UK plant helps Nissan pass 150 million vehicles milestone

Posted on 21 Sep 2017 by Jonny Williamson

The Japanese car maker has announced it has produced 150 million vehicles globally, including more than 9 million built at the UK plant in Sunderland.

The 150 million milestone has been reached as Nissan prepares to launch the new Nissan LEAF in Europe – image courtesy of Nissan When Nissan reached the 100 million-milestone in 2006, 76.5% of the total vehicles had been produced in Japan. Localisation of production accelerated in the past 11 years, during…

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