- Nissan has unveiled the new generation of crossover Qashqai,  to be manufactured in the UK Sunderland plant from early 2014.

- Pioneer of compact crossovers (C segment), the Qashqai has become over the years one of the most produced and sold vehicle in Europe.

- Considering the data of the first eight months of 2013, the Qashqai positions itself in eighth position (142,081 units ) in Europe, which represents the best performance of the model since its launch in 2007. For the full year 2013, it is expected to exceed 210,000 units sold in Europe (310,000 units are produced at total in 2013 in Sunderland (Inovev’s estimates)).

- Currently, about 100,000 units are exported annually from Sunderland, to Ukraine, China, Japan and chiefly Russia (35 000 vehicles in 2013).

- From 2014 or 2015 Nissan Qashqai for the Russian market will be produced locally in the Saint Petersburg, at 50 000 units per year. This site currently manufactures Nissan Teana and X -Trail .

- The Qashqai is not sold in North America as Nissan chose Rogue ( American version of the future X -Trail ) as the vehicle best suited to this market.

  

- The SUV market (all segments) is growing rapidly worldwide and major widespread manufacturers (Toyota, Renault-Nissan, VW ...) benefit from the success of this market.

- "Specialist" and historical brands such as GMC, Jeep, Land Rover and Ssangyong also benefit from the high degree of interest of this market.

- The British manufacturer Land Rover as well as Jeep and GMC are prime examples of this. Composed of the Defender, Freelander, Range Rover Evoque (2011), Discovery, Range Rover (2012) and Range Rover Sport (2013), until 1992 the manufacturer was producing less than 100 000 vehicles and is now (2013) producing nearly 350 000 SUVs.

- Since its acquisition by the Tata Motors group in 2008 the dynamism of the manufacturer has been highlighted by the launch of a new model each year. In addition to the renewal of the Defender (2014) and the Freelander (2015), the manufacturer may introduce an additional model. This new model will be between the Evoque and the Range Rover and it will be based on the new platform shared by Jaguar and Land Rover.

- With its recent entry into the Chinese market, the renewal of existing products and the expanding of its range, Land Rover expects to sell on the global market 600 000 vehicles per year by 2020.