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Celebrating 10 years of operation at its
Canton, Mississippi assembly plant,
Nissan has announced that it will be adding a seventh vehicle to the plant's portfolio. Starting in 2014, production of the next-generation
Murano will move from Japan to Mississippi alongside its platform mate, the
Altima, which is a part of Nissan's plan to build 85 percent of its US products domestically.
In addition to the Altima, the Canton facility also produces the
Armada,
Xterra,
Titan,
Frontier and
NV vans, and
back in June, production of the
Nissan Sentra production was moved to Canton creating an extra 1,000 jobs. At this point, there is no indication about how many jobs the Murano line will add, if any.
This is the second announcement this week of production being added in the US as
Honda said that the
Accord Hybrid production would move to Marysville, Ohio where the standard
Accord sedan is currently built.
The new Murano will be inspired by the
Resonance Concept, which was teased in the image above earlier this week and will debut next week at the
Detroit Auto Show.
Scroll down for Nissan's official statement on the Murano's production.
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Official: Nissan moving next-gen Murano production from Japan to Mississippi
