Production of the pickup started earlier this month in China. There’s no word on whether Nissan and Dongfeng plan to export it to overseas markets, but several other cars from the joint venture ...

Nissan has a joint venture in China with Dongfeng to make passenger vehicles, and last year the two companies created a sub-brand called Venucia that aims to roll out five cars by 2015.

The Venucia joint venture between Nissan and Dongfeng rolled into the Shanghai Motor Show this year with the VOW Concept for a sporty crossover. Among the dozens of automakers pouring in to the ...