Benang Model baru infiniti untuk menjadi UK dibina

Infiniti yang berpangkalan di Mercedes yang akan dibuat oleh nissan Sunderl dan kilang Nissans Sunderland bakal membina kereta premium kompak baru Infinitis dalam pelaburan 250m yang juga perlu mewujudkan 1000 pekerjaan baru di seluruh UK, termasuk 280 pekerjaan langsung di kilang Sunderland.
Infiniti yang dipratonton oleh konsep Etherea 2011, akan berdasarkan platform pemacu hadapan Mercedes yang sudah digunakan untuk menyokong model kelas A-dan B yang baharu. Pengeluaran dijadualkan bermula pada 2015 dan syarikat itu merancang untuk kapasiti tahunan sebanyak 60,000 unit.
Colin Dodge, naib presiden eksekutif Nissan berkata, Sunderland akan menjadi satu-satunya loji di dunia untuk membina Infiniti yang baru. Dodge juga mengatakan bahawa studio reka bentuk Nissans Paddington dan pusat teknikal Eropah yang berpangkalan di Cranfield telah terlibat dalam pembangunan model baru.
Setiausaha Perniagaan UK Vince Cable menyifatkan berita itu sebagai sokongan kuat terhadap kualiti industri kereta Britains, yang mewujudkan pekerjaan, mengambil perantis dan menyumbang kepada membina ekonomi yang lebih kukuh. Sektor auto hidup menjadi salah satu kisah kejayaan besar strategi perindustrian kami dan bukti kepada sektor kerajaan dan swasta bekerjasama dalam perkongsian rapat.
Terdapat sedikit butiran yang akan datang mengenai model baru, tetapi hakikat bahawa ia berkongsi platform pemacu depan baru Mercedes bermakna bahawa ia juga akan mempunyai pilihan Mercedes 1. 6- dan 2. Enjin petrol turbo 0 liter dan 1. 8- dan 2. Enjin diesel 2 liter. Pacuan empat roda dan transmisi hibrid plug-in juga boleh ditawarkan.
Ketibaan Infiniti juga merupakan kali pertama jenama baru memperkenalkan pengeluaran berskala besar ke UK selama 23 tahun, kata bos Nissan. Ketibaan projek Infiniti di Timur Laut bermakna bahawa Nissans baru Golf-menyaingi hatchback, yang akan dibuat di kilang, kini akan dibuat di tempat lain, dengan pengumuman yang perlu dibayar kemudian pada tahun 2013.

Mercedes-based Infiniti to be made by Nissan Sunderl and Nissans Sunderland plant is set to build Infinitis new compact premium car in a 250m investment that should also create 1000 new jobs across the UK, including 280 direct jobs at the Sunderland plant.
The Infiniti, which was previewed by the 2011 Etherea concept, will be based on the Mercedes front-drive platform that is already used to underpin the new A- and B-class models. Production is scheduled to begin in 2015 and the company is planning for an annual capacity of 60,000 units.
Colin Dodge, Nissan executive vice president, says that Sunderland will be the only plant in the world to build the new Infiniti. Dodge also says that Nissans Paddington design studios and Cranfield-based European technical centre have been involved in the development of the new model.
UK Business Secretary Vince Cable described the news as a strong endorsement of the quality of Britains car industry, which is creating jobs, taking on apprentices and contributing to building a stronger economy. The auto sector is living up to being one of the great success stories of our industrial strategy and a testimony to government and private sector working together in close partnership.
There are very few details forthcoming about the new model, but the fact that it shares Mercedes new front-drive platform means that it will also have the option of Mercedes 1. 6- and 2. 0-litre turbo petrol engines and 1. 8- and 2. 2-litre diesel engines. Four-wheel drive and a plug-in hybrid transmission could also be offered.
The arrival of Infiniti is also the first time a new brand has introduced large-scale production into the UK for 23 years, say Nissan bosses. The arrival of the Infiniti project in the North East means that Nissans new Golf-rivalling hatchback, which was due to be made at the factory, will now be made elsewhere, with an announcement due later in 2013.