Amidst rumours surfacing of Japanese giant Nissan exiting the Indian market, which has been a key player since 2005, the company came forward and issued a statement that there are absolutely no plans to exit the Indian market. We recently covered in-depth, the marque’s global turnaround plans post the stepping down of the erstwhile CEO Makoto Uchida, who has been replaced by Ivan Espinosa. On the same trip, we drove the Nissan Z, the Nissan Qashqai, and the Nissan Note Aura e-POWER, the last being a series hybrid a.k.a a range-extender electric vehicle, do check out these reviews as some of these cars may even make it to India, at least in limited numbers.
As recently as in March 2025, Nissan teased a pair of new cars for the Indian market—an MPV and an SUV. The MPV will be a three-row model, while the SUV is expected to be a midsize SUV, sitting a segment above the popular Nissan Magnite. Speaking of the Nissan Magnite, it received a major update just last year, thoroughly revamping the interior and the features list to bring it in line with contemporary consumer demands. Nissan also plans to introduce a different C-Segment SUV in the near future.
Nissan India also reiterated its plans to turn India into an export hub for other countries, something multiple manufacturers have done successfully so far. On March 31, 2025, it was announced that the Renault Group would own 100 percent of Renault Nissan Automotive India Private Ltd (RNAIPL), by acquiring 51 percent of the shares currently being held by Nissan. In the same release, it was also revealed that Renault’s super-popular Twingo will get a Nissan-reengineered version though there’s little chance of that making it to the Indian market.
Even if we don’t get the Nissan version of the Renault Twingo, we are going to get a B-MPV and two C-SUVs which will increase Nissan’s presence in some of the most competitive segments of the market, so here’s to another 20 years of Nissan in India.
