OREANDA-NEWS. September 11, 2015. Currently, 40% of cars of Datsun brand are sold in the framework of retail lending Datsun Finance, which was designed to provide additional features and greater convenience for the purchase of a car of Japanese brand. The agency "AUTOSTAT" was informed by the director of Datsun in Russia, Dmitry Busurkin, by noting that the basic attributes of the program are light-CASCO insurance as a gift, extended warranty and credit insurance.

At the end of eight months of 2015 Datsun sales in the Russian market were 23,367 vehicles. The market share of the Japanese brand in the reporting period reached 2.2%. Since the start of sales Datsun develops actively its dealer network throughout the country: at the moment it was opened 60 dealerships and by the end of the year their number will reach 70 units.

Recall, the first went on sale sedan Datsun on-DO, which is now available at a price of 391 thousand rubles. The car is equipped with a 1.6-liter gasoline engine 8V with two options of power 82 hp and 87 hp and 5-speed manual transmission. In January-August of 2015 Russian dealers of Datsun sold 17599 sedans Datsun on-DO.

The second model Datsun for the Russian market, hatchback Datsun mi-DO, was delivered to dealerships at the beginning of March and as of the end of August it was sold 5768 of such cars. Hatchback costs from 447,000 rubles, but, in contrast to the on-DO sedan, it can be equipped with automatic transmission of the Japanese company Jatco. Under the bonnet of Datsun mi-DO it is installed the same 8-valve engine with a capacity of 1.6 liters, developing maximum output of 87 hp.