The entry level hatchback segment has always been ruled by Maruti with its Alto siblings. There also exists a slightly premium sub-segment with cars having bigger engines and more power. It comprised of Alto K10, Spark and Datsun Go till now.
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SPIED: Datsun’s New Russian Hatchback Caught: May be Called ‘mi-Do’
The Renault Nissan alliance is surely seeing some good days and they sure do know how to sell rebadged cars, the Renault Duster-Nissan Terrano being the most successful example of this philosophy here in India.
Datsun Sedan onDO for Russia Unveiled: Specs, Gallery & All Details: Launch in June
The Datsun sedan about which we ran a story last month, has been formally introduced in Russian as planned; and with a curious name – ‘onDo’.
2072 Datsun GO Sold in Just 10 Days of Launch: Nissan Annual & March 2014 Sales Inside
Nissan launched their budget brand ‘Datsun’ in India very recently and the first product coming out from them was the impressive ‘Go’ hatcback which was launched on 19th of March 2014.
There Will be No Renault GO, Thankfully!
Nissan has has stated that it will not go for cross-badging of its Datsun models with its alliance partner Renault. This has ruled out the possibility of Renault re-naming essentially the same Go and launching it as theirs!