The Nissan Micra has been manufactured at Renault’s plant in Flins, France, since late 2016.
PARIS – Renault will expand and build the next generation of the Nissan Micra, said leading executive No. 2 from the Japanese automaker, as the two corporations attempt to rebuild their alliance into a “leader-follower” model, being guilty by regions and vehicle segments. .
The Micron was last redesigned in 2016.
The long term of the Flins site is uncertain, Renault has announced that vehicle production there will be avoided around 2024 in favor of recycling activities.
“For the next generation of Micra, we will stay with Renault, and ask Renault to expand and manufacture the long-term Micra for us,” Nissan Chief Operating Officer Ashwani Gupta told French newspaper Le Monde in an interview published Monday. What will be the trading strategy? The resolution lies with Renault. “
Micra ranked 15th in the small car segment in the first part of 2020, according to JATO Dynamics data, with sales of 18,154 games, 50% less than in 2019. Micra’s most productive year recently 2017, with 86,489 games sold. 2019 were 65240. La Clio is the leader of the segment for a long time.
Gupta, former director of the Renault-Nissan Alliance’s soft advertising vehicle division, added that Renault would continue to expand and build Nissan advertising vans for Europe.
He also corrected the assumptions that Nissan’s plant in Sunderland, England, was in danger following the resolution to close the Japanese automaker’s plant in Barcelona.
“Given our 2. 5% market position rate, we may not be able to afford to have two factories in Europe, so we took the decision to close Barcelona,” Gupta told Le Monde. “Sunderland’s place in the UK is another story. It is the most productive performance of all Nissan sites. It occupies a special position in our history. “
Reuters contributed to this report
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