Nissan Motor India Private Ltd (NMIPL) today announced the commercial launch of its first 7-seater Multi Utility Vehicle (MUV) in India – the new Nissan ‘Evalia’.

Evalia, packed with a generous range of practical and customer-focused features brings fresh thinking to the MUV segment and provides an exciting and uniquely-modern twist to urban mobility in India.

As well as offering typically bold and distinctive Nissan styling, Evalia boasts unrivalled spaciousness and flexibility, outstanding drive quality and fuel economy significantly better than any of its rivals.

These features combine to provide customers with a convention-busting take on adaptable and multi-functional urban transport, developed and built exclusively for the Indian market.

Evalia joins the Micra and Sunny on the world-class production line at Nissan’s Oragadam Plant near Chennai, expanding Nissan’s home-grown line-up to three in just two years.

The all-new model will be available to order from September 26th at Nissan’s growing network of 75 Indian dealerships. The vehicles will be available in time for the festival season.

The Chennai-built Evalia is aimed at urban-class professionals, meeting and then surpassing both their business and weekend needs.

Surprisingly compact for a big car, Evalia comes packed with several utility features giving great driving comfort, while its new exterior styling features a clean and modern design.

The front end and corners are rounded, with larger surfaces used for the body sides. The new layout and extended wheelbase helps ensure maximum cargo space and utility while the small turning radius is perfectly suited to maneuvering in busy cities.

Announcing Evalia’s launch, Mr. Toru Hasegawa, Corporate Vice President, Africa, Middle East & India, Nissan Motor Company Ltd. said, "We are extremely pleased to launch our third ‘home-grown’ model in India.

Evalia will redefine the MUV segment in India with a new innovative category of passenger vehicle. We have been able to aggressively position it thanks to localization in excess of 80 per cent, which also reaffirms our long-term commitment to India and our Indian customers."

Introducing the vehicle to the media, Mr. Takayuki Ishida, Managing Director & CEO, Nissan Motor India Pvt. Ltd, said, "The introduction of Evalia demonstrates that Nissan has once again challenged convention to offer our customers something different and completely in-tune with their needs. Evalia is a fully-fledged, highly versatile car packed with practical features & technology built to Nissan’s world-class quality standards."

Announcing the price of the four variants Mr. G.M. Singh, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Hover Automotive India (HAI) said, "The Nissan Evalia is the first MUV in the country that packs excellent drivability, class-leading fuel efficiency and dynamic performance at a truly attractive price. We are offering our customers all the practicality of a big car with all the comfort of a sedan."

This generous and attractive all-round package comes at a very compelling and accessible price across the entire range.

Evalia’s XE entry grade starts at just 849,000 INR, the mid XE+ and XL variants are priced at 892,000 and 949,000 INR respectively, with the feature-packed top of the range XV grade available at 999,000 INR.