Ghandhara Nissan

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The company Ghandhara Nissan is an automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer with headquarters in Karachi, Pakistan. The foundation was completed on August 8, 1981. The company is a joint venture of Bibojee Services ( Pvt.) Ltd.. with Nissan JIDOSHA K. K. and UD Nissan Diesel Motor Co., Ltd.. She was listed until 1992 under the legal form of a Private Limited Company. Nissan internally the acronym GNL is used for the Pakistani company. On the stock market as well as in many magazines, communities and fan bases, however, the informal abbreviation for GHNL prevailed. The company name is based on the satrapy of Gandhara from the Persian Empire,

You can find these two works of the manufacturer in the industrial area Port Muhammad Bin Qasim. The plants are located next to each other. The campus covers a total area of 32 373 square meters on the approximately 750 workers are employed. There has produced since the start of operations in 1985, up to 1,200 units a year for the local market.

The work at the plant was the production of the truck Nissan Diesel Condor. Shortly thereafter, finally started with the installation of supplied as Completely Built Up parts kits of the Nissan Bluebird and the Nissan Sunny. In 1987 held the new generations in Pakistan feeder. Although the Bluebird now struck with a sporty design, so this could not compete in the local market. Together with the Sun followed in 1990, the second generation. The successor to the Blue Bird came here at the Nissan Primera, who stood for election as an optional Sedan, Hatchback and Station Wagon. The design resembled this again very times that of the current Sunny.

In 1993, the work with the Nissan Diesel Space Arrow for the first time a city bus in the offer and thus competes against models like the Hyundai County. The model range of the trucks was increased, so has since the Nissan Diesel Big Thumb available in different model versions. The sales of the Primera was instead under the expected value had become a shop keeper. Accordingly, should the Nissan Cefiro, which was able to hold in the other Asian countries, succeed. In 1994 this finally came in the current generation to the market. The previous generation which had only existed as an import vehicle from Thailand. By late year of 1997, you needed to mount the remaining kits of the Primera, so low was the demand for the model. Coinciding with the Sunny, which was again repeatedly replaced by a new generation, this disappeared from the market. Thus, the Cefiro now officially joined the successor to, which then had to give its new generation itself is already in the following year.

Since 2002 also rolls into the work and the Land Rover Defender in the execution of 90, either as a hard or soft top, from the band. Similarly, the model variant 110 is constructed here as a so-called hard top. The 130 Double Cab, however, is a pickup truck with double cabin, making it the first being settled in the commercial vehicle sector car model of the Pakistani manufacturer. Client for the assembly of the English SUV model is based in Islamabad Sigma Motors ( Pvt.) Ltd.. , Which is since 1994 the general importer of Land Rover brand in Pakistan.

The last and still current generation of car models Cefiro and Sunny came in 2003 on the market. Under an order of the Chevrolet dealer Nexus Automotive ( Pvt.) Ltd.. began in the same year the assembly of Chevrolet Exclusive for the Pakistani market. This Chevrolet started its operation in Pakistan after twenty-six -year-old absence again.

At the same time a modernization and expansion of the work, which lasted until 2005 in began. After construction of the plants, the installation of the Nissan Patrol and Nissan X-Trail began. Originally produced here actually the Renault Logan. It was planned annual production of 15,000 vehicles. However, despite the assurances of government support, there was no agreement. The Exclusive enclosed was a sister model under the name Chevrolet Joy. This is partly manufactured in Pakistan and sparked the Exclusive two years later completely off. Then there was a facelift, which is to replace the previous model in the coming months in the summer of 2011.

Since January 2009, is the assembly of passenger cars in the Pakistani work of Ghandhara Nissan Limited the direct supervision of Japanese engineers and technicians. Looking back on the failed negotiations with Renault in July 2005 was finally in late 2009 announced the production of the Renault Laguna incorporated into a new plant by 2012. This then should a majority of coming from Asia Orders are covered.

Model Overview

Nissan Sunny 1985-1987

UD Nissan Diesel Condor 1985 to 1993

Nissan Bluebird 1987-1990

Nissan Sunny 1987-1990

Nissan Primera 1990-1997

Nissan Sunny 1990-1997

UD Nissan Diesel Condor since 1993

Nissan Cefiro 1994-1998

Nissan Diesel UD Big Thumb since 1995

Nissan Sunny 1997-2003

Nissan Cefiro 1998-2003

Land Rover Defender since 2002

Chevrolet Exclusive 2003-2007 Chevrolet Joy 2005-2011

Nissan Cefiro since 2003

Nissan Sunny since 2003

Nissan Patrol since 2005

Nissan X-Trail since 2005

Chevrolet Joy since 2011

Renault Laguna since 2012