Nissan will close plants in Mexico that produce the NP300/Navara, Infiniti QX50 and several other models
Nissan Motor Company plans to close two of its plants in Mexico - CIVAC in Cuernavaca and the joint venture COMPAS in Aguascalientes. This was reported by Automotive News, citing sources familiar with the company's plans. The decision was part of Re:Nissan's global strategy to optimise production and reduce costs.
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The COMPAS (Cooperation Manufacturing Plant Aguascalientes) facility, which Nissan operates jointly with Mercedes-Benz, will cease operations in early 2026. Production of the Infiniti QX50 and QX55 crossovers will be completed by the end of 2025, and production of the Mercedes-Benz GLB will cease in the first quarter of 2026. This will put an end to the co-operation between the two carmakers that began almost a decade ago.
The CIVAC plant, Nissan's first overseas production centre opened in 1966, will be shut down by March 2027. It now produces the NP300 pickup truck (known as the Frontier or Navara in some countries) and, in smaller volumes, the Nissan Versa sedan. Production will be moved to the company's other facilities in Aguascalientes - A1, A2 and the Powertrain engine plant.
The closure of CIVAC and COMPAS is part of the Re:Nissan plan unveiled in May 2024. It calls for seven of Nissan's 17 plants around the world to cease operations and cut up to 20,000 jobs by 2027. Closures have already been confirmed at Oppama (Japan), Cordoba (Argentina) and a plant in India.
The closure of CIVAC will be a landmark event for Nissan in Latin America - the plant has been a key element of the brand's regional presence for almost six decades. However, the Aguascalientes facility, where pickup truck assembly will move to, is more technologically advanced and efficient.
Source: Automotive News
