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Daimler, Nissan To Co-Operate On Mexican Factory
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Derek Kreindler
(IC: employee)
Published: June 26th, 2014
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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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Published June 26th, 2014 12:59 PM
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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...
And I thought the CLA couldn't get any worse...
Another infiniti with poor visibility and trendy lines.
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.