accelerators, brakes, and steering systems, for its Serena in Japan in 2016. Nissan installed a Level 2 autonomous system in its Dayz mini passenger car for the first time in March, making steady progress. As for Level 3 autonomous driving, Audi AG’s A8 equipped with a Level 3...

News  Updated at: 2019/06/21

ping technology and heat treatment technology with Nippon Steel Corporation’s gas nitrocarburizing steel plate technology. The newly developed damper plate is used in the Jatco CVT-S, a new CVT dedicated for use in mini vehicles supplied by Jatco Ltd. Jatco supplies the CVT for the all-new Nissan Dayz released in March 2019 and Mitsubishi Motor’s all-new eK Wagon and eK X (cross). (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on May 20, 2019...

News  Updated at: 2019/05/20

iver assistance technology is increasing. Initially after the release of the Nissan Serena and X-Trail, which offer the ProPILOT as an option, their ProPILOT installation ratio was 40%. Now it is 50% and 70% respectively. Based on these high ratios, Nissan decided to install ProPILOT in its all-new Dayz mini passenger car released at the end of March. It is assumed that ProPILOT has been gaining popularity by word of mouth, according to Asako Hos...

News  Updated at: 2019/05/09

Toshiba’s LiB adopted for mild hybrid systems of Dayz and eK mini vehicles On May 7 Toshiba Corp. (Toshiba) announced that its lithium-ion batteries (LiB) have been adopted for the mild hybrid systems of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.’s Dayz and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation’s eK mini vehicles. The Dayz is Nissan’s first to adopt Toshiba’s LiB. Calsonic Kansei Corporation will supply regenerative storage battery systems having Toshiba’s cells...

News  Updated at: 2019/05/08

Sumitomo Rubber’s Enasave tires adopted for all-new Nissan Dayz Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. (Sumitomo Rubber) announced that its Enasave EC300+ tires have been selected as original equipment for Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.’s all-new Dayz mini passenger car that was released on March 28 in Japan. Enasave EC300+ tires have also been mounted on the eK series of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, which produces the Nissan Dayz. (From an article in th...

News  Updated at: 2019/04/23

Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors launch all-new minivehicles in Japan On March 28, 2019, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation announced that the companies launched the all-new Nissan Dayz and Mitsubishi eK Wagon in Japan. Planning and development management of the all-new minivehicles have been the responsibility of NMKV, a joint venture of Nissan Motor and Mitsubishi Motors. With all-new platforms, engines, CVTs and other major c...

News  Updated at: 2019/03/28

Mitsubishi Motors to double parts procurement from local suppliers in Okayama, Japan Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (Mitsubishi Motors) revealed an estimation that the amount of parts procurement from suppliers in Okayama Prefecture for FY 2019 will increase approximately twice from the FY 2018 level, along with the start of production of the all-new Dayz and eK wagon mini vehicles, which will be launched by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Mitsubishi M...

News  Updated at: 2019/03/20

Nissan and Mitsubishi adopt new process to make prototypes on mass production lines for better productivity and quality Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (Nissan) and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (Mitsubishi Motors) have started trial production of the all-new Dayz and eK Wagon mini vehicles on their mass production lines in order to attain high productivity and quality immediately after the launch of mass production. The new Dayz and eK wagon are schedule...

News  Updated at: 2019/03/18

Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors to launch all-new minivehicles in Japan On March 14, 2019, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation announced that the companies will introduce four all-new minivehicles in Japan through their joint venture. Production of the all-new Nissan Dayz, Nissan Dayz Highway STAR, Mitsubishi eK Wagon and Mitsubishi eK X began on March 14 at Mitsubishi's Mizushima Plant in Kurashiki, Japan. NMKV, a joint ventur...

News  Updated at: 2019/03/15

Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors to install ProPilot on redesigned mini vehicle models Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (Nissan)’s ProPILOT semiautonomous driver support system will be featured on new mini vehicle models jointly developed by Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (Mitsubishi Motors). The system will be employed by the fully-redesigned Nissan Dayz and Mitsubishi eK Wagon scheduled for launch at the end of March 2019. In order to expand sale...

News  Updated at: 2019/01/25

Honda N-Box dominates new car sales rankings for 2018 On January 10 the Japan Automobile Dealers Association and the Japan Light Motor Vehicle and Motorcycle Association released new vehicle sales data for 2018 by model name. According to the data, Honda N-Box took the top spot for the second successive year. Suzuki Spacia came in second and Nissan Dayz was ranked third. Mini vehicles with an engine displacement below 660 cc ranked high in the ov...

News  Updated at: 2019/01/11

Mini cars take top three spots in July new vehicles sales rankings Honda’s N-Box mini vehicle (vehicle with an engine displacement of less than 660 cc) took the top spot in the by model July new vehicle sales rankings in Japan. The N-Box was followed by the Suzuki Spacia and the Nissan Dayz, with mini vehicles coming in the top three. The number of models with engine displacements over 660 cc in the top ten list increased by one from four in Ju...

News  Updated at: 2018/08/07

icle models and four larger automobile models, remained unchanged from the previous month, sales of mini vehicles seemed to be gathering momentum. Sales of the Move more than doubled on a year-over-year basis, while sales of other mini vehicles also substantially rose: a 30% increase for the Nissan Dayz, a 60% increase for the Suzuki Wagon R, and a 70% increase for the Daihatsu Mira. (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on September 7, ...

News  Updated at: 2017/09/07

t sales was slight as its car sales remained favorable in the U.S., China and Western Europe despite suspension of sales of mini vehicles in Japan and a downturn in sales in emerging markets. Nissan's unit sales in Japan were 90,000 units, a 25.4% decrease y/y, due to the suspension of sales of the Dayz and Dayz Roox mini vehicles. As a result, the company's market share dropped below 10% to 8.3%, a decrease of 2.7 points y/y. Nissan's overall bu...

News  Updated at: 2016/07/28

top-selling model for the first time in three years. The Prius, which was fully redesigned last December, took a strong lead by a large margin of almost 50,000 units. The Honda N-Box ranked second for the second year in a row. The Toyota Aqua ranked third, down from last year's top spot. The Nissan Dayz, whose sales ranked fifth and fourth in the first half of 2014 and 2015 respectively, was affected by a fuel economy scandal, and fell down to ni...

News  Updated at: 2016/07/07