Nissan’s Cared4 programme is offering two years’ free servicing on all used Nissan cars purchased through Nissan Finance.

The offer runs until 31 March and will also come with two years’ RAC roadside assistance throughout Europe.

In a company statement, Nissan said the move followed the "positive feedback" from the scheme in the final quarter of 2012.

Rising volumes of both Nissan and used sales and finance compensated for the decline in Renault sales while the brand restructured in the UK in 2012, according to Steve Gowler, managing director of RCI Financial Services, the UK captive finance provider to the Renault-Nissan Alliance and of which Nissan Finance is a part.

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