Nissan Motor India is planning to expand the Sunny range with the launch of an automatic variant by February 2013.

The automatic option will only be available only on the petrol variant and will feature a basic Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) 'box for the Indian market to keep costs down. This will help Nissan pitch the Sunny AT against the Maruti Swift Dzire AT which is available with a four-speed auto 'box on the petrol variant and is the cheapest automatic-transmission equipped saloon in the market.

In terms of pricing, we expect the Sunny AT to be priced at around Rs 80,000 more than the Sunny petrol manual variant.