Nissan to Reorganize Domestic Production into Three Sites, Aiming for 1 Million Units

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Nissan Motor announced on the 10th that it will reorganize its domestic production system into three sites and aims for annual production on the scale of 1 million units. Anticipating growth in domestic sales and exports, the company will significantly boost output from the roughly 700,000-unit scale of the previous fiscal year. The plan will be carried out over the next several years, and in the medium term Nissan also intends to launch family-oriented compact cars in Japan and overseas. The three sites are the Tochigi Plant, Nissan Motor Kyushu, and Nissan Shatai Kyushu. At the Tochigi Plant, production of sports cars and electric vehicles will continue, and the minivan Serena and the luxury minivan Elgrand will be moved there from the two Kyushu plants to raise its sluggish utilization rate. To Nissan Motor Kyushu, production of the compact car Note and other models will be transferred from the Oppama Plant, which will close at the end of fiscal 2027, and new family-oriented compact cars will also be built there, positioning it as a core production base. Nissan Shatai Kyushu will specialize in compact commercial vehicles and similar models.

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Nissan reorganizes domestic production into three sites and targets 1 million units annually, boosting capacity from ~700,000.

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Nissan Motor Kyushu becomes a core production base, gaining Note output from Oppama and new family compact cars.

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Nissan Shatai Kyushu is kept as one of three domestic sites, specializing in compact commercial vehicles.

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