A low-cost Nissan sharing platform with Renault’s Logan will enter production in Russia next year.
Nissan’s first vehicle based on the Logan design will be produced by AvtoVAZ, 25% owned by Renault-Nissan. Renault Russia chief Bruno Ancelin said, “This will be Nissan’s first vehicle based on the Logan platform.”
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Ancelin said AvtoVAZ is also expected to manufacture gasoline engines and gearboxes for all three partners as soon as 2013. He added Renault, Nissan and AvtoVAZ are together eyeing deliveries of 1.6 million in 2016 for a combined market share of 40%.
The B0 line: the first large-scale project of the Renault-Nissan AVTOVAZ partnership
The new shared production line for vehicles based on the B0 platform (Logan) is of strategic importance for the Alliance. Due to be inaugurated at Togliatti in March 2012, it will have an installed capacity of 350,000 units a year and be able to produce five different vehicle models by the Renault, Nissan and Lada brands using modern facilities.
For example, a greenfield paint workshop has been created with a capacity of 60 vehicles an hour. The first vehicle produced will be the Lada Largus. In all, some EUR400 million have been invested in capacity growth for the B0 line. But this achievement is above all the result of the co-operation between teams that began in early 2010. Some 100 Renault engineers shuttle back and forth between Paris and Togliatti, but the project also involves staff from other countries, including Japan, Romania, Germany and Slovakia. They work hand in hand on all aspects of vehicle production, including powertrain, chassis, bodywork, paint and assembly, applying the Alliance Production Way.
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