Imported Japanese car manufacturer Nissan Has its most direct future model plans detailed and it seems that it can be one of the bestsellers in his alliance partner.
Apart from taking off a proposed merger with Honda and announcing the closure of factories and subsequent job losses, Nissan described seven of his next models to be launched, including two hybrids, three electric vehicles (EVs) and two ‘renewed models’.
The two hybrid models include a rogue e-power (currently sold in Australia as the X-Trail E-Power) that will introduce production in 2026, and a rogue PHEV (plug-in hybrid), which rolls out this year.
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Although Nissan confirmed earlier this year that the Rogue PHEV will be for sale in the US. Did you.
Instead, the motorcycle profile and the signature during the day light (DRL) seem to be that of a Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV.
The current generation of Outlander and Rogue/X-Trail are twins under the skin, which run on the same platform and offer identical powertrains in some markets.
It is unclear whether the X-Trail will receive a PHEV option such as his Rogue Twin.
Previous reports suggested that Nissan’s Rogue PHEV would take over the powertrain of the equivalent Outlander, although it now seems that the plug-in SUV could simply be a reclooked Mitsubishi.
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The Rogue PHEV was expected to survive the powertrain of the Outlander PHEV instead of his whole body
Although it is not unprecedented, it is about the financial problems that Nissan currently becomes behind that it may not be willing to fill the costs and to place the required development work for the Rogue PHEV to maintain the current SUV bodywork with the powertrain from Mitsubishi.
Last week Nissan announced that two of his American factories will see a reduction in shift changes, one of which is the Smyrna factory in Tennessee that produces the Rogue and the larger Pathfinder.
One of the potential stumbling blocks is that the Outlander is not produced in the US, and the rogue PHEV-as it is a recovered Mitsubishi IS can be subject to rates in contrast to its gasoline and sisters.
The two brands are part of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, in which the French car manufacturer and the Japanese companies share technologies from parts to entire vehicles with each other.
Mitsubishi, for example, sells slightly restyled versions of the Renault Captur and Clio as the ASX and Colt, while Renault has previously sold a slightly herstyled version of the Nissan Navara Ute as Alaskan.
Nissan is the largest shareholder of Mitsubishi, but recently sold an unprecedented part of the importance of 34 percent. Renault has also recently reduced its interest in Nissan, from 43.4 percent to the current company of 35.7 percent.
As reported last week, Nissan is planning to cut 400 billion yen ($ 4.14 billion) in costs against the Japanese tax year of 2026.
Before the context, the business profit fell from 478.4 billion yen ($ 4.69 billion) in April to December 2023 to 64 billion yen ($ 663 million) during the same period in 2024. The net income also fell by 320.2 billion yen ($ 3.3 billion) to 5.1 billion yen ($ 52.8 million).
Nissan repeated last week that it expects global production capacity to reduce by 20 percent from five million vehicles to four million in April 2026.
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