To mark the 10th anniversary of one its most successful models, the Qashqai, Nissan is running a special sales offer this January with up to £1254 in savings on the popular crossover. Available on all grades, the offer includes an additional £750 Nissan Deposit Contribution on 3-year finance packages (on top of existing £1,500 deposit contributions for up to £2,250 deposit contribution) as well … [Read more...]
Multi-million-pound Nissan Sunderland investment
Nissan will create a “super-plant” at its Sunderland centre. Confirming the next Qashqai will be built there, it unexpectedly yesterday added that the X-Trail SUV will also go into production in the North East. To do this the current installed capacity of 475,000 cars will be expanded and Nissan aims to build 600,000 cars from 2018. It is almost certain to mean more jobs will be created as … [Read more...]
Newslines 21 October
Volvo parent Geely Automobile of China will use its Lynk brand to launch a modest priced SUV. Using technology it has in Volvo engineering, the new car (right) is expected in Europe in 2018 with a 3-cylinder 1.5 petrol engine and an electric motor to boost performance and economy. Sunderland will learn next month if it gets the next generation Qashqai. Nissan Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn … [Read more...]
Nissan Note production to end in UK
Nissan will end Note production in Sunderland next spring. It has been a slow seller and now Nissan want to create room to expand Qashqai production as its best seller in Europe. The company said it was going to put the next generation Juke, based on the Qashqai, into production for sale in 2018 but has indicated it may rethink its production strategy after Brexit. Nisssan want … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: Nissan Qashqai Tekna 1.6 DIG-T
Whatever the future holds for vehicle production in the UK following Brexit, Nissan by the end of this year will have increased build capacity of their British designed and built Qashqai C-segment Crossover range. They are opening a second production line to meet European demand for the Qashqai following a further £22m investment. Nissan is this year celebrating the … [Read more...]
£22 Million investment to boost Nissan Qashqai
After a decade of unprecedented customer demand, Nissan will increase Qashqai output of the best-selling crossover in Europe. Nissan still cannot keep pace with the continued growth of the crossover market it created with Qashqai, despite record volumes of 300,000 cars every year on Line 1 at the company’s Sunderland Plant, round-the-clock production and a build rate of one car every … [Read more...]
Newslines 11 March
Nissan has now built more Qashqais than any other car in its three decades of manufacturing in Europe. Production at the Sunderland factory has surpassed the previous highest single-name manufacturing total of 2,368,704 Micras, also made in the UK until recently. Motorists can expect travel disruption in Cardiff City centre from 21-29 March. Preparations for and the staging of the World … [Read more...]