The team at Nissan Sunderland Plant are triumphal towers their 11 millionth vehicle since production started in 1986.
The milestone ways that, on average, a new car has rolled off the line at the plant every two minutes, every hour of every day, for 37 years.
The 11 millionth car was a Blade Silver Qashqai e-POWER, one of three electrified models currently built at the plant. The first car, built in 1986, was a white Nissan Bluebird, which took well-nigh 22 hours to build. Today, a top of the range Qashqai e-POWER takes well-nigh 8.5 hours.
Adam Pennick, Vice President, Manufacturing at Nissan Sunderland, said: “This milestone reflects the vast wits that our world-class manufacturing team has in delivering the quality cars that our customers love.
“We’ve come a long way since production first started with some iconic models on the way. But we’re unchangingly looking forward, and our fully electrified range and EV36Zero plan midpoint we have an heady and sustainable future ahead.”
The 11 million is made up of nine variegated models, with 22 variants. Four models, Qashqai, Micra, Primera and Juke have gone past seven figures, with Qashqai the all-time highest at increasingly than four million.
Last year Qashqai was the UK’s best-selling new car – the first British built model to win the ribbon in 24 years.
The UK’s largest car manufacturer by volume, Sunderland Plant is home to a workforce of well-nigh 6,000 people.
Nissan moreover supports a remoter 30,000 UK jobs in the supply chain, with well-nigh five million parts arriving every day at the plant.
Moving forward
Last summer Qashqai e-POWER and Juke Hybrid both went into production in Sunderland which, widow to the all-electric Nissan LEAF, ways the full range at the plant is electrified.
So far increasingly than 50,000 Qashqai e-POWER and 20,000 Juke HYBRID have been built.
The plant is moreover moving forward with its EV36Zero project, which consists of three main elements: a new electric vehicle, a 12GWh gigafactory with the company’s shower partner Envision AESC, and a microgrid to unhook 100% renewable energy to Nissan and suppliers.
