Nissan Motor Company
Nissan (In Japanese: 日産自動車株式会社; Nissan Jidōsha Kabushikigaisha) is a company from Japan that makes vehicles, including automobiles, trucks, and buses. In the United States it was previously called Datsun.
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Native name | 日産自動車株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Nissan Jidōsha Kabushiki-gaisha |
Type | Public (K.K.) |
Industry | Automotive |
Founded | 26 December 1933 (under Nissan Group)[1][2] |
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Headquarters | , USA |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Products | Automobiles, luxury vehicles, commercial vehicles, outboard motors, forklift trucks |
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Owner | Renault S.A. (43.4%) |
Number of employees | 142,925 (consolidated, March, 2014)[6] |
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Subsidiaries | List
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Website | www |
Nissan makes cars under its own name, while its luxury cars have the brand Infiniti. In 1999, it made a partnership with Renault of France, and was joined by Mitsubishi Motors in 2016.[7]
Vehicles

The Nissan Altima is a sedan

The Nissan Quest is a minivan
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The Nissan Leaf is the world's best-selling all-electric car
A partial list:
- Nissan 240SX
- Nissan 300ZX
- Nissan Altima
- Nissan Bluebird
- Nissan Cube
- Nissan Juke
- Nissan Leaf
- Nissan Maxima
- Nissan Micra
- Nissan Note
- Nissan Pathfinder
- Nissan Primera
- Nissan Pulsar
- Nissan Qashqai
- Nissan Quest
- Nissan Rogue
- Nissan Sentra
- Nissan Skyline
- Nissan Stanza
- Nissan Terrano II
- Nissan Versa
- Nissan X-trail
- Nissan Xterra
- Nissan Z
References
- "Brief History of Nissan Motor Company". Brief History of Nissan Motor Company. Archived from the original on 9 May 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- "History of Nissan Motors". National Science Museum of Japan. National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- "Masujiro Hashimoto". Japan Automobile Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- "Nissan Production, Sales and Export Results for December 2016 and Calendar Year 2016". Nissan. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- "FY2014 Consolidated Financial Results" (PDF). Nissan. 13 May 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- "Outline of company". June 2013. Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- Jie, Ma (2016-10-20). "Nissan Seals $2.3 Billion Mitsubishi Motors Stake Deal". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
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