Infiniti, Nissan's luxury brand, plans to build a compact car based on the MFA small-car platform from Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz, Nissan CEO CarlosThe new model will mark an expansion of the cooperation between Daimler and the Renault-Nissan alliance, Ghosn at the Frankfurt auto show on Wednesday.Nissan did not comment on reports that the car would be built in Europe where it will challenge the Audi A3 and BMW 1 series.Infiniti needs a compact car in Europe to compete with entry-level models from Audi and BMW, Nissan executive viceAndy Palmeran interview at the auto show on Wednesday. the Infiniti vehicle will launch in 2014 with gasoline and diesel engines, based largely on the Etherea conceptthat the brand unveiled at the Geneva auto show in March and is showing again in Frankfurt.The compact would likely eventually account for about 40 percent of Infiniti's European salescame at a joint press conference with Dieter Zetschethere is extremely limited cross consideration" comparing Mercedes and Infiniti brands among buyers shopping for upscale cars.So far, the companies are cooperating to explore electric versions of the Mercedes Smart car and the Renault Twingo, as well as a small delivery van based on Renault architecture.the companies' cooperative efforts are based on practical projects, and thus differ from the disastrous Daimler-Chrysler alliance of the last decade.
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