4,297 Datsun cars sold in June

Chennai, July 6 (IANS) Nissan Motor India sold 4,297 Datsun cars last month, the company said on Wednesday.

"This unprecedented growth of the Datsun brand is due to the phenomenal response Datsun redi-GO is getting across the country," Arun Malhotra, Managing Director, Nissan Motor India Pvt Ltd, said in a statement.

According to him, close to 3,000 units of Datsun redi-GO cars were sold in just 23 days since its launch.

The company's two other models - Datsun GO and Datsun GO+ - accounted for the remaining sales numbers.

Nissan Motor India sells cars under two brands - Nissan and Datsun - in India. The statement was silent on the units sold under the Nissan brand.