General Motors To Sell Van Made By Nissan

[Larry Cobb]

DETROIT (AP) — Nissan Motor Co. and General Motors Co. have signed a deal for Nissan to build small commercial vans that GM will sell in the U.S. and Canada, the companies said Tuesday.


The vans will be based on the Nissan NV200 and will be sold at Chevrolet dealers starting in the fall of 2014. It will be called the Chevrolet City Express, and will compete with Ford's Transit Connect, a small van used by florists, plumbers, delivery services and other businesses across the nation.


GM said it's offering the vans because fleet business customers have asked for a small van, and because GM didn't have a similar vehicle in its global product portfolio to compete with Ford. The deal with Nissan also gets GM into the small commercial van market quickly to compete with Ford, said Charlie Klein, GM's executive chief engineer for global vans.


Peper would not disclose financial terms of the GM-Nissan deal.

GM did not release prices for the new van, but Nissan is now selling the NV200 for a basic sticker price around $20,000. The van has rear cargo doors, sliding side doors and comes with a two-liter, four-cylinder engine that gets 24 miles per gallon in combined city and highway driving. It also has 122.7 cubic feet of cargo space, according to Nissan, which sells the van in the U.S. as well as several global markets.

Vehicle manufacturers are being forced to downsize by the "MPG mandates" from the Feds.

4 cyl. engines and the entire package is made in Mexico.

Larry

 

[Art Kelley]

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That will make for a very tight space for a TM system. A smaller reel, 25 gallon waste tank with APO, probably no fresh tank. Still be hard to put in a rotary machine, tile machine. vacuum.But the improved fuel economy over the full sized van would make your monthly payments.