Nissan Argentina announced that before the end of the year The Pikcup Frontier will cease In the province of Córdoba and transfer that production to Mexico, where this model is already produced. From the Japanese brand they noted that the company does not cease its operations in the country, but that it is an industrial restructuring.
With this decision, the manufacture of the Renault Alashan truck, which was produced by Nissan in the historic Santa Isabel plant, owned by the Rombo brand, will also cease.
The news was confirmed today by the company after several months of rumors And in the middle of a complex situation of the company globally, which still seeks a strategy to relieve its critical financial situation.
“As of January 2026, Nissan Latin America will consolidate the production of pickups, currently divided between Mexico and Argentina, in a single regional production center, centralized in the Civac plant, in Morelos, Mexico,” the company reported in a statement.
For his part, Ricardo Flamini, president of Nissan Argentina, Chile and Peru, commented that “since we started our operations in Argentina in 2015, we have worked together with our dealers to build a solid network of 65 points of sale and service throughout the country. In this first decade, Nissan has been recognized for its innovation, the quality of its products and an exceptional post -sales service.”
It is worth clarifying that this case is not the same as the one announced by Mercedes-Benz Argentina a few weeks ago, when its operations ceased y He gave that right to a national business groupboth for production and for the marketing of vehicles. Nissan Argentina will continue as a subsidiary of the parent house.
The Frontier pickup began to be manufactured in Argentina in mid -2018 and was part of an ambitious project to produce three trucks that was truncated before it begins. Since it also included the Renault Alaskan and Mercedes-Benz Class X models.
This development was the product of a investment of 600 million dollarswhich were allocated not only for the installation of a new assembly line in the Cordoba factory, as well as for the construction of a test track designed specifically for the testing and validation of pickups.
But as soon as he started the production of the Japanese brand model in Córdoba, his partners stepped on the brake. First was Mercedes-Benz, who in April 2019 decided to cancel the project to produce his truck nationwide.
The decision of the project cancellation has to do with the “increases in production costs”, according to the report of the results obtained from the first quarter by the group. “After reviewing the business case and alignment with the collaborating partner, it was decided not to produce the Mercedes-Benz Class X in Argentina,” said the statement. A short time later the cancellation of the model globally was announced.
After having the brake, Renault Finally confirmed the start of manufacturing by 2020 and marketing in the national market of Alaskan.
However, despite having had good momentary results, production volumes never achieved what the initial objectives marked.
In this equation the French brand plays an important role, since it is in its factory where the two models will stop producing. Before the consultations of Clariona source reported that “Alaskan was conceived as a joint project with Nissan and the agreement established that the duration of production would extend until December of this year. It has been decided not to renew or give continuity to the agreement.”
Given the situation of the operators who work in that production line, the same source commented that “we are working closely with the union during this transition, with a clear approach in the future of our plant and the new projects we have ahead.”
From Renault they also made it clear that “Nissan’s announcement has no impact on Renault Argentina’s investment projects” and that “the Pickup project of half a ton, continues to advance as planned.”