Nissan is celebrating a production milestone at its A2 manufacturing complex in Aguascalientes, Mexico.
The factory has built its 200,000th vehicle, a Sentra SR outfitted with a 1.8-liter engine and an Xtronic CVT. The sedan, like 90 percent of vehicles built at the plant, will be shipped to the US market.
The factory has built its 200,000th vehicle, a Sentra SR outfitted with a 1.8-liter engine and an Xtronic CVT. The sedan, like 90 percent of vehicles built at the plant, will be shipped to the US market.
The achievement was reached just 16 months after the factory began building vehicles, though Nissan was among the first major automakers to establish a significant manufacturing footprint in Mexico more than three decades ago.
The company’s Mexico powertrain plant, also located in Aguascalientes, currently builds engines at a rate of 217 units per hour. The factory built its 10 millionth engine last year.
The Renault-Nissan alliance last year teamed with Daimler to build another gigantic factory in Aguascalientes. It will cost over $1.3 billion and eventually be capable of producing 300,000 vehicles annually, mostly Infiniti and Mercedes-Benz premium compacts.
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