However, even in February of this year, before the earthquake, Nissan sold more than 13,000 units of just two OEM models from Suzuki. Moreover, while the Nissan "Moko" sold 7,636 units, the sales volume of the Suzuki "MR Wagon," which is the base model, was more than double, at 3,282 units.
Correlation diagram of the light vehicle industry
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Correlation diagram of the light vehicle industry
Nissan COO Toshiyuki Shiga said, "At first, we thought that remove background image after a while, customers would return from kei cars to small cars like the March. However, far from returning, the number of people wanting kei cars continued to increase." Nissan receives two models from Suzuki and four models from Mitsubishi Motors.
Just to be clear, there are four manufacturers of minicars: (1) Daihatsu, (2) Suzuki, (3) Mitsubishi Motors, and (4) Honda (Fuji Heavy Industries is planning to withdraw from the development and production of minicars). Daihatsu will supply minicars to Toyota from this fall together with Toyota-affiliated Fuji Heavy Industries, Suzuki to Nissan and Mazda, and Mitsubishi Motors to Nissan (see figure). (Titles omitted in the text)
The queue was longer than expected. There was a risk of causing inconvenience to passersby. The store manager, Shibamura, guided the customers and re-arranged the queue. In Sendai, queues form before the store opens for the first sale of the New Year. In which direction should the queue be arranged so as not to cause inconvenience to passersby? Shibamura said he had done a simulation.