Nissan Avila plant will stop utility vehicle production in 2019
- Nissan (a subsidiary of the Renault-Nissan Group) is currently producing the Nissan NT400 / 500 (formerly Cabstar) and Renault Maxity at its Spanish plant in Avila, at a rate of 15,000 to 20,000 units per year.
- The NT400 and NT500 are sold throughout Europe by the Nissan network, while the Renault Maxity is sold through the Volvo Trucks subsidiary Renault Trucks in the same region.
- The Volvo Trucks Group produces and markets trucks and buses under the Volvo Trucks, Renault Trucks, Mack Trucks and UD truck brands. This group is one of the top two in the world, with the Daimler Group.
- In 2016, less than 19,000 units (NT400 / 500 and Maxity) came off Avila assembly lines.
- Given the low production volume of these models and, according to Renault-Nissan analysis, the high level of investment needed to bring them into line with future heavy vehicles standards Renault-Nissan prefers to abandon production of this type of vehicles to focus on their core commercial vehicle business: LUVs for Nissan and trucks for Renault Trucks.
- The Avila plant will therefore cease this activity in September 2019, to become a body spare parts production facility.
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