Automotive Financial Group Automotive Financial Group Automotive Financial Group (normally styled as AFG) was a British company specialising in automotive retailing, and the sale of associated products and services. The company was founded by the Austro Hungarian businessman Octav Botnar, as an extension of his successful Nissan import and distribution company "Nissan UK". Botnar had successfully built up a successful business since 1970, importing and marketing cars of the Datsun/Nissan within Britain, eventually attaining a 6% overall market share by 1980, to the point where the United Kingdom was the only export market where Nissan outsold its arch rival Toyota. Botnar had achieved
Nissan Motors vs. Nissan Computer its use on 4 June 1994, five years prior to Nissan Motor Corporation's interest in the domain. Nissan Motors considered Nissan Computer's use of the name to be trademark dilution, and laid claim to the domain by alleging cyber squatting. However, Nissan Computer was named after its owner, Uzi Nissan. Following the outcome of the case, Nissan Motors uses the name "nissanusa.com" for its U.S. website. Nissan Motors vs. Nissan Computer Nissan Motors vs. Nissan Computer was a lengthy court case between the two parties over use of the name Nissan and the domain name nissan.com. The case has received