Cars
On Friday, the last Micra to be produced at Nissan's Sunderland plant in the UK, rolled off the assembly line marking the end of an era stretching back to the early Nineties. The very first Sunderland-built Micra came to life on August 10, 1992. The UK plant went on to produce 2,368,704 Micras (two generation models) over the next 18 years, which is more than 40% of all cars built at the plant since production began in 1986.
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- Renault’s Le Mans Plant To Build Chassis For Next Generation Micra From 2016
While the next-generation Nissan Micra will be produced at Renault’s Flins plant near Paris from late 2016, the chassis for this model will be built at the Le Mans plant. Read more »...
- 2011 Nissan Micra / March: Official Sketches Reveal The Less Exciting Nature Of The Actual Production Model
A couple of weeks ago, Nissan published a pair of design sketches of its next generation Micra (sold in Japan as the March) suggesting that the firm's new global supermini would boast more sportier and dramatic looks than the current model. Well,...
- Nissan Hires Extra Staff At Uk's Sunderland Plant To Meet Higher European Demand
The Nissan factory in Sunderland UK is recruiting an additional 100 manufacturing staff on temporary contracts to meet a short term spike in demand being delivered by the ongoing car scrappage schemes around Europe. The news comes in only a few weeks...
- Nissan Releases Teaser Shot Of Qazana Small Crossover Concept
The undisputed star of the Nissan stand at next month's Geneva Show will be the Qazan Concept which promises to provide a good indication of the, as yet unnamed, small crossover that the Japanese automaker is readying for production at its UK Sunderland...
- 2010 Nissan Subcompact Suv/crossover Teaser Sketch
Nissan has released a teaser sketch of its forthcoming subcompact SUV/Crossover/CUV (call it whatever you want) that will be built at its Sunderland plant in the United Kingdom, starting in 2010. We can't be entirely sure, but from the looks of it,...
Cars
Nissan Micra Production Comes to End in the UK after 18 Years
On Friday, the last Micra to be produced at Nissan's Sunderland plant in the UK, rolled off the assembly line marking the end of an era stretching back to the early Nineties. The very first Sunderland-built Micra came to life on August 10, 1992. The UK plant went on to produce 2,368,704 Micras (two generation models) over the next 18 years, which is more than 40% of all cars built at the plant since production began in 1986.
Read more »
- Renault’s Le Mans Plant To Build Chassis For Next Generation Micra From 2016
While the next-generation Nissan Micra will be produced at Renault’s Flins plant near Paris from late 2016, the chassis for this model will be built at the Le Mans plant. Read more »...
- 2011 Nissan Micra / March: Official Sketches Reveal The Less Exciting Nature Of The Actual Production Model
A couple of weeks ago, Nissan published a pair of design sketches of its next generation Micra (sold in Japan as the March) suggesting that the firm's new global supermini would boast more sportier and dramatic looks than the current model. Well,...
- Nissan Hires Extra Staff At Uk's Sunderland Plant To Meet Higher European Demand
The Nissan factory in Sunderland UK is recruiting an additional 100 manufacturing staff on temporary contracts to meet a short term spike in demand being delivered by the ongoing car scrappage schemes around Europe. The news comes in only a few weeks...
- Nissan Releases Teaser Shot Of Qazana Small Crossover Concept
The undisputed star of the Nissan stand at next month's Geneva Show will be the Qazan Concept which promises to provide a good indication of the, as yet unnamed, small crossover that the Japanese automaker is readying for production at its UK Sunderland...
- 2010 Nissan Subcompact Suv/crossover Teaser Sketch
Nissan has released a teaser sketch of its forthcoming subcompact SUV/Crossover/CUV (call it whatever you want) that will be built at its Sunderland plant in the United Kingdom, starting in 2010. We can't be entirely sure, but from the looks of it,...