YOKOHAMA: Just a year after its return, the reborn Datsun brand is looking at new high growth markets such as Africa, Middle East and South East Asia.

At the Tokyo Motor Show 2015, Datsun had global unveil of a new concept car, the company's second in just 17 months.

The Datsun GO-cross Concept showcases the brand's vision for possible expansion of the Datsun GO/GO+ family in high growth markets.



The concept investigates the market potential of a cross-over with spirit and a sense of adventure.

It shares the same platform as Datsun GO+ and underlines Datsun's philosophy of continuously offering something new, exciting and innovative.

Nearly three decades after the name was last used, Datsun's return was announced in 2012 and its first cars went on sale in India in March 2014.

Since then, more than 100,000 new Datsuns have been sold in India, Indonesia, Russia and South Africa.



Vincent Cobee, global head of Datsun, said: "We have successfully completed the first phase of our return. We will expand our offering to three models in India. There, we will launch a totally new model at the beginning of 2016, which will be the first Nissan Motor model based on the new Renault-Nissan Alliance CMF-A architecture".

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