Report: Nissan Closing Two More Production Plants By 2027

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6 days ago

With Nissan in dire straits, the Japanese brand has been reaching for every avenue to save itself through the 'Re:Nissan' initiative. Recently, word came down on July 15 that its Oppama plant in Kanagawa, Japan, would shut down and production there would move to Kyushu (in Fukuoka, Japan) by early 2027. Now, a new report suggests is that two of Nissan's Mexico plants will shutter in the same timeframe with no word on where the vehicles built there will be assembled in the future.
Nissan plans to close its Civac and COMPAS plants in Mexico by 2027 as part of its "Re:Nissan" initiative to reduce global production sites. The move follows the closure of the Oppama plant in Japan and aims to cut plant numbers from 17 to 10 to avoid financial issues.
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The Oppama news sent shockwaves because it was Nissan's flagship plant and builds the Nissan Note and the Aura. Now, as Automotive News reports, the Civac plant located in Morelos and the Cooperation Manufacturing Plant Aguascalientes (COMPAS) plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico, are the next two facilities on the early 2027 chopping block.
Civac was the first international plant Nissan had owned and first opened in 1966. According to the Automotive News report, the 60-year-old plant is outdated and would require a large sum of cash to bring it up to date. Currently, this plant is producing the South American version of the Frontier (as the NP300, NP300 Navara, or the NP300 Frontier), the Mexico-only V-Drive based on the N17 Versa, and the current N18 Versa that is sold in the U.S.
This isn't the first time that Civac has been rumored to be closing, as there was speculation back in May about its demise, but Nissan denied the rumor then. According to that same Automotive News report, Chinese automotive manufacturers BYD and SAIC are eyeing the plant to gain production capacity in North America.
COMPAS, on the other hand, was opened just 10 years ago as a joint venture between Nissan and Mercedes-Benz. This was the plant that produced the Mercedes GLB in 2019, the Infiniti QX50 in 2017, and the QX55 in 2021. All three vehicles are slated to end production with Infiniti pausing new orders on the QX50/55 back in April and production slated to close later this year citing Trump administration tariffs on non-U.S.-built vehicles. The Mercedes GLB will end production in the first quarter of 2026 with a new generation architecture moving to the MMA and rumored to move production to the U.S.
We reached out to Nissan to confirm this story, and received this response: 'Under Re:Nissan, Nissan is currently reviewing the integration and closure of some of its global production sites. However, this process has not yet been concluded beyond the three sites that have been announced so far. We are committed to maintaining transparency with our stakeholders and if any decisions are made, we will provide information at the appropriate time.'
The three plants Nissan is referring to are the recently announced Oppama plant in Japan, the closing of one Thailand plant by consolidating its two plants in Samat Prakan province, and an unnamed third plant. The goal of Re:Nissan is to reduce its plant count from 17 to 10 to become a solvent company and not risk bankruptcy to reduce its financial burdens.