Chennai, Sep 1 (IANS) Nissan Motor India has closed August selling 1,249 cars, up from 22 units sold during the same month last year.

Bulk of the August month’s sales- 1,182 units- is accounted by the company’s new small car Micra, while other models like Teana, X-trail and 370Z accounted for 21, 44 and 2 respectively.

Nissan Motor claimed an order book position of around 3,600 units for its Micra and is taking steps to reduce the delay in vehicle delivery period like starting the second shift and realigning the production process to meet the market demands.

The company hopes to start car exports this month.