It seems as though production cuts are a now a daily occurrence in the automotive industry, with today being no different. Nissan already announced that it will be slashing SUV production due to weakening demand, but the cuts will be much more far reaching than just that.
Although specific numbers for each plant are not yet available, Nissan announced on Tuesday that it will be cutting production by 65,000 units at its Kyushu and Tochigi plants in Japan between November and March – the end of the automaker’s fiscal year. The production cuts are in addition to the 10,000 vehicles already eliminated from Tochigi’s production schedule in September.
Nissan’s Tochigi production facility is responsible for producing about 95 percent of all Infiniti vehicles sold in North America, according to Automotive News. Nissan’s Kyushu plant mainly produces SUVs for the North American market.
“We will implement a production cut in response to sales conditions in North America,” a Nissan spokeswoman told Automotive News.
Nissan also announced that it will idle production at its Sunderland for two weeks and will also shorten work weeks for three weeks between October and November. The Sunderland plant, which is located in the UK, produces the Micra and Note for European markets.
Nissan’s production plant in Barcelona – which produces the Pathfinder, Navara and Primastar van – will also idle production for one week and shorten shifts for an additional eight weeks.
10/21, 8:57 PM
posted by:
Lariat Luxury Locomotive Liner No.3
Where the hell has Nissan been? A little late to the party or the invitation never arrived?
10/21, 9:14 PM
posted by:
autonut
I guess they weren’t hit that hard, that they needed to cut production. I am sure Versa and Sentra are selling quite well.
10/22, 8:24 AM
posted by:
ricky_b
Actually, if you looked at sales data from Jan-July, Nissan was kicking ass in most sales fronts, even Murano and Rogue. August is when the hit the wall that everyone else had hit. For the Nissan side, the production cuts probably should have started a little bit earlier in anticipation of what was to come. On the Infiniti side, maybe there were people waiting for the G35s to become G37s. Me, I was waiting to hear that they were doing something with the backseat of the EX35 (not until 2010).