Last Auto account – Nissan Micra ends UK assembly Sunderland Bulb ends Micra assembly and prepares for Juke launch.
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Today marks the end of the Micra era. After 18 years and added than 2.3 actor cars, UK Micra assembly ends in Sunderland during backward about-face tonight, Friday 16th July.
Once the endure Micra rolls off the line, the bulb will be re-jigged in alertness for the Juke, architecture of which begins in August. The all-new all-around Micra will be congenital in Thailand.
Read our review, with video, of the Nissan Juke here
Speaking about the occasion, Kevin Fitzpatrick, Nissan’s Manufacturing UK bang-up said “there is no agnosticism that Micra has been a amazing success for us and a assembly run of able-bodied over two actor units is astounding, but like all plants we are consistently alteration and afterlight our archetypal mix.
Although Micra is a boxy act to follow, Juke is a actual agitative prospect. By accumulation the best attributes from a bunched SUV and a sports car, it will inject something absolutely aboriginal into the baby car segment.”
Sunderland Bulb facts:
•Ã‚ Â Â Established in 1984 (start of assembly 1986)
•Ã‚ Â Â Total investment in bulb to date: 2.68 billion GBP (2.99 billion euros)
•Ã‚ Â Â Total aggregate back alpha of production: 5.6 actor units
•Ã‚ Â Â Total 2009 volume: 338,000 units
•Ã‚ Â Â Current workforce: 4,700 employees
•Ã‚ Â Â UK’s better car ambassador and exporter
•Ã‚ Â Â Produced a third of all cars congenital in the UK in 2009
•Ã‚ Â Â Current archetypal line-up: Qashqai, Qashqai +2, Note and from August the new Nissan Juke
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