Nissan Worldwide Production: 2012/13

Nissan Juke-R; aren't we all glad they make it?

Unlike some Japanese brands, Nissan makes many of its cars in the markets they are selling them in. For that they deserve to be applauded. The home market now makes less than a quarter of Nissan cars. That was very helpful while the Yen has been more fairly valued and making Japanese car making a marginal proposition. Now the currency is being driven down by government intervention, making cars in the land of the rising sun is more profitable again. Still, producing them in many regions minimises the ups and downs of monetary fluctuations.

Nissan Leaf production commences in the UK

Production data being slightly down understandably mirrored sales. The interesting thing about this list is that the two largest car making nations for Nissan went down (below highlighted in yellow) and all the others are up (blue).

Region	12-13	% Tot	% +/-	11-12	% Tot
China	1,114,712	23%	-12.6%	1,275,551	26%
Japan	1,060,157	22%	-11.6%	1,198,826	25%
Mexico	672,679	14%	4.6%	643,372	13%
USA	671,748	14%	16.3%	577,618	12%
UK	505,042	11%	2.7%	491,551	10%
Others	764,948	16%	18.1%	647,570	13%
Total	4,789,286		-0.9%	4,834,488

New Nissan Pathfinder

Data source: Nissan.