Datsun has revealed its second model at the 2013 Indonesian International Motor Show. It’s called the Datsun GO+, a pretty self-explanatory name when you consider what the GO+ is – essentially a 7 seater version of the Datsun GO hatchback.
If Thailand is the land of the pick-up truck, Indonesia is the land of the MPV, a good place for Datsun’s MPV to debut. The Datsun GO+ is powered by a 1.2 litre engine mated to a 5-speed gearbox.
It measures 3,995mm long, 1,635mm wide and 1,485mm tall, with a wheelbase of 2,450mm. Based on the wheelbase, that’s a full segment smaller than Nissan’s Grand Livina.
The Datsun GO and GO+ will be built at Nissan Motor’s Purwakarta plant, 80km from Jakarta. Both models will go on sale next year in Indonesia at a starting price of below 100 Million Indonesian Rupiah – that translates to RM28,400.
That’s a pretty interesting starting price for a 7 seater, even if it is only a 5+2 seater in reality because of the small size, but that would give alot of families with young children some proper safety belts for the 6th and 7th passengers, which is way better than squeezing into a 5-seater hatch.
No word on whether the Datsun brand is destined for Malaysia, but we reckon as long as Proton and Perodua exists, there is no market.
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