Nissan

Nissan enters compact van market

Nissan unveiled its new NV200 compact commercial van Feb. 8 at the Chicago Auto Show. The NV200, which has an estimated 1,500-pound payload capacity, will be priced "substantially less" than competitive vans, said Joe Castelli, vice president for Nissan Commercial Vehicle and Fleet. "The U.S. commercial vehicle ...

By Jack Roberts Published February 8, 2012

Makes and Models 2012

Light- and medium-duty Class 1-6 Truck makers revamp lineups, debut new models in response to growing market The light-duty truck market isn’t seeing many changes for 2012, but the same can’t be said for the medium-duty truck makers, which are launching several new models and introducing big ...

By CCJ Staff Published November 1, 2011

Jack Roberts

A new take on an old concept Commercial vans making a comeback Fifty years ago, Ford revolutionized the commercial vehicle world with the debut of its Econoline commercial van. Granted, there were delivery vehicles before the Econoline; there even were full-blown delivery vans developed by now-defunct truck ...

By Jack Roberts Published May 1, 2011

Jack Roberts

One-trick pony? Not for Nissan NV just the start of company’s commercial plans in U.S. For all the talk about China these days, the good ol’ U.S.A. is still the market in which manufacturers around the globe want to compete. In fact, the U.S. economic engine is ...

By Jack Roberts Published February 13, 2011