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September 04, 2013 01:00 AM

Daimler considers joint small-car production with Renault-Nissan

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    The Mercedes GLA, shown, may be built in Mexico.

    MUNICH -- Daimler and the Renault-Nissan alliance are considering expanding their cooperation to joint manufacturing of compact cars such as the Infiniti Q30 and Mercedes-Benz GLA.

    Joint production of Daimler and Nissan vehicles could start as early as next autumn at Nissan's new Mexican factory, Reuters and the Nikkei newspaper reported on Tuesday.

    Daimler and Renault today said no decisions have yet been made.

    "We have started a feasibility study investigating benefits from development and production of joint components for the next generation of compact cars," Thomas Froehlich, a Daimler spokesman, said. Rachel Konrad, a Renault spokeswoman, said no decision on production in Mexico has been taken.

    Nissan's new Mexican factory at Aguascalientes is expected to build the Q30, the first compact car for Nissan's Infiniti brand, which will debut in concept form at the Frankfurt auto show next week. The $2-billion plant will open later this year next to an existing Nissan factory.

    Nissan is adding annual capacity of about 50,000 units at its Sunderland plant in England to build the Q30. The Sunderland factory will build the car for European customers while Aguascalientes will produce the model for the U.S. market, Reuters sources said.

    The Mercedes GLA compact crossover is one of several Mercedes candidates for future production at Aguascalientes, the sources said. Another is the Mercedes CLA coupe-styled four-door sedan.

    The Infiniti Q30 concept, shown, previews a model that may be built in Mexico for North American markets, as well as in the UK.

    Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche told Automotive News in July that Mercedes may build the next-generation CLA in Mexico, beginning in 2018. The CLA is currently built at a new Daimler factory in Hungary.

    The CLA went on sale in Europe in April and launches in the U.S. this month. The GLA will go on sale next spring in Europe and next autumn in the United States. The production version of the GLA will debut next week at the Frankfurt show and will be built initially at a Mercedes plant in Rastatt, Germany.

    Daimler has gradually added projects to a three-year-old cooperation with Renault and Nissan that was originally focused on Daimler's Smart city cars and delivery vans. Last year, the companies agreed to jointly develop a four-cylinder gasoline engine and to license Mercedes transmissions to Infiniti.

    Bloomberg and Reuters contributed to this report

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