- Nissan is investing £170 million ($230 million) in Sunderland to produce the Kicks.
- The Sunderland-built Kicks will use Nissan's third-generation E-Power hybrid system.
- Kicks joins Qashqai and Juke to give Nissan three electrified B-segment crossovers built in the UK.
Nissan is putting £170 million ($230 million) into its Sunderland plant to build the Kicks, a compact crossover that has already sold 1.8 million units worldwide without ever officially reaching Europe.