The first new Infiniti Q30 vehicles have rolled off the production line at Nissan’s Sunderland, UK, manufacturing plant.
Infiniti’s first compact model, the Q30, is also the brand’s first vehicle to be manufactured in Europe. As part of its global growth plan, Infiniti vehicles are now built in five plants in four countries on three continents.
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Trevor Mann, Chief Performance Officer of Nissan Motor Corporation, said: “Today we are beginning an exciting new chapter in the Infiniti story, and I can’t think of a better place to start than here at Nissan’s Sunderland plant. Over its 30 year history, Sunderland has grown into the UK’s largest automotive plant. It is renowned for delivering high-quality, top-selling vehicles, and is regarded as a world-class production facility with a highly skilled and dedicated work force.
“To prepare for Q30 production, we invested 250-million pounds here in the UK. This is creating more than 1,000 new jobs in the UK automotive industry. Q30 production is further strengthening our premium vehicle manufacturing capability in Sunderland, and exports to global markets such as China and North America signal the next phase in the expansion of Infiniti and a new chapter for our UK plant.”
The Infiniti production team at Sunderland includes a select group of newly-appointed “master craftspeople”. At each stage of the production process, they ensure every individual Q30 meets Infiniti’s premium manufacturing standards.
New production facilities at the Sunderland plant include a 100%-automated body shop, where 134 new robots with laser-welding precision have been installed to build a highly rigid bodyshell for the Q30, which Infiniti says is “one of the reasons that sound levels in the Q30’s cabin are exceptionally low”.
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By GlobalDataAfter the Q30 is welded, it is integrated onto the plant’s Line 2 for painting and final assembly, where a second plant extension has been built.
