text: “The auto industry has traditionally viewed light commercial vehicles—what we call 
  
  LCVs—as factory-fillers; vehicles that were fine to turn out as long as they were 
  
  marginally profitable. The difference today is that we think Nissan can profitably market 
  
  LCVs in every segment and territory. Over the last two and a half years, for example, 
  
  we’ve turned things around from a loss to an operating profit margin of 4 percent. That 
  
  figure already exceeds the industry average. Now we’re committed to bringing LCVs 
  
  into line with the other areas of Nissan’s business. By fiscal 2007, we plan to have an 
  
  operating margin of eight percent and a 40 percent increase in volume to 434,000 units. 
  
  That will bring us into the top rank of LCV producers and to the top in profitability. 