Nissan Moves Infiniti QX56 SUV Production to Japan
September 29, 2009
Nissan reportedly plans to move production of its full-size Infiniti QX56 sport-utility vehicle to Japan from the U.S. next year.
Nikkei English News reported Nissan will move the QX56 from its relatively new plant in Mississippi to Nissan's Shatai Co.'s Kyushu plant. Already, Nissan has moved production of the Quest minivan from Mississippi to the same factory.
Neither have been stellar sellers for Nissan, which is converting the Mississippi plant to the production of small commercial vehicles in the vein of Daimler's Sprinter and Ford's Transit Connect. The Nissan commercial vehicles are supposed to go on sale in 2010.
Posted by Michelle Krebs at 6:30 AM under Companies | Comments (2) | digg this | Seed Newsvine
This really says a lot about the future of the QX. Undoubtedly Nissan will cease selling it here in the US (chicken tax). I doubt there are many other markets around the world that demand SUVs like we do.
Posted by: estreka | September 30, 2009 at 8:53 AM
i'm assuming the Armada is gong home, too
Posted by: fulcrumb | September 30, 2009 at 4:22 PM