Nissan SA expects clarity on new Navara production in August

The new Nissan Navara has been launched onto the global market, but Nissan South Africa (NSA) will only know in August whether the local Rosslyn plant will assemble the one-ton pickup. The NSA plant currently produces the old NP300 Hardbody one-ton bakkie, as well as the NP200 half-ton pickup. NSA MD Mike Whitfield tells Engineering News Online that NSA and its Japanese parent company are working towards “finalising the business case” for production of the new Navara range in South Africa.