Japanese car giant Nissan is to build a new hatchback at its UK plant, creating more than 1000 jobs at the site and at component companies, it was announced today.
The new medium-sized model will be built in Sunderland in 2014, sparking an additional 225 jobs at the factory and 900 at component companies supplying Nissan.
The move follows an announcement last month that the north-east plant will also produce a compact car based on the so-called Invitation concept model from next year.
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