India made Datsun Go+ goes on sale in South Africa

The India made Datsun Go+ MPV has been launched in South Africa, with sales having begun from August 31, 2016. The MPV is being produced at the Renault-Nissan Alliance plant in Oragadam near Chennai.

The Oragadam plant near Chennai started operations in 2010. Since then, the company has exported over 620,000 cars to various markets across the world. As of now, the Chennai plant caters to 106 countries, including major markets like Britain, Switzerland, Germany and Italy. Recently, the company has added Datsun redi-GO to its export portfolio, which is being sold in Nepal and Sri Lanka.

The Datsun Go+ is a budget MPV, powered by a 1.2-litre, three-cylinder petrol engine that churns out 67 BHP @ 5000 rpm and 104 Nm of torque @ 4000 rpm. The engine is mated to a 5-speed manual gearbox.

Nissan recently topped the export charts in June 2016, when it shipped out 6,807 units of the Micra hatchback from the Oragadam plant.