Start-of-production
(SOP) is planned in Mexico for 2017 at a Renault-Nissan/Daimler AG plant that
will make 300,000 premium compact vehicles a year.
Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn and Daimler chief executive
officer Dieter Zetsche have announced their 50:50 joint venture that will see
construction and operation of the new plant in Aguascalientes in north-central
Mexico.
