Nissan has an annual capacity of 1.6 million vehicles in the NAFTA region
- Nissan is one of the three Japanese manufacturers the best established in North America, alongside Toyota and Honda. Between 2005 and 2013, its production volume increased by 20% in this region, from 750 000 to 1 500 000 vehicles. Nissan currently has in North America a production capacity of 1.6 million vehicles per year spread out in four factories:
- Cuernavaca - Mexico: 400 000 units per year (segment B / C: Micra, Tsuru, Sentra - pick-up segment: Frontier)
- Smyrna - USA: 500 000 units per year (the SUVs Xterra, Rogue, Pathfinder - segment D / segment E: Altima, Maxima)
- Canton - USA: 400 000 units per year (SUV segment / MPV: Titan Quest - segment D / segment E: Altima, Maxima)
- Aguascalientes - Mexico: 300 000 units per year (Versa, Tiida - C segment )
- All Nissan plants in this area are currently operating at 92% capacity.
- The manufacturer decided last year that new capacities would be added in 2014 to the Mexican Aguascalientes plant (+ 200 000 units per year). In addition, a plant dedicated to the Infiniti (Nissan's luxury subsidiary) producing 100 000 units will be built in the U.S. opening in 2017. Thus, Nissan will have a capacity of 1.9 million vehicles per year by 2017 in the NAFTA area, i.e. a figure very close to that of Toyota and Honda.
