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Nissan Sunderland Now Building The Juke

August 28, 2010

It’s official, the Juke has gone into production at Nissan’s Sunderland plant. The car is a five door cross-over vehicle available in both front and four wheel drive variants. This is great news for the north east of England, which has a very proud engineering history. This is also the sixth new model in eight [...]

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Nissan Juke Review – Auto Express

July 30, 2010

The Juke is an incredibly important car, especially for the motoring industry of the North East of England – Sunderland’s Nissan factory will be working hard on this new model. So, does it deserve all the recent press? Well, a funky design, pleasing dynamics and optional four wheel drive mean that this crossover is quite [...]

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The Final Nissan Micra Rolls Off The Line At Sunderland Factory

July 17, 2010
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10th August 1992 the first Sunderland-built Micra rolled off the line. Now, 18 years, more than 2.3 million units and one model change later, Micra production in the UK has come to an end. In its place, Sunderland is already looking forward to the launch of the all-new Juke crossover car, which will enter production [...]

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Nissan Juke – A Crossover With A Big Heart

February 18, 2010
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This is the latest car from Nissan – the Juke. It’s a compact SUV/sports crossover that provides a lot of value and is designed to challenge just what a small car is in today’s market (not that there’s any truly ‘small’ cars out there any more except for the smart fortwo). Designed to bring a [...]

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Nissan Sunderland Creates Jobs By Restarting The Third Shift

February 1, 2010
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In recent news, Nissan has created 400 temporary fixed term contracts at the Sunderland plant in the North East of England. Recruitment has now begun for workers to be involved in the production process of the seemingly ever popular Qashqai, which has a major update coming in March 2010. Trevor Mann, Nissan Senior Vice President [...]

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The Nissan Qazana Concept

March 21, 2009

Is this the car to save the motor industry in the north east of England?  Nissan has a huge factory in Sunderland that’s unfortunately seen some layoffs.  Will the Qazana change all that though? The Nissan Qazana is a four wheel drive crossover that features (in the concept at least) Nissan’s All Mode system.  It [...]

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Nissan Cuts Jobs At Sunderland Factory

January 10, 2009

Nissan was one of the few companies that appeared to be keeping a head above water in the current economic climate – which was good news for the local Sunderland factory. However, this was all to come tumbling down when 1200 job cuts were announced. The company said that the move was necessary to “safeguard [...]

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