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Nissan’s ongoing commitment to European design, engineering and production takes another bold step forward with the launch of the new Note.
The innovative B-segment challenger – which goes on sale throughout Europe from the autumn – starts yet another chapter in Nissan’s European success story.
Like Nissan’s best-selling Juke and Qashqai models, the European Note was engineered at Nissan Technical Centre Europe (NTCE) in Cranfield, UK. Many aspects of the new model were developed with European buyers in mind, with the engineering team conducting extensive testing on European roads.
Building on the new Note’s European credentials, the new model will be built at the award-winning Nissan Manufacturing UK (NMUK) plant in Sunderland, UK.
A significant €147.5m investment has been made at the plant to further extend capacity and integrate Note assembly alongside the Juke production line. In addition to final assembly, NMUK is also producing axles, cylinder heads, camshafts and petrol engines for the new car. The introduction of Note production to Europe has created around 2,000 new jobs at Nissan and throughout its UK supplier network.
The integration of Note production into what is one of the world’s most productive and efficient car plants further highlights Nissan’s engineering skills. To incorporate production and assembly of the Note’s new features, numerous changes have been made to the plant layout. Among these are a new sunroof glazing facility and a new Around View Monitor testing facility that allows production engineers to fully calibrate the Note’s innovative rear view camera.
The success story for Nissan’s European production base doesn’t end with the Note. Along with ongoing production of the Qashqai at NMUK, a new premium compact model under the Infiniti brand has also been confirmed.
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