Sunderland not now getting production of X Trail

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This news seems to be all over, was posted earlier in the USA by CNN and Bloomberg. Whatever the reason Nissan Internal Politics, Diesels or the Brexit to me this a disaster following up all the other UK Auto Industry Problems - Dave 🤨

Lets just hope that this comment is fact for the sake of the Workers ! :
“The company has confirmed that no jobs will be lost. They have reiterated today their commitment to the UK by continuing to manufacture in Sunderland the current Qashqai, Leaf and Juke models and the new Qashqai model from 2020."

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/03/business ... index.html

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I tend to agreee with gloucester. This has been bubbling along for a while. There’s more, much more than just Brexit, that is being peddled in the news as a scapegoat.
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Another editorial on this decision.
Nissan's U-turn on Sunderland.pdf
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Gel, interesting read ! Here is the official statement from Nissan on their decision, from what I see no mention of Brexit - Dave 😉
https://uk.nissannews.com/en-GB/release ... on-x-trail
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Surely implied by this though...

"While we have taken this decision for business reasons, the continued uncertainty around the UK's future relationship with the EU is not helping companies like ours to plan for the future."
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Good Article.

https://news.sky.com/story/why-it-makes ... n-11628138
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From the Sunderland Echo "Nissan's decision not build its new X-Trail car in Sunderland means that 741 additional jobs will no longer be created, Business Secretary Greg Clark has said.

The news comes on the same day that it emerged the Government offered Nissan support of up to £80million if the Japanese firm built new models at its Wearside plant."
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Nissan £60m in doubt after investment U-turn http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47120759
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Over to the DMail for the next facts - Dave 🤨
“Nissan confirmed in a letter to workers yesterday that the next-generation X-Trail will instead be made in Japan - with the company's chairman saying slumping diesel sales in Europe and Brexit helped influence the decision”.

https://mol.im/a/6664909

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And the next, this is not going to rest ! “Global diesel crash is reason Nissan won't make its X-Trail in the UK “ - Dave 😉

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