Five years after inventing the small crossover, Nissan announced a new generation Juke will be made in Britain.
The expected £100m investment is a further endorsement of the quality of output from the Sunderland plant. Following the launch of the second generation Nissan Qashqai in 2013, future Juke allocation points to a secure future for Sunderland and 34,000 people employed by Nissan and British suppliers beyond 2020.
Giving a further boost to the UK car industry, Nissan’s European design team in Paddington, London, and European Engineering Headquarters in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, will be instrumental in the development of this new model – ensuring the European customer needs and taste are incorporated into the second generation Juke.
Now firmly established as the reference point for B-segment crossovers, and Nissan’s second best-selling car in Europe, Juke has been turning heads since its launch in 2010 on Nissan’s Line two in Sunderland.
Its success has led to the Sunderland plant achieving 500,000 volumes in each of the past three years, with 80% of output exported to over 130 markets.
Current models also include the Nissan Note and the all-electric Nissan LEAF, with production of the Infiniti Q30 due to begin later this year. Refreshed in 2014, the Juke is now offered with personalisation options and a host of exciting and innovative technology and styling features.
Additionally and also made in Sunderland, the Juke NISMO RS is the performance version of the popular crossover, with years of racetrack heritage taken from the enigmatic NISMO brand marrying the Juke with impressive power credentials, aggressive styling and optimum handling capabilities.
Next generation Juke is the first model to be confirmed for the Renault-Nissan Alliance CMF-B architecture. Common Module Family (CMF) is an engineering architecture that drives synergies in all major areas, from purchasing to vehicle engineering and powertrains.
Nissan is now the biggest carmaker in the history of the UK car industry, with annual output exceeding 500,000 in each of the last three years and currently includes the Nissan Qashqai, Juke, Note and all-electric LEAF. Nissan employs nearly 8,000 people in its UK design, engineering, sales and manufacturing operations, supporting an additional 27,000 jobs in the UK supply chain plus 3,900 in dealerships.
About Nissan in the UK
- Total plant volume since 1986 exceeds eight million with 80% exported to over 100 markets
- Total investment made since 1986 over £3.5 billion
- 500,237 units produced at Sunderland in 2014
- In 2014, one in three cars built in the UK was a Nissan
- Sunderland Plant currently employs more than 6,700 people
