Nissan Motor Philippines Nissan Motor Philippines The Nissan Philippines, Inc. is a joint venture between Nissan Motor Company, Universal Motors Corporation and Yulon Philippines Investment Co. Ltd. for the import and distribution of Nissan automobiles, multi-purpose vehicles (MPV) and sport utility vehicles (SUV) in the Philippines. Nissan Motor Company entered the Philippine market in 1969 with the appointment of Universal Motors Corporation (UMC) as the authorized assembler and distributor of Datsun cars and pickups. UMC started assembling vehicles in their Pasong Tamo, Makati facility. Included in the vehicles assembled were the Nissan Modeil 620 pick up with the 1.5 L J15 I4 engine.
Nissan Lucino Nissan Pulsar (N15) hatchbacks, while still offering the Sunny as a four-door sedan. The affordable and traditionally practical two-door model was renamed Lucino, which was derived from the word "lucina", a character in Greek and Roman mythology for the goddess of birth. All versions of the Lucino were exclusive to Nissan dealerships in Japan called "Nissan Satio Store", just as the previous Sunny two-door had been. In 1999, when Nissan consolidated "Nissan Satio Store" locations into "Nissan Red Stage", the Lucino coupé was cancelled. In Mexico, the Lucino sold between 1996 and 2000 under its original name. In Mexico, two