Renault-Nissan and Daimler will open their joint plant in Mexico early 2016
- Renault-Nissan and Daimler will begin in 2016 the production at their new joint plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico, two years after the start of its construction (see Auto Analyses n°2013-39). This plant is located near an existing Nissan plant (located in Aguascalientes) and will be 50% owned by Renault-Nissan and 50% owned by Daimler.
- The initial capacity of the new plant will be 230 000 vehicles a year for a range of compact C-segment models sold under the Nissan and Mercedes brands. This will probably be the next generation of Mercedes A Class and a variant of the Infiniti Q30, which just start its production on Nissan plant located at Sunderland (UK).
- The start of production of new Nissan models is planned in 2016 and 2018 will mark the start of the new generation of Mercedes A-Class launched in both Europe and Mexico. The models produced in Mexico will be only exported to North America and South America.
- Let us recall that Mercedes had already produced A Class sedans in Brazil between 1999 and 2005 for the North American continent and the South American continent, but without success, as less than 65 000 units had been produced in six years. This time, Mercedes' objective is to produce at least 100 000 Class A every year in the new Aguascalientes plant in Mexico.
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