Overview
- Nissan began building the NP300/Frontier in Aguascalientes on Wednesday after a $96 million upgrade that the company says will support about 6,000 direct and indirect jobs.
- To launch the line, Nissan moved tooling and assembly lines from Argentina and its CIVAC plant in Morelos, shipping more than 2,000 manufacturing units and retraining crews.
- Executives said the site is now Nissan’s largest hub in Latin America, with capacity above 580,000 vehicles a year and more than 790 robots, and the Frontier adds roughly 150,000 pickups to output.
- With COMPAS scheduled to cease production on May 31, officials said around 1,000 employees remain as offers, including from Chinese automakers, are reviewed under strict confidentiality.
- Global CEO Iván Espinosa said Nissan shut plants in Argentina and Cuernavaca because output never matched installed capacity, a reset that concentrates pickup manufacturing in Mexico to cut costs and tighten logistics.