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A quick glance at Nissan Manufacturing
By Product Expert | Posted in FAQs on Monday, September 25th, 2017 at 5:14 pm
Where does Nissan make its cars?
It only takes a little bit of research to find out that Nissan is a Japanese carmaker, if it doesn’t sound like it just by the name. You’ve probably also deduced that an automaker needs to have local production plants in order to save on costs and deliver vehicles to us here in America. Today we’re taking a quick look at Nissan Manufacturing, as far as where Nissan makes its cars and how many are made in the U.S.
Nissan in the U.S.
Though Nissan has roots all the way back to 1914, 
Nissan Motor Corporation USA wasn’t established until 1960. Keep in mind, we purely saw the brand through imports at the time. The first production plant came in 1980. Last year, Nissan produced 1,007,321 vehicles, or about 18.1 percent of its overall global production. Did you know that in a year, total global car production across brands can exceed 60 million?
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Where does Nissan make cars in the U.S.? The automaker currently has just three plants here in the U.S. Two are located in Tennessee, Smyrna and Decherd. The Smyrna Tennessee plant was the very first one, dating back to 1980. The third plant is located in Canton, Mississippi. Just 3 locations produce more than 1 million vehicles in a year? That’s right! The Decherd location focuses mainly on powerplant assembly, while the other plants produce models like the Altima, Armada, Frontier, Maxima, Pathfinder and Titan.
Local production not only makes it easier and less expensive to get Nissan models here in the U.S., but it’s great for the local economy as the manufacturing sites offer more than 4,000 jobs to American workers. That’s a lot of bread to put on the table, and plenty of people enjoying the benefits of Nissan’s global impact.
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