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Byline: David Leggett Nissan has started production of its newly redesigned Nissan Murano at its Smyrna Vehicle Assembly Plant at Tennessee in the US. “This is a proud day for [...]

Byline: Dani Cole Nissan has cut planned production by a third at its top Japanese plant this month, Reuters reports, citing two people familiar with the matter. The sources also [...]

Byline: Simon Warburton UK COVID-19 test and trace app isolation warnings are on the 'verge of shutting' factories across Britain, says labour body, Unite. Reports are flooding in across the [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts Nissan said on Wednesday (22 April) vehicle production in Spain, suspended since 13 March there, the UK since 17 March and in Russia since 30 March, would [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts Nissan said it would temporarily 'adjust' (read: cut) production at three of its factories in Japan, 'due to decreased demand in the automobile market'. 'This measure adds [...]

Byline: just-auto.com editorial team Several Japanese automakers confirmed earlier this week they had suspended operations at their Indian factories due to the spread of the COVID19 coronavirus in the country. [...]

Byline: just-auto.com editorial team Japanese automakers said they would suspend production at their North American plants due to the spread of the COVID19 new coronavirus. This was in line with [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts Nissan has started production of the redesigned Juke at its Sunderland, north east England, plant, following a GBP100m spend. This latest Juke was developed specifically for Europe [...]

Byline: Staff reporter Devastating flash floods and landslides in Japan so far have left more than 90 fatalities and 50 people missing, and have prompted the evacuation of over 2m [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts This is not good for a completely redesigned model introduced for 2018. Honda's US unit will suspend Accord production for two weeks in total over the next [...]

Byline: just-auto plus Extended News Production of the new Nissan Qashqai has begun, introducing a raft of premium design, technology and performance improvements to Europe's best-selling crossover. Made at Nissan's [...]

Nissan today officially launched production of its all-new 2016 Nissan Titan XD full-size pickup with Job One ceremonies at its Canton, Mississippi assembly facility. Speaking at the ceremony were Jose [...]

Byline: Dave Leggett Nissan aims to produce over 1m vehicles in Japan in fiscal year 2016-17, as it looks to take advantage of the weakness of the yen and help [...]

Nissan's Smyrna Vehicle Assembly Plant continues its reign as the top-producing automotive plant in North America, as Governor Bill Haslam, US Senator Lamar Alexander and Tennessee Economic and Community Development [...]

Byline: Tony Lewis Nissan's upmarket Infiniti brand began production of a long-wheelbase version of the Q50 on Thursday (6 November) at the company's Xiangyang plant in Hubei Province. China, which [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts Production of the redesigned Mazda 2 (Demio in Japan) has begun at Auto Alliance (Thailand) (AAT) with initial output destined for Australia and New Zealand. AAT will [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts Nissan's updated European-specification Juke is now in production at its Sunderland plant in north east England. Nissan claims the Juke is the top selling B-segment crossover in [...]

Nissan's Infiniti brand has resumed the construction of a plant in Dalian city, which is located in northeastern China, reports Bloomberg. The construction of the factory was delayed following the [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts Honda Cars India plans to launch its new multi-utility passenger vehicle, the Mobilo, within two months. The car will be based on the Brio platform, reported The Economic [...]

Byline: Chris Wright Nissan said it will begin producing and selling a new model of its latest Teana sedan - called the Altima in the US and Australia - in [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts Nissan has started production of the taxi version of its NV200 van at its factory in the central Mexican state of Morelos. The vehicle was chosen last [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts Japanese suppliers are expanding or launching production in Russia to support their carmaking customers. Plants are being built in automotive hubs like St Petersburg and Togliatti as [...]

Byline: Tony Pugliese Mitsubishi Motors has started production of a new mini-car at its Mizushima plant in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, this week. The vehicle, which offers systems such as [...]

Avtovaz intends to manufacture about 800,000 Lada and Renault-Nissan vehicles and automotive components at its facilities in Togliatti and Izhevsk in 2013. This would represent a rise of 14.3% over [...]

Byline: Dave Leggett Renault is planning a big increase to capacity over the next few years at its Alliance manufacturing plant in Tangier, Morocco, that currently makes Dacia models. The [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts Toyota plans to halt production next week at its Tianjin FAW joint venture plant in China because of a slump in sales according to the Japanese newspaper [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts Toyota, Nissan and Honda plan to halve production in China because a territorial row between that country and Japan has affected sales of Japanese cars in the [...]

Byline: Chris Wright Nissan has announced a SAR1bn (US$120m) investment in its South African plant in Rosslyn, Pretoria to double production to about 100,000 units a year. The Japanese carmaker’s [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts Nissan has begun production in the US of its fifth generation Altima after making over 4.4 m of the previous generations which date back to 1992 - [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts Mitsubishi Motors has started full production of the new Mirage 'global compact car' at its Laem Chabang plant in Thailand. The car is being produced at a [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts General Motors plans to halt Chevrolet Volt production for five weeks to reduce stock, the second extended stoppage since late December. Production of the extended-range EV will [...]

Byline: Chris Wright Nissan has cut production at its Tochigi factory by 50% because of slow Infiniti sales in North America and the strength of the Japanese yen. The carmaker [...]

China's Dalian city in Liaoning province may soon house Nissan's Infiniti production facility. According to Economic Observer News, Nissan has narrowed its choice down to the city of Dalian to [...]

The Japanese automaker Nissan's latest version, Pivo 3 is expected to go into production at the earliest. Whenever the automaker introduces new version of Pivo, it always incorporated some kind [...]

Dongfeng Nissan announced that it plans to expand production at its Xiangfan plant to 200,000 units from previous 120,000 units by August 2012. The company has been facing capacity constraints [...]

Byline: Tony Lewis Nissan's Sunderland factory, which starts production of the Leaf EV from 2013, has won EUR220m in support from the European Investment Bank. The EIB said reduction of [...]

Byline: Dave Leggett Nissan has said that its Navara pickup truck will be produced at Mitsubishi Motors' Laem Chabang facility from April 2012. The plant in Eastern Thailand will produce [...]

Byline: just-auto.com editorial team Faurecia has announced that it continues investment and expansion in the Southeast US with the addition of a Madison, Miss.-based plant to support the production of [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) said it resumed 'continuous production' on Monday (18 April), joining other automakers such as Nissan and Toyota though, like them, it is not [...]

The Cléon site is starting production of the new flagship in Renault's powertrain range, the Diesel Energy dCi 130 (R9M type). Developed by Renault, the Energy dCi 130 benefits from [...]

The existing Autoliv plant in Southern China was brought into operations three years ago, replacing a leased plant that was started in 2005. Now the Guangzhou plant has 800 employees, [...]

Byline: just-auto.com editorial team Autoliv has started an extension of its airbag and seatbelt assembly plant in Guangzhou in Southern China at a cost of almost US$4m. The existing Autoliv [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts Honda said on Thursday (31 March) it would resume production of finished automobiles at its Sayama and Suzuka factories on Monday, 11 April. All production plants in [...]

Byline: just-auto.com editorial team Japanese car companies have suspended production in the wake of Friday’s earthquake and tsunami which devasted many areas in the north of the country. Toyota suspended [...]

Byline: just-auto.com editorial team Nissan has suspended production at its plant in Egypt to ensure employees' safety after anti government protests, officials said. The suspension will last at least to [...]

Byline: just-auto.com editorial team Nissan Motor has started production of the pure electric, zero-emission Nissan Leaf at its Oppama facility. The EV is slated to go on sale in December [...]

Byline: just-auto.com editorial team Nissan is said to invest US$20m in its Indonesian assembly plant to double production capacity for the growing local market. Chief executive Carlos Ghosn said Nissan [...]

Byline: just-auto.com editorial team Japan's five top automakers made substantial worldwide output cuts in April amid the global recession, with their respective margins of year-on-year cut ranging from 29.7% to [...]

Byline: just-auto.com editorial team Samsung has begun producing the new (2010MY) SM3 compact car in South Korea. The car was unveiled at the Seoul Motor Show in April and will [...]

Byline: just-auto.com editorial team Nissan will start production of the NV200 van and people carrier at its Barcelona factory in November as it starts to replace the Pathfinder SUV and [...]