Nissan Europe, which has closed its Barcelona LCV plant and a while in the past exited an LCV JV with GM’s Opel/Vauxhall, has introduced plans for its subsequent technology of small vans for patrons in Europe – rebadged Renaults.
“Leveraging additional the energy and scale of the Alliance, Nissan’s future vary of small vans can be manufactured in Maubeuge, France, the Alliance’s small van centre of excellence,” the automaker stated in an announcement.
Nameplates and detailed product info can be launched nearer to launch however Nissan stated the brand new vary would come with all-electric and inner combustion engine choices, in addition to business and passenger car variants, with numerous dimension mixtures.
Chief working officer Ashwani Gupta stated: “This future van announcement is extra proof of the sturdy momentum constructing for Nissan in Europe as we proceed to advance our NEXT enterprise transformation plan.
“Manufacturing our future merchandise along with our Alliance associate brings aggressive benefits for each corporations and is one other instance of our win-win technique.
“Whereas it’s too early to provide any detailed product info, our clients will be positive they’ll have a powerful Nissan identification and proceed our mission of constructing the all electrical driving expertise a viable choice for everybody.”
Like the present Nissan NV250 van, which has been manufactured at Renault’s Maubeuge plant since 2019, the subsequent technology mannequin can be constructed on an Alliance platform alongside the subsequent Renault Kangoo.
The allocation of the next-generation of Nissan small vans to Maubeuge signifies that future Nissan vans for Europe can be manufactured in France.
“The subsequent-generation all-electric van will proceed the success of the e-NV200 which was the primary all-electric business car for the mass market when it launched in 2014,” Nissan stated.
In addition to French made, Renault based mostly vans, Nissan Europe has additionally made its personal NV200 line in Barcelona and shared a UK-built, Renault Trafic-based mannequin with the French model and the previous GM Europe’s Opel and Vauxhall marques. The UK plant, now owned by PSA, builds French designed vans for the assorted PSA manufacturers together with Vauxhall and Opel.
