Nissan to cancel plans to make X-Trail SUV in UK amid BrexitThe Nissan logo is seen at Nissan Motor's global headquarters building in Yokohama, Japan. The main production plant for the current X-Trail is in Japan, while Nissan’s plant in Sunderland, northeast England, makes the smaller Qashqai SUV and other models. “Precise details of Nissan’s impending announcement were unclear this weekend, but sources said it was likely to initially involve abandoning the X-Trail production plans which had been announced in the autumn of 2016,” Sky reported. As well as the X-Trail, Nissan said in 2016 it would build the next generation Qashqai SUV in Britain after receiving government assurances over Brexit, in what was seen at the time as a boost for Prime Minister Theresa May. SEE ALSO :Auditor queried Ghosn’s payments before scandalInvestment in Britain’s car industry halved last year, data showed on Thursday, and car production by Nissan in Britain fell by more than 10 percent.

Source: Standard Digital February 04, 2019 07:18 UTC