Production of the 2016 Nissan Maxima has officially begun at the Smyrna Vehicle Assembly Plant. The start of production on this all-new model was marked by a celebration that included many of the plant’s 8,400 employees and U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander. The Smyrna plant has been manufacturing Nissans since 1983 and over time has grown to become one of the top producing auto manufacturing plants in North America. In fact, throughout 2014, Smyrna produced a total of 648,000 vehicles which is more than any other North American plant produced that year.
“Today is a great day for the plant,” said John Martin, senior vice president, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management and Purchasing, Nissan North America, Inc. “It’s a culmination of a lot of hard work by an awful lot of people in Japan, in Farmington Hills at our R&D center, with our suppliers and, above all, with the team here.”
As the first model in the new eighth-generation line of Maximus, the 2016 model has been given a redesigned look, is powered by a 300-hp engine and comes equipped with several advanced safety and convenience features. These features include Predictive Forward Collision Warning, Forward Emergency Braking, Rear Cross Traffic Alert and Blind Spot Warning.
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