Nissan Motor Company was founded in 1933 in Japan and became one of the first Japanese automakers to establish a global presence. The brand has a notable motorsport legacy, particularly in touring car racing and the GT-R supercar lineage. Nissan was a founding member of the Renault-Nissan Alliance (1999), later expanded to include Mitsubishi. The brand introduced the LEAF, one of the world's first mass-market electric vehicles, in 2010. In Southeast Asia, Nissan has a long commercial vehicle heritage, with the Navara pickup being a key model in the Philippines and Thailand.