OREANDA-NEWS. St. Petersburg Nissan plant at the end of autumn of 2015 will start the production of the new Qashqai, which will be sold in the Russian market. Currently, the company has the pre-production assembly of this model.

Recall that at the end of August, Nissan plant started operation of a new stamping plant, where it was produced the first part - roof Nissan Qashqai. In the near future it will begin the production of panels for the Nissan X-Trail, as well as for all other models, which are assembled by the plant.

St. Petersburg plant "Nissan Manufacturing Rus" was launched in June of 2009. The investments in the first phase of construction were 200 million US dollars, in the expansion of the plant - 167 million Euros. The company employs 2,176 people. The production capacity of the plant makes it possible to produce up to 100,000 cars a year. The company produces four models - Nissan X-Trail, Nissan Teana, Nissan Murano, and Nissan Pathfinder. In the I half of 2015 the plant produced 14,704 cars.

Nissan plans to strengthen its position in the Russian market, which is a priority, by occupying in 2016 at least 10% of the market (with the brand Datsun).