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NMKV

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NMKV Co., Ltd.
Native name
株式会社かぶしきがいしゃNMKV
NMKV Kabushiki-gaisha
IndustryAutomotive
Founded1 June 2011; 13 years ago (2011-06-01)
Headquarters
Minato-ku, Tokyo
Area served
Japan
Key people
  • Junichi Endo (President and CEO)
  • Isao Torii (Vice President and COO)
ProductsAutomobiles
BrandsNissan
Mitsubishi
¥1,435,000 (FY2019)[1]
Total assets¥30.859 million (FY2019)
OwnerNissan (50%)
Mitsubishi Motors (50%)
Number of employees
65 (FY2017)[2]
Websitenmkv.com

NMKV Co., Ltd. is a joint venture company between Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Mitsubishi Motors in the Japanese market to design, develop, and manufacture kei cars under Nissan and Mitsubishi brands. The company currently produces Mitsubishi eK, Nissan Dayz, Mitsubishi eK Space and Nissan Roox for the domestic market.[3][4] NMKV stands for Nissan Mitsubishi Kei Vehicle. Despite that, the abbreviation was never announced officially by the company.

Overview

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Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Mitsubishi Motors Co., Ltd. agreed to expand its business cooperation on 14 December 2010 from OEM supply to a joint venture.[5][6] As part of that project, a formal contract was made on 20 May 2011 for the establishment of the company, and NMKV was established on 1 June 2011.[7][8]

Nissan is in charge of parts procurement, planning and design, while Mitsubishi is in charge of manufacturing and development. The goal of the company is to increase the market share of Nissan and Mitsubishi in the kei car segment, which was about 15% at the time of company establishment to the target of 20%.

At the time of the establishment of NMKV, Nissan developed a successor of the Mitsubishi eK that was rebadged as Nissan Otti and planned to release it in the first half of 2013. The engine was newly developed. On 6 March 2013, the first jointly developed car, the third generation eK and the first generation Dayz was announced, and sales began in June of the same year.

The joint venture on the development of the third generation eK and Dayz has reduced costs by 30% compared to the predecessor model by procuring parts from outside Japan. In terms of vehicle design, one design proposal would include both Mitsubishi and Nissan front fascia designs. In addition, based on Mitsubishi's original engine 3B20 engine, Nissan's technology was utilized to improve the compression ratio to 12:1 with regular gasoline specification. While the body panels are common parts, the several panels and bumpers are made differently. For joint development, Mitsubishi provided engines, manufacturing plants and development facilities to reduce costs, and Nissan provided safety equipment technologies that Mitsubishi does not have. In addition, the cost of procurement has been reduced for the Nissan side compared to the conventional OEM agreement (rebadge), and the fact that NMKV joint venture also solved the problem that Mitsubishi Motors could not generate the development cost alone. In June 2013, Mitsubishi announced a policy to unify the future kei car development with NMKV.

When the third generation eK Dayz was announced, both companies announced that it would jointly develop a super height wagon kei car as the second model. On 25 March of the same year, Nissan announced that the name of the car would be Dayz Roox, alongside an announcement of the design sketch. On October 3, Mitsubishi also announced that it would name the car as the eK space. Both cars went on sale on 13 February 2014.

In April 2016, Mitsubishi Motors admitted that its employees had falsified fuel efficiency data for the eK Wagon, eK Space, Nissan Dayz and Nissan Dayz Roox. The scandal led to the acquisition of Mitsubishi Motors by Nissan the following month.[9]

As of June 2013, the development team had a total of 4 people. Each 2 people were from Nissan and Mitsubishi, and a total of 18 people in charge of development, 16 from Mitsubishi and 2 from Nissan. NMKV have not started the development of light commercial vehicles in the kei car segment, as both Nissan and Mitsubishi are still rebadging the Suzuki Carry and Suzuki Every.

Models

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Release date Nissan Mitsubishi Segment
Image Name Image Name
6 June 2013[10][11]
Dayz
eK Wagon

(third generation)

Tall kei car wagon[12]
6 June 2013[10][11]
Dayz Highway Star
eK Custom Tall kei car wagon
13 February 2014[13][14]
Dayz Roox
eK Space Super height kei car wagon[15][16]
13 February 2014[13][14]
Dayz Roox Highway Star
eK Space Custom Super height kei car wagon
28 March 2019
Dayz

(second generation)

eK Wagon

(fourth generation)

Tall kei car wagon
28 March 2019
Dayz Highway Star

(second generation)

eK X Tall kei car wagon

Crossover kei car (eK X)

19 March 2020
Roox

(second generation)

eK X Space

(second generation)

Super height kei car wagon
19 March 2020
Roox Highway Star

(second generation)

eK X Space

(fourth generation)

Super height kei car wagon

Crossover kei car (eK X Space)

2022
Sakura
eK X EV Battery electric tall kei car
2023 —
Delica Mini Super height kei car wagon

Crossover kei car

Locations

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References

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  1. ^ "Annual report 2018" (PDF). Nissan. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  2. ^ "会社かいしゃ概要がいよう | NMKV". nmkv.com.
  3. ^ 日産にっさんが初はつの軽自動車けいじどうしゃ生産せいさん 来年度らいねんどにも年とし10万まん台だい - 産経さんけいニュース 2013年ねん11月9日にち
  4. ^ 日産にっさん「軽けい」生産せいさんへ　国内こくない100万まん台だい維持いじ、三菱自みつびしじにも供給きょうきゅう - 日本経済新聞にほんけいざいしんぶん 2013年ねん11月9日にち
  5. ^ 日産自動車にっさんじどうしゃと三菱自動車みつびしじどうしゃ、協力きょうりょく関係かんけいの拡大かくだいで合意ごうい －OEMの拡大かくだい、海外かいがいでの生産せいさん協力きょうりょくと日本にっぽんでの軽自動車けいじどうしゃ事業じぎょうの検討けんとう－ Archived 2010-12-17 at the Wayback Machine - 日産自動車にっさんじどうしゃ株式会社かぶしきがいしゃ 三菱自動車工業みつびしじどうしゃこうぎょう株式会社かぶしきがいしゃ（日産にっさん側がわ） 2010年ねん12月14日にち
  6. ^ 日産自動車にっさんじどうしゃと三菱自動車みつびしじどうしゃ、協力きょうりょく関係かんけいの拡大かくだいで合意ごうい －OEM の拡大かくだい、海外かいがいでの生産せいさん協力きょうりょくと日本にっぽんでの軽自動車けいじどうしゃ事業じぎょうの検討けんとう－ - 日産自動車にっさんじどうしゃ株式会社かぶしきがいしゃ 三菱自動車工業みつびしじどうしゃこうぎょう株式会社かぶしきがいしゃ（三菱みつびし側がわ） 2010年ねん12月14日にち
  7. ^ 軽自動車けいじどうしゃ事業じぎょうに関かかわる合弁ごうべん会社かいしゃの事業じぎょう概要がいようについて-新しん会社かいしゃの名称めいしょうは「株式会社かぶしきがいしゃNMKV」 Archived 2011-06-25 at the Wayback Machine - 株式会社かぶしきがいしゃNMKV（日産にっさん側がわ） 2011年ねん6月がつ20日はつか
  8. ^ 軽自動車けいじどうしゃ事業じぎょうに関かかわる合弁ごうべん会社かいしゃの事業じぎょう概要がいようについて-新しん会社かいしゃの名称めいしょうは「株式会社かぶしきがいしゃNMKV」 - 株式会社かぶしきがいしゃNMKV（三菱みつびし側がわ） 2011年ねん6月がつ20日はつか
  9. ^ "Nissan to place MMC under its umbrella", The Japan News, May 12, 2016
  10. ^ a b 新型しんがた軽自動車けいじどうしゃ 日産にっさん「デイズ」を発表はっぴょう - 日産自動車にっさんじどうしゃ 2013年ねん6月がつ6日にち
  11. ^ a b 新型しんがた軽自動車けいじどうしゃ『eKワゴン』『eKカスタム』を発売はつばい - 三菱自動車工業みつびしじどうしゃこうぎょう 2013年ねん6月がつ6日にち
  12. ^ 日産にっさん「デイズ」と三菱みつびし「eK」、燃費ねんぴトップの29.2km/Lで軽けい市場いちばに強烈きょうれつ参戦さんせん - 日経にっけいトレンディ 2013年ねん6月がつ7日にち
  13. ^ a b 新型しんがた軽自動車けいじどうしゃ『eKスペース』を発売はつばい - 三菱自動車工業みつびしじどうしゃこうぎょう 2014年ねん2月がつ13日にち
  14. ^ a b 新型しんがた軽自動車けいじどうしゃ 「日産にっさんデイズ ルークス」を発表はっぴょう -- あわせて、「ライダー」、および、「運転うんてん席せきマイティグリップ」装着そうちゃく車しゃを発表はっぴょう -- - 日産自動車にっさんじどうしゃ 2014年ねん2月がつ13日にち
  15. ^ 「日産にっさんデイズ ルークス」のエクステリアデザインを公開こうかい ―好調こうちょうな「日産にっさんデイズ」シリーズ第だい2弾だんのスーパーハイトワゴン― - 日産自動車にっさんじどうしゃ 2013年ねん10月がつ3日にち
  16. ^ 新型しんがた軽自動車けいじどうしゃの車くるま名めいを『eKスペース』に決定けってい -来年らいねん初頭しょとう発売はつばい予定よていのスーパーハイトワゴン- - 三菱自動車工業みつびしじどうしゃこうぎょう 2013年ねん10月がつ3日にち
  17. ^ NMKV:日産にっさん・三菱みつびし合弁ごうべん、水島みずしま事務所じむしょ開ひらく / 岡山おかやま - 毎日新聞まいにちしんぶん 2013年ねん7月がつ2日にち
  18. ^ 株式会社かぶしきがいしゃNMKV、生産せいさん現場げんばとの連携れんけい強化きょうかを目的もくてきに水島みずしまオフィスを開設かいせつ - NMKV 2013年ねん7月がつ1日にち
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