{"id":22801,"date":"2026-01-23T09:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T07:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/nissan-to-sell-sa-plant-to-chinas-chery\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:33:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:33:42","slug":"nissan-to-sell-sa-plant-to-chinas-chery","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/nissan-to-sell-sa-plant-to-chinas-chery\/","title":{"rendered":"Nissan to sell\u00a0SA\u00a0plant to China&#8217;s Chery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Cash-strapped Nissan Motor said on Friday it would sell its manufacturing assets in Rosslyn, South Africa (SA), to China&#8217;s Chery Automobile for an undisclosed amount.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">The Japanese automaker said the date of the sale and its financial impact are still being assessed as regulatory approvals remained pending.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Production of the Navara pickup truck, the plant&#8217;s only model, will end in May if the deal goes through, a company Spokesperson said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">The move forms part of its ongoing turnaround plan under which it is closing or consolidating seven plants, the Spokesperson added, declining to confirm the production capacity of the plant.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Chery said in October it was considering using another manufacturer&#8217;s facility, forming a joint venture or building its own greenfield site in SA.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14293,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-22801","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":null,"news_description":"Nissan Motor to sell its manufacturing assets to China's Chery Automobile","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25978,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22801\/revisions\/25978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=22801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}