Nissan introduces the European Note. Will be at the Geneva Motor Show [Video]

The Nissan Note is already known from the Japanese and is basically the production version of the Invitation concept shown last year at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. And in this year edition of the Geneva Motor Show we will see the European version of the Note.

Since the European market is more demanding, the new Nissan Note comes with several systems engineered and developed at the Nissan Technical Centre Europe (NTCE) in both the UK and Spain and production gearing up at Nissan Manufacturing UK (NMUK) in Sunderland.

One of those system is the Nissan Safety Shield pack which comprises the Blind Spot Warning, Lane Departure Warning, and Moving Object Detection, working together with the Around View Monitor, a system that uses four cameras to display an image in the 5.8-inch dashboard mounted screen to help park the car.

Nissan offers three engine choices. Two three-cylinder 12-valve 1.2 liter petrol units with 80hp at 6000rpm and 110Nm at 4000rpm (4.7l/100km, CO2 emissions of 109g/km) or 98hp at 5600 rpm and 142Nm of torque at 4400 rpm (4.3l/100km, CO2 emissions of 99g/km for the manual gearbox, 119g/km with CVT transmission). Seeing those numbers i can't understand why someone would choose the weaker engine.

The third available engine is a four-cylinder 1.5-litre turbo diesel that produces 90hp and emits just 95g/km of CO2 with a fuel consumption of 3.6l/100km. Top speed and acceleration will be revealed close to launch., which is scheduled for autumn 2013.

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Nissan will build a new C-Segment car in Barcelona, Spain.

In total Nissan will invest 110 million euros, almost 150 million dollars, in their factory located in Barcelona, Spain, so they can start building a new passenger car from July 2014. The vehicle is rumored to be a new C-Segment car, possibly with some styling cues taken from the Nissan Invitation concept shown almost a year ago (In reality this concept gave birth to the Nissan Note).

This investment will allow for an additional 80,000 units of annual capacity to Barcelona, and the creation of 1,000 direct and 3,000 indirect jobs. Really good in a country getting close to an unemployment rate of 30%.

But this isn't the only investment at the Barcelona plant. Nissan will invest 14 million euros (19 million dollars) to increase the annual production capacity by 24.000 units of the 1-Ton Pickup, and 6 million euros (8.15 million dollars) for the assembly of the gearbox for the Nissan LEAF and Nissan eNV200.

Of course Frank Torres, Nissan Motor Ibérica Managing Director, was really happy with this investment by say that: "I have the pleasure of sharing with you the fruits of the competitiveness agreement reached last week, which have opened the door to new production opportunities. The most important thing now is to be able to ensure the successful launch of these products and keep the competitiveness commitment. If we do, I am sure new opportunities will come."

Adding that "In the coming years, Barcelona plant will work at full capacity, with an annual output over 200,000 units while maintaining its attractiveness to produce new models. Given the current crisis environment, this is not only a great achievement for Nissan, but for the entire industry in this country."

Source: Nissan

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