Nissan commence production of 2nd generation Qashqai
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Nissan Qashqai is due in Australia during third-quarter
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23rd January, 2014
Redesigned from the ground up, the
new generation
Nissan Qashqai (Dualis in some markets, including Australia) is now rolling off the production line at the company’s
Sunderland plant located in northern England.
Designed, engineered and manufactured in the UK, Qashqai is the best-selling cross-over in Europe and Nissan’s
best-selling model in Europe. When it arrives in Australia, the new model will take up the name Qasqai, replacing
the Dualis branding of the first-generation model.
The new generation model is now in full production at Sunderland, where a Qashqai is built every 61 seconds on the
factory’s Line 1.
Hosting a ceremony at the plant yesterday, Nissan’s Chief Performance Officer, Trevor Mann CBE, said: “The Nissan
Qashqai blazed a trail when we started production in 2006. It invented the cross-over segment, propelled the Nissan brand
in Europe to a new level and helped our plant in Sunderland to set new standards in productivity and quality.”
“The new Qashqai, with its bold design and segment-leading technology, will once again elevate Nissan to a new
level, as the benchmark for the second generation of cross-overs and our flagship model in Europe.”
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Playing a starring role in a new film made for yesterday’s ceremony are members of the Nissan workforce, which has now
grown above 7,000 for the first time in the plant’s 28-year history, supporting a total of more than 40,000 UK automotive
industry jobs in design, engineering, manufacturing, marketing and sales.
The international economic impact of Qashqai now spreads from Sunderland across the world, with £534 million now
invested by Nissan in its development and production, supporting more than 224 suppliers in 22 countries, and exporting
to more than 130 global markets.
UK Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. David Cameron said: “It’s great news that the new model Qashqai is rolling off the
production line in Sunderland. Nissan supports 40,000 jobs across the UK, and when you add that to the half a billion
pound investment that Nissan have made in this country for this new model, it shows how our long term plan is giving
companies the confidence to invest and create jobs in Britain.”
Executive Vice President Mann added: “Behind the rise of Qashqai is the operational excellence of Nissan’s design,
engineering and manufacturing operations. It gives me great pleasure to return to Sunderland today to thank and pay
tribute to the many thousands of colleagues at Nissan and in our supply base who have contributed to this
success.”
The new Nissan Qashqai is built on Sunderland’s Line 1, which has been running on 24-hour operations since 2010 to
meet global demand. It is also the first Nissan production vehicle in Europe to be based on the new CMF (Common Module
Family) Renault-Nissan Alliance platform.
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