Nissan Motor service centre opens in Dhaka
Star Business Report
New showroom and service centre of Nissan Motor Company was inaugurated on Tejgaon-Gulshan Link Road in Dhaka yesterday.Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan inaugurated the centre, which can provide services to 50 vehicles at a time. Pacific Motors Ltd Chairman A Karim, Managing Director Faisal Morshed Khan and Nissan Motor Company General Manager (sales and marketing) Yasuaki Hashimoto were also present at the opening ceremony. Pacific Motors Limited, a venture of Pacific Group, is the sole distributor of Japan's Nissan Motor Company in Bangladesh. Speaking at the function, Faisal Morshed Khan said Nissan Motor has awarded Pacific Motors as one of the leading 25 distributors for outstanding sales performance. Nissan Motor has 7,000 distributors worldwide. The Pacific Motors managing director also said his company contributed $7 million last year to the national exchequer in the form of duties and taxes. The annual turn over of the company was $13 million during the time. Pacific Motors has also signed a 'distributorship appointment and assembling plant set up agreement' with Nissan Diesel Motor Co Ltd recently. According to Nissan Motor general manager, it is the best service centre in the Asia-Pacific region. Talking to The Daily Star, Pacific Motors Vice-president Mahmudul Huq said annual demand for passenger vehicles in Bangladesh is estimated at 8,000 units. Of them, brand new vehicles meet only 30 percent while reconditioned vehicles fulfill the rest. According to Huq, Pacific Motors imported a total of 639 units of passenger vehicles, which include car, jeep, pick-up and microbus from Japan last year. "We have 32 percent market share in selling brand new cars in the country," Huq added. Another Pacific Motors Vice-president Masudul Haq Khan said his company is planning to set up two other service centres -- one in Sylhet and other in Bogra. The company has one service centre in Chittagong.
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