Nissan: Nissan JUKE-R is back – and now with added NISMO

ROLLE, Switzerland – Nissan is set to unleash its latest evolution: the JUKE-R NISMO. Using the latest technology, styling and running gear from NISMO products, the supercar-beating crossover will be unveiled and unleashed at Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK on June 25.

About Nissan in the UK

  • Nissan Sunderland Plant produces the Nissan Qashqai, Note and Juke and the 100% electric Nissan LEAF
  • Production of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles began in 2012
  • Total plant volume since 1986 stands at more than eight million units with 80 per cent of production exported to 100 markets worldwide
  • Total investment made and announced since then is over £3.5 billion
  • 500,238 units were produced at Sunderland plant in 2014
  • In 2014, one in three cars built in the UK was a Nissan.
  • Sunderland Plant currently employs more than 6,700 people
  • Nissan’s European Design Centre is located in Paddington, London and employs around 65 people
  • Nissan’s European Technical Centre is based in Cranfield, Bedfordshire and employs around 1,000 people
  • Nissan’s sales and marketing headquarters in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire employs around 190 people

About Nissan in Europe
Nissan has one of the most comprehensive European presences of any overseas manufacturer, employing more than 17,600 staff across locally-based design, research development, manufacturing, logistics and sales marketing operations. Last financial year Nissan plants in the UK, Spain and Russia produced more than 675,000 vehicles including award-winning crossovers, small cars, SUVs, commercial vehicles and electric vehicles, including the Nissan LEAF, the world’s most popular electric vehicle with 96% of customers willing to recommend the car to friends. Nissan now offers a strong line-up of 23 diverse and innovative models in Europe under the Nissan and Datsun brands.

 

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Contacts:

David Jackson
Public and Product Affairs
david.jackson@nissan.co.uk
01923 899933 (M: 07966 878 665)

Linda Robinson
Public and Product Affairs
linda.robinson@nissan.co.uk
01923 899932 (Mob: 07770 646397 )

Kayleigh Edwards
Public and Product Affairs
kayleigh.edwards@nissan.co.uk
01923 899937 (M: 07814 141097)

Nayab Khan
Product Affairs
nayab.khan@nissan.co.uk
01923 899934 (M: 07773 176864)