Talks to surrounding the suggested move of Renault Kadjar as well as Captur production to Nissan’s Sunderland plant are on hold, according to reports.
Nissan as well as Renault have a strategic partnership with each, as well as were previously reported to be discussing shifting production of the two Renault SUV models from Spain to the UK.
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This move, originally relayed by the monetary Times, are now on hold due to the present political climate, according to the paper. One insider told the FT discussions were set to continue “within weeks”, while one more source stated it was as well soon to put any type of timeline on a restarting of negotiations.
Renault just recently announced a wide-ranging cost-cutting programme that will see 15,000 jobs lost around the world (roughly eight per cent of its workforce), while the future of the Alpine sports cars and truck marque likewise remains in doubt.
Nissan’s Sunderland plant, which is set to resume production in early June, will stay the Japanese company’s European production base, in spite of previous warnings that Brexit might put its future in jeopardy. The factory has the capability to create 500,000 cars a year, however only built 350,000 in 2019.
As well as the plant’s spare capacity, transferring production of the Kadjar as well as Captur from Spain to the UK would represent an even greater show of belief in post-Brexit Britain from Nissan, with the business just recently having invested £400 million in the plant. The Kadjar as well as Captur sit on the exact same design platforms as the Nissan Qashqai as well as Juke, both of which are already built at Sunderland, so the move would make sense from a producing perspective.
But while the future of Sunderland – with or without Captur as well as Kadjar production – remains safe, the exact same is not true of other Nissan facilities. The firm’s Barcelona van plant faces prospective closure be closed, with Navara pick-up production moving to South Africa as well as the e-NV200 van replacement potentially being built at the Renault plant in Maubeuge, France.
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