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Detroit: Nissan’s Ghosn directly confirms next-generation Titan pickup

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Filed under: Detroit Auto Show , Truck , Nissan This afternoon at a Detroit Auto Show media roundtable event, Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn unequivocally confirmed that Nissan will build a next-generation Titan pickup . “We are going to replace it. We are going to present in every segment in the market in the United States.” Previous news stories indicated that Nissan was pursuing a new Titan, but persistent reports indicated that the automaker would pursue an outside partner for the vehicle’s development. A subsequent Autoblog discussion with a Nissan official revealed that not only is the company developing the next-generation Titan right now – internally and without another automaker as a partner – it’s not that far off.

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Study: 70% of Japanese vehicles sold in America are built here, too

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Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing , Honda , Nissan , Toyota A new study by the Japanese Automobile Manufacturers Association has found 70 percent of Japanese vehicles sold in the U.S. were built on a North American assembly line. According to TheDetroitBureau.com, the study found that more than 400,000 jobs have been created by Japanese automakers since Honda opened its first facility in the U.S.

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Report: Nissan UAW’s most likely target?

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Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing , Nissan , UAW/Unions It appears the UAW has not finished casting about for a transplanted carmaker to target for unionization. Recent months have seen small-arms fire aimed at BMW and Hyundai , now UAW head Bob King has pointed artillery at Nissan , with King “accusing the Japanese automaker of unspecified human rights violations at its factories in Tennessee and Mississippi.” The UAW has attempted to organize Nissan’s workforce before, and it didn’t work. Supposedly it is devoting more resources to this effort, but other than King’s accusations and statements that the UAW is talking to “top leaders at Nissan,” it isn’t clear how much commitment is involved.

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Official: Nissan unveils new NV3500 HD passenger van

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Filed under: Minivan/Van , Work , Nissan Used to be if you wanted a proper full-size van, you were looking at something made in Detroit. But just as the Japanese have taken on the full-size pickup market, so are they going after the big van segment. That currently falls to Nissan and its NV range, and the Japanese automaker is showing no signs of relenting. After preparing the smaller NV for duty as New York City’s future taxi of choice, Nissan has now launched an even bigger version of the van

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Driven: 2011 Nissan Quest

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Driven: 2011 Nissan Quest Normalcy achieved. Nissan has not had an easy time of it in the U.S. minivan market. The original Quest, codeveloped with Ford and sold also as the Mercury Villager, was undersized

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Report: Tennessee ranks top in automotive manufacturing strength

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Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing , Nissan , Volkswagen Ask anyone in the country to name the state that they believe is the best place to build automobiles. We’d wager that Michigan would be the first state uttered by most – it’s the home to Ford , Chrysler and General Motors , after all). The correct answer, however, according to Business Facilities , is Tennessee, which has been crowned the champ with regards to automotive manufacturing strength. Make that defending champ, since this is the second year in a row that Business Facilities has recognized Tennessee as the top spot to build cars

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