Ghandhara Nissan Limited () is a Pakistani

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manufacturer based in

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, Pakistan established in 1981.Company profile of Ghandhara Nissan Limited on Financial Times (UK business website)
Published 31 December 2018, Retrieved 6 May 2019 Ghandhara Nissan is the authorized assembler and manufacturer of

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, JAC and

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vehicles in Pakistan.

History

Ghandara Nissan was incorporated in 1981 for the

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of completely built-up (CBU)

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in Pakistan. In 1992, it became a publicly listed company on the

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. Ghandhara Nissan has a technical assistance agreement with

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and a joint venture agreement with

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for the progressive assembly of passenger vehicles, light commercial vehicles and heavy duty vehicles. Ghandhara Nissan's manufacturing and assembly plant which has a capacity of 6,000 cars per year, is located at

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, Karachi. Ghandhara Nissan forms one of several companies of Bibojee Services. In 2016,

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announced to start assembling cars in Pakistan by 2018 in collaboration with Ghandhara Nissan.Renault to start assembling cars in Pakistan by 2018, says Board of Investment
Dawn (newspaper), Published 3 November 2016, Retrieved 6 May 2019 but suspended further talks with Ghandhara Nissan and collaborated with new partner

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of United Arab Emirates (UAE). In March 2018, Nissan signed a manufacturing and licensing agreement with Ghandhara Nissan to begin local production of Datsun models.

Products

Nissan Motor

Nissan Cars

''(Nissan magnite and Nissan sunny and Nissan patrol and Nissan kicks and Nissan micra coming soon)''

Chery

* Chery Tiggo 4 Pro * Chery Tiggo 8 Pro

Commercial Vehicles

Dongfeng Trucks

As of 2015, it was hoped that

trucks would be able to carve out a big share in the Pakistani market for trucks due to Pak-China Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects. Pakistan is also witnessing an increased demand in heavy trucks due to CPEC and relative improvement in the country's security situation. *

DF210 (4x2) *

DF230 (4x2) *

DF260 (6x4) *

DF280 (6x4) *

DF340 (6x4) *

DF375 (6x4)/(8x4) * Realing M * Captain C

Renault Trucks

* D-280 ''(Medium Truck)'' * C-380 ''(Medium-Heavy Truck)'' * K-380 ''(Heavy Truck)''

JAC Motors

* X200 ''(Light-Medium Truck)''
1020K ''(Medium Truck)''

1042K ''(Medium Truck)''
* T6 ''(Double Cab Pickup)'' ''(Coming soon)''

References

External links

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Nissan Motor Company
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