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Historically, America’s blurb car marketplace has been dominated by made at home automakers. Besides the tiny percentage of Sprinter sales from Dodge while underneath Daimler ownership, the fullsize van marketplace has really only been occupied by Ford, General Motors and Chrysler. Nissan is ready to change all which, as well as its opening salvo in a commercial vehicle marketplace is its NV series of vans.

Nissan’s NV arra y – “NV” rstherthan unimaginatively stands for Niss an Outpost, for what it’s worth – relies upon 3 dissimilar designations, NV1500, 2500 HD and 3500 HD, as well as two different roof heights (the Tall Rooftiles is usually accessible on the NV2500 HD as well as NV3500 HD models) to yield a platform for every fathomable need. Opting for the tall version will provide enough room for many people to stand up inside with no need to steep.

Interestingly, Nissan’s research indicates that blurb outpost owners have been the least confident of any vehicle segment, as well as as such, the automaker says which the NV pattern is which of an armored car a ‘clean-sheet’ approach resulting from asingle of a most researched projects Nissan has ever undertaken. That investigate has yielded the vehicle that utilizes a entirely boxed steel ladder support as well as rear-wheel expostulate with either the 4.0-liter V6 or an optional 5.6-liter V8. Both engines are mated to a customa ry five-speed involuntary transmission.

No matter that engine or roof style is chosen, the NV will come with a user-definable interior layout that can accept standard-size drywall or plywood or any series of aftermarket load solutions. Up front, there have been a number of storage pockets and compartments to hold whatever is indispensable, while High Roof models suggest an beyond console for additional storage options.

Pricing is not yet available, but Nissan promises a NV array will strike certified blurb U.S. dealerships before the end of the year. Want to know more? Be sure to check out the gallery of high-res images below and click past the break for a official press release.

Gallery:2011 Nissan NV

[Source: Nissan]Show full PR text2011 Nissan NV Debuts during NTEA Work Truck Show

Breakthrough Design Brings Brandnew Meditative to CV Outpost Segment

Nissan Enters North American Commercial Vehicle Marketplace with Innovative Standard as well as High Roof Vans Written to “Help Businesses Run Better”

As Nissan finalizes plans to bring the first production blurb vehicle (CV) to the North American market in late 2010, it is starting with the truly belligerent up design – from its imperishable ladder frame to the rooftiles shelve ascent brackets on a top of a innovatively recognised as well as styled physique. Yet a all-new Nissan NV (Nissan Outpost also has the advantage of Nissan’s exceptional blurb vehicle heritage, covering 75 years as well as some-more than 75 percent of the tellurian CV marketplace.

“A new kid upon the block, as it turns out, is also the long-time player in a global commercial car marketplace. As the initial non-domestic nameplate to pattern, make and sell CVs in the United States, you bring the more than seven-decade convention of durability, quality as well as trustworthiness to the products,” said Joe Castelli, clamp president, Commercial Vehicles as well as Swift, Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA). “At the same time, we’ve taken the fresh demeanour at each aspect of a CV commercial operation – togetherwith styling, powertrain, interiors, cost of operation and ownership, dealership sales and service operations and, many importantly, real universe customer needs.”

The first production models in Nissan’s new North American CV lineup are the 2011 Nissan NV1500, NV2500 HD and NV3500 HD. They will be available with the choice of 4.0-liter V6 and 5.6-liter V8 engines as well as in two physique styles, Customary Roof (all models) and High Roof (NV2500 HD as well as NV3500 HD usually – with Tall Roof models charity stand-up walkthrough/work load area capacity.

“It’s been too many years given any manufacturer in this shred has taken the ‘clean sheet’ look during a needs of owners and operators in a CV shred,” pronounced Castelli. “We’ve invested more than five years researching the comfort, style as well as smart functionality final that will capacitate business owners to accomplish more throughout their day. We plan on entrance out of a box with segment-busting vehicles, so customer submit was necessary.”

A NV planning group employed a wide operation of innovative customer research methodologies, togetherwith concentration groups, on-site visits as well as concept reviews. The quantitative as well as qualitative investigate took place all across America – Los Angeles, Chicago, New Jersey, Dallas, Detroit, Brandnew York, Minnesota, Arizona as well as alternative markets. The team met with vast fleet owners and managers, small business owners, aftermarket suppliers and converters as well as rode along with owners of rival vehicles.

“The NV is one of the many researched projects ever in a story of Nissan. We overwhelmed the marketplace at every point possible, with a commentary reflected in every aspect of a final NV pattern,” added Castelli.

Comfortable Seating and Standing

Research showed that commercial outpost owners are the least satisfied of any car shred, wit h many van owners disposing of their vehicles in favor of light duty trucks despite a concede of convenience as well as utility. In developing a new Nissan NV, one of the overarching goals was to combine pickup truck-like comfort, interior comforts and drivability with a load van’s genius and confidence.

“Seeking during a CV marketplace in new years, there’s been a migration of outpost users to light-duty pickups due to the lack of joy, image as well as dependability of a current old-fashioned van platforms,” explained Castelli. “Yet many of these truck owners confess they need the van for weather insur ance, confidence and a preference of the tall roof van to carry vast items or apparatus. With a Nissan NV, we’re giving them a most appropriate of both worlds.”

Answering one of a major unmet owners needs – driver comfort and roominess – the Nissan NV interior starts with wide front doors for easy ingress as well as egress, understanding bucket seating with extensive adjustability, large armrests as well as a truck-like pushing onallsides with plenty legroom and feet room. The accessible core console (removable) provides a operation of integrated storage features, whilst the fold-down passenger seat – which is singular to a shred – adds worktable functionality as well as enhances the cab’s feeling of openness.

An additional major writer to a pickup-like taxi is the absence of a normal CV engine “doghouse” that intrudes into a cab due to the setback engine placement. A Nissan NV utilizes the required truck engine layout with a engine and transmission located ahead of a firewall/A-pillar. This not only frees up space underneath a instrument panel as well as in between the seats, it also provides easy under-hood entrance to the complete engine for routine service and maintenance.

“From the seats brazen a NV looks, acts and feels like the pickup. You don’t have to take apart the interior to entrance a engine as well as you don’t have to worry about tucking your work boots into a close footwell,” said Castelli. “Though, make no inapplicabledesignation, at the bac k of a seats the NV is pure, practical outpost.”

A NV’s plenty load area offers a 120.7-inch cargo floor length and 70.3-inch limit load floor width. NV Customary Rooftiles models offer the limit 55.4 load area height, between the tallest in class. A NV High Rooftiles provides the maximum 76.5-inches of cargo room tallness – enough for most users to pierce about the load area while station up straight.

“Customary Rooftiles NV models have been designed to fit in many garages or go through many car washes and fast food drive-through lanes – along with offering easier strech to access roof racks,” pronounced Castelli. “Though for so many businesses, a combined cargo capacity and a capability to stand up as well as work inside the High Rooftiles NV will be a precious encouragement to their bland op erations and productivity.”

Smart Functionality and Flexible Blueprint

Inspired by customer needs and use, the Nissan NV offers an extraordinary array of intelligent functionality features, togetherwith storage pockets, spaces as well as compartments designed to yield secure access to a standard commercial customers’ everyday use objects. An underneath seat drawer, for example, fits small collection, still or first assist kits, while the deep doorway pockets fit flashlights, legal-size binders and clipboards. Tall Roof models offer an available overhead console written to hold work gloves, legal size binders, safety glasses as well as system books. The accessible center console (removable) fits minute distance files and laptop computers – and includes a mechanism or mobile phone charging point.

“THE blurb van must offer many some-more functions today, including acting as a mobile office for time outlayed upon the road or at a job site,” said Castelli. “We’ve made storage and productivity equipment constituent to the design, rstherthan than tacked-on afterthoughts. The result is a clean, unsentimental and comfortable workspace for the wide variety of professions and business es.”

Along with being recognised as a “mobile office,” the Nissan NV is designed to duty as a “mobile workshop” – thanks to its simple, f lexible cargo area layout. A long with offering wide door openings, the NV offers room between a wheelhouses to accommodate customary plywood or drywall sheets or pallets. There are also a range of cargo area tie-down rings and ample load area lighting.

The brandnew Nissan NV was also designed to accommodate aftermarket outfitting as well as modifications. For example, the roof rack mounting brackets are designed for assorted shelve systems without piercing holes in a roof, that can lead to gnawing as well as h2o leaks. A availabl e “upfitter pre-wiring” allows easy access into the electrical system.

A NV additionally offers the full-length load area middle row to protect a outdoor walls from dents and dings from the inside, and there have been mixed weld-nut attachment points for shelving and racks – again requiring no piece metal training. In addition, a NV’s nearly straight sidewalls maximize a usable cargo space, easy common aftermarket storage systems, as good as a bulkhead behind the motorist.

Three Well-Equipped Models

Price of ownership as well as operation is the critical cause in the CV segment, whether for major swift operations or particular business owners. “From a imperishable entirely boxed all-steel frame to the body-on-chassis building a whole, the NV is designed to the top Nissan standards of continuance, peculiarity and reliability,” pronounced Castelli. “A NV is designed to be affordable and to stand up to the abuse that real work trucks face bland.”

The new Nissan NV will launch with a preference of two engines – a powerful yet fuel fit 4.0-liter V6 or a powerful, torquey 5.6-liter V8. Both engines will be matched to the customary 5-speed involuntary.

Safety systems include a Nissan Advanced Air Bag System (includes dual-stage front supplemental air bags with seat belt sensors), 3-point front seat belts with pretensioners and load limiters, available supplemental front seat-mounted side-impact air bags as well as roof-mounted supplemental curtain air bags.

The 2011 Nissan NV will be offering in three well-equipped models, the NV1500, NV2500 HD and NV3500 HD. All 3 models will be accessible with a Standard Roof, whilst the High Roof body will be offered in the NV2500 HD and NV3500 HD models only. Additional information reg arding standard facilities, trim levels as well as optional equipment will be provided later.

The new Nissan NV will be made in Canton, Mississippi as well as available by a name network of authorized Nissan Commercial Car dealers national. For updates as well as more information, greatfully go to www.nissancommercialvehicles.com.