Driver ‘wearing flip flops’ ploughs VW Golf underneath Nissan Qashqai in horror crash in Birmingham 

Driver ‘wearing flip flops’ ploughs VW Golf underneath Nissan Qashqai in horror crash in Birmingham A  red VW Golf and a Nissan Qashqai collided today on Hagley road in Edgbaston The man in ‘flip flops’ drove the red VW Golf UNDERNEATH the Nissan Qashqai  Someone was taken to hospital but the police said no one was seriously injured … Read more

Thousands of Nissan cars could be fitted with emission-cheating devices, law firm claims 

Thousands of Nissan cars could be fitted with emission-cheating devices, law firm claims Nissan has been accused of fitting cars with emission-cheating devices  Law firm Harcus Parker is launching legal action against the manufacturer  They claim documents show up to 100,000 Qashqais may use the device By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 00:04 BST, 23 June … Read more

Nissan to axe almost 250 temporary workers at the Sunderland plant

Nissan to axe almost 250 temporary workers at the Sunderland plant due to the slump in demand for new cars following the coronavirus crisis Sunderland plant restarted production this week after closing in mid-March Only one assembly line is currently in operation, with a second starting 22 June Fall in new-car demand has resulted in … Read more

Nissan workers are back building cars at the Sunderland plant this week

Nissan Sunderland plant this week resumed vehicle production after almost three months, with a new Juke the first car off the line on Monday evening. The vehicle factory in the North East – the biggest in the country with more than 7,000 staff – is one of the last major car manufacturing sites to restart … Read more

Self-driving Nissan Leaf electric car navigated itself 230 miles on UK roads

A self-driving electric Nissan Leaf has navigated itself 230 miles up the country to complete the longest and most complex autonomous journey ever achieved on UK public roads. The epic landmark drive – from the car giant’s engineering centre at Cranfield in Bedfordshire, near Milton Keynes, to the Nissan factory in Sunderland where the car … Read more

Airbus, McLaren and Nissan in race tocreate thousands of new ventilators

Airbus, McLaren and Nissan in race to create thousands of new ventilators as Boris Johnson issues rallying cry By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 22 March 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 22 March 2020 Britain needs ‘far more ventilators’ despite Government efforts to ramp up supply.  Prime Minister Boris Johnson said … Read more

Nissan mothballs UK’s biggest car plant: Sunderland factory employs some 6,000 workers  

Nissan mothballs UK biggest car plant: Sunderland factory employs some 6,000 workers By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 00:26 GMT, 18 March 2020 | Updated: 00:26 GMT, 18 March 2020 Nissan has mothballed the biggest car plant in the UK as the Covid-19 outbreak wreaks havoc.  Production at the giant factory in Sunderland, … Read more

Nissan backs Brexit Britain by ploughing £400m into Sunderland plant

Nissan backs Brexit Britain by ploughing £400m into its Sunderland car plant By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 6 March 2020 | Updated: 23:36 GMT, 6 March 2020 Nissan is ploughing £400million into its Sunderland car plant in a vote of confidence in Brexit Britain. The Japanese car maker yesterday unveiled … Read more