Renault Production in Mexico and US

Radu Boghici (r.boghici@usa.net)
27 May 99 12:59:46 America/Fort_Wayne

Nashville, Tennessee, May 25 (Bloomberg) -- Nissan Motor Corp.'s Emil Hassan
comments on the possibility of Renault SA building cars at Nissan's two plants
in Mexico or a third in Smyrna, Tennessee. France's Renault bought at 37
percent stake in Japan-based Nissan in March. Hassan is senior vice president
of quality, purchasing and logistics for Nissan's North American operations.

``There are talks and studies underway, one of the items they are closely
looking at.''

``It would be good for both Nissan and Renault. If you take plants that have
capacity that isn't being used, it will benefit both automakers to fill that
production.''

Nissan's plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico, will be at full capacity when the
automaker begins selling its 2000 Sentra compact car. Its plant in Cuernavaca,
Mexico, which makes an older version of the Sentra and pickup for sale in
Latin America, is using just 60 percent of its capacity.

``That doesn't mean that Renault will decide to use that plant, though. We
have a lot of flexibility and can easily move cars around.''

May/25/1999 19:52

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