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 Quest and Villager owners has come to a consensus that the Rich Porter NS60 distributor, which is compatible with '99–02 Quests and Villagers as well as with '96-04 Nissan Pathfinders, is less likely to fail than its factory-made counterpart. By the end of this generation, both Honda and Toyota marketed solely long-wheelbase minivans. In 2001, "Automotive News" reported that 29,232 Nissan Quests were sold, representing a 32% decrease from the previous year. No Quest models were marketed for the 2003 model year. Development began in 1999 on the V42 alongside a proposed Ford replacement. In 2000, decisions were made by Ford