Nissan has started development for a new small soft-roader, which will be built alongside the strong-selling European Qashqai->ke1889 at the company’s Sunderland factory. The car will be smaller than Qashqai and will have a length of over 160 inches.

The future SUV will also be cheaper than the Qashqai so the company hopes to sell its smaller SUV in bigger numbers than the Qashqai. It will be built in India because engineering costs in India are up to 40 per cent cheaper than in the UK.

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