Angus Gray has joined Infiniti Europe as regional director covering the UK, Eire, Finland, Sweden, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania.
Nissan, is looking for a single dealer group to take on its premium Infiniti brand when it reaches the UK in 2008.
Nissan’s European brand chief Bastien Schupp is taking up a new role as marketing director for its Infiniti brand in preparation for a European launch next year.
Infiniti, Nissan’s luxury brand, will reveal its new G37 Coupe for the first time on April 6 at the New York International Auto Show.
Nissan’s luxury division Infiniti has appointed Wayne Bruce as communications director of its new European operation. The brand is due to launch in the UK in Autumn 2008.
Nissan is expected to open a small network of solus Infiniti sales centres when its equivalent of Toyota’s Lexus brand goes on sale in the UK in late 2008.
Infiniti will launch in the UK at the end of 2008. Nissan’s premium brand has broken out of its Stateside pen and into Asia and the middle east, with Russia set to be its first European outpost from August.
Nissan Motor Company faces a long, slow and expensive process to establish its Infiniti brand in the UK and the rest of Europe, according to Professor Garel Rhys, of Cardiff Business School.
Nissan Motor Company has announced that its Infiniti luxury brand will launch across the European market during 2008.
Nissan has introduced its new three-year business plan, Nissan Value-Up, which will see the company boost global sales by 25% to 4.2m in the next three years. Under the new strategy, Nissan will launch 28 new models and introduce the Infiniti premium brand worldwide, including Britain in 2008.
Infiniti, Nissan’s premium car division, is likely to be sold through a separate network of retail outlets when it comes to the UK in 2008.
Nissan is planning to introduce the Infiniti brand in Germany, the UK and Russia in 2008.
Nissan has finally set a UK/European launch date for the premium Infiniti brand after months of speculation. The 2008 date will follow launches planned for next year in Japan, Korea, China and Russia.
This is the car that Nissan expects to drive the launch of its Infiniti luxury division in the UK
Carlos Ghosn will oversee Nissan's vital US sales operationfrom the start of next month, taking over from global sales director executive vice president Norio Matsumura, who will head Nissan's domestic Japanese operations.
As part of the development plan that will succeed the current 'Nissan 180' turnaround plan after April 2005, Nissan may launch its luxury car brand Infiniti into Europe.