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Nissan opens new plant in Mexico by 2013

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Nissan announced their plans to invest more than US$2 billion in new facilities and plants. For the beginning, the Japanese manufacturer will open the third factory in Mexico by 2013. The new plant will be located in Aguascalientes and will have an annual production of around 175,000 units.

Nissan in Mexico
Nissan in Mexico

Of course, new jobs will be added together with the new facility, around 3,000 workplaces following to become available while other 9,000 jobs will be created too through the supply chain.

Nissan in Mexico
Nissan in Mexico

“Mexico is a key engine for Nissan’s growth in the Americas. Together with our new plant in Brazil, this new manufacturing facility in Aguascalientes is an important pillar in our strategy,” said Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Nissan Motor.

Nissan in Mexico
Nissan in Mexico

The two existing plants in Mexico managed to produce a record number of 600,000 vehicles last year, an important achievement which confirms the need of a third plant in the area. According to the company, after the third factory will be built, the total number of workers employed at the Mexican plants of Nissan will exceed the 13,000 mark.

Andrei Ursu
the authorAndrei Ursu
Andrei is one of the oldest automotive journalists of Automotorblog and has written more than 3000 articles for our publication. He has been passionate about cars since he was a small child, and he joined our team of writers in 2009. In addition to his passion for cars, he is also passionate about music. In his free time, he composes songs and sings them, which also brought him real success in the musical field.

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  • Have you seen the first maintenance cost for the GTR? $220 oil change? Since you are slow, I’ll explain. If you can’t SO MUCH AS put it on a dyno, how do you expect to put it on a track?! VW 911? By that logic, the Lambo, Bentley, and Bugatti are also VW’s? The GTR is fast. It’s impressive but you cant use it.

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