Daimler, Nissan To Co-Operate On Mexican Factory

Derek Kreindler
by Derek Kreindler

Daimler and Nissan have agreed to a joint-venture that will see front-drive Infiniti and Mercedes models built at a Nissan plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico.

Reuters is reporting that the deal is the largest between the two entities. The deal gives Infiniti a range of front-drive cars, including a sedan, coupe and SUV, based on the same architecture underpinning the Mercedes A, B, CLA and GLA-Class models.

In return, Mercedes will get a low-cost, NAFTA zone production site for these models, which tend to have lower profit margins.

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  • Kyree Kyree on Jun 26, 2014

    That's an especially cohesive design. I think Lexus and Inifniti are both starting to understand brand-design language a lot better. Now if Acura could just get with the program...

  • Bergxu Bergxu on Jun 26, 2014

    And I thought the CLA couldn't get any worse...

  • VW4motion VW4motion on Jun 26, 2014

    Another infiniti with poor visibility and trendy lines.

  • Carguy Carguy on Jun 27, 2014

    Since the CLA is nothing but an economy FWD car wearing a fancy badge, this makes sense. They can build it next to the Nissan Versa.

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