Infiniti Production To Leave Japan; North America, China Possible New Sites

With Nissan shifting production to all points local, Infiniti appears to be next on the "GTFO of Japan" train, according to remarks made by Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn at the New York Auto Show. "You won't have to wait a long time before we make a decision about the new base for sourcing of Infiniti," Ghosn told a group of reporters Wednesday during the New York auto show. "If you follow our logic, we should make the cars where we sell them." So far, only the JX35 crossover is built in North America. Ghosn admitted that Infiniti was behind in its goal of capturing 10 percent of luxury market share, and blamed Japanese production for playing a part in that setback. Ghosn told Automotive News "So this is an interesting case where you have most of the sourcing in Japan, none of the sales in Japan. And today, having the sourcing in Japan with the yen is obviously not the right system. So we're going to be moving Infiniti out of Japan in order to give it a little bit more competitiveness." from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com

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