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Nissan setting 50,000 US sales goal 4 upcoming Altima hybrid

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by Tideland Prius, Jun 7, 2005.

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    TOKYO - Nissan Motor Co. aims to sell 50,000 Altima hybrids a year in the United States, starting next year with U.S. production of the car.

    "That's the number we're looking at," says Tadao Takahashi, Nissan's executive vice president in charge of global manufacturing. "We'd like to catch up" with other automakers.


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    Note this little paragraph here

    "Nissan needs to sell at least 50,000 hybrid Altimas a year to help it meet U.S. standards for corporate average fuel economy, says Takaki Nakanishi, analyst at UBS Warburg (Japan) Ltd."

    is that the only reason Mr. Ghosn?
     
    #1 Tideland Prius, Jun 7, 2005
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