Dubai - United Arab Emirates: Once again, the Nissan Urvan has proven itself to be Nissan's most successful light commercial vehicle in the region by exceeding last year's recorded sales for the period of April to August 2008. Significant growth in Urvan sales has been gained within the GCC market, especially in the UAE and the Qatari markets with 16 percent and 60 percent growth respectively over the same period.
"The new Urvan is conceived from the ground up to be a hardworking business partner that can be relied on", commented Ibrahim Abou Samra, Head, Light Commercial Vehicle Business Unit at Nissan Middle East FZE. "Year after year, the Urvan gets the job done reliably and with remarkable economy, both in terms of fuel consumption and maintenance costs", he said.
The Nissan Urvan boasts unique features, such as the high performance A/C, added to the high quality ambience as well as the roominess of the compartment, provides passengers with the feeling of top quality comfort, flexibility, convenience, real world safety and better performance than its competitors. It is the ideal business partner for transporting passengers and cargo in superior comfort, cost-efficiency and convenience.
"Whether it's the van or microbus configuration, the Urvan's appealing exterior and roomy, highly functional interior offers our customers true reliability with maximum ease of use. We anticipate the Urvan to continuously break sales records across our region", added Mr. Abou Samra.
Nissan's light commercial vehicle range offers a complete model line up to suit all businesses and includes the Urvan passenger microbus, the Urvan vans (both of which come in high or standard roof models, with the choice of diesel & gasoline engines), the Civilian buses and the famous single and double-cab Pickup that offer a premium choice to entrepreneurs and individuals alike.
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For more information you can visit the Nissan Media Channel through www.nissan-me.com or contact:
Hakam Kherallah
Senior Manager
Corporate Communications Department
Nissan Middle East FZE
Tel: +971 4 881 7500
Fax: +971 4 881 9747
Vivian Hawat
TBWA/RAAD Middle East
Tel: + 971 4 425 8800 ext. 8976
E-mail: vivian.hawat@tbwaraad.com
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