Renault and Nissan's European N1-1 segment LUVs will be produced in Maubeuge
- The announced closure of the Nissan plant in Barcelona (Spain) will cause a transfer of light utility vehicles (LUVs) within the production plants of the Renault-Nissan group. Indeed, since the end of production of the Nissan Pulsar sedan in 2018, there were only two families of vehicles produced at the Barcelona site:
• The mid-range pickups: Nissan Navara, Renault Alaskan and Mercedes Classe X.
• Nissan NV200 minivan (segment N1-1), which are now all fully electric.
- However, Renault and Mercedes pick-ups saw their production stopped in this plant last year due to lacking demand. 1,800 Mercedes X-Classes were sold in 2020 and less than a hundred Renault Alaskans. However, production of the Renault pickup continues in Argentina. As for the Nissan Navara, it sold 7,800 in Europe last year, but production will be transferred to Thailand when the model will be replaced, which is expected to take effect next summer.
- The NV200 minivans were sold at 7,500 units in Europe last year, and the carmaker does not want to remove it from its product range. This model will have a replacement which will not be the Kangoo (there is already a Nissan version of the Kangoo which is named NV250). This replacement will be produced at the Maubeuge plant, alongside the Renault Kangoo, Nissan NV250 and Mercedes T-Class (Mercedes derivate version of the Kangoo). The Nissan NV300 (segment N1-2) will continue to be produced at the Sandouville plant (France) alongside the Renault Trafic and the NV400 (segment N1-3) at the Batilly plant (France), alongside the Renault Master.
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