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Old Mar 28, 2011 | 02:57 PM
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Default Anyone know what effect Japan disaster will have...

On production of 370Zs?
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Old Mar 28, 2011 | 03:20 PM
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Google.
http://www.autospies.com/news/What-B...n-Japan-62379/
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Old Mar 28, 2011 | 03:55 PM
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The plant that produces the 370z is operational......
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Old Mar 29, 2011 | 09:43 AM
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Making it hard as hell to get certain parts I can tell you that much.
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Old Mar 29, 2011 | 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by ImportPartsPro
Making it hard as hell to get certain parts I can tell you that much.
Spot on,
Even if the plant that produces the 370 isn't touched it will eventually slow down the production, parts will be harder to get, harder to ship.
It's a circle, so eventually it will have an effect.
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Old Mar 29, 2011 | 05:41 PM
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Only time will tell, but for now the priority must be on the survivors...
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by ceboustani
Spot on,
Even if the plant that produces the 370 isn't touched it will eventually slow down the production, parts will be harder to get, harder to ship.
It's a circle, so eventually it will have an effect.
True that. I've heard that the big plants and headquarters are untouched, still pretty tough to get NISMO and Tomei stuff right now.
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 08:49 AM
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To: All Nissan Dealers
Subject: Update on Japanese Earthquake & Impact on U.S. Operations

As we continue to see each day, the devastating earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan is continuing to challenge some of the brightest minds working at Nissan. Now that the total depth of the destruction is coming into clearer focus I wanted to provide you with a report on the actions our team is taking to address the company’s business needs in the wake of the disaster.

First, and most importantly, I want each of you to know that we are in a very healthy stock situation for the Nissan brand with visibility of more than 260,000 units in dealer stock, at port or in transit from Japan. This is a much better stock situation than at the same point last year.
From an ordering standpoint, we will follow a normal schedule for May ordering. All customer and dealer vehicle orders will be processed and you will see no interruption in your ability to order vehicles for May.

For the May production, we will allocate 50% of the eligible production volume for each model in CPO regardless of the days of supply. As part of the process, we are going to exclude any un-serialized production currently in your availability, along with any production that was in your availability that was cancelled as a result of the earthquake and that we do not plan to replace. This modified process will more accurately reflect your true availability as we run the allocation cycle for May.

Once we are comfortable that the impact of this crisis is behind us and we have clear visibility of future production schedules, we will revert back to the traditional allocation process for both CPO and PPO. You will be notified when this occurs.

While certain models built in Japan did experience an interrupted manufacturing schedule due to the disaster, most of our Japanese manufacturing plants restarted production today, March 24th – including the Oppama Assembly Plant where the Nissan LEAF is produced. The exception was our Iwaki engine plant not far from the Fukushima Power Plant, but we are investigating the potential for our Decherd, TN engine plant to supply VQ V-6 engines to Japan to replace lost production from Iwaki.

Here in the Americas we have been extremely fortunate as the impact of the crisis has not materially affected our manufacturing operations. Nissan Americas manufacturing operations have been fully operational since the earthquake and we intend to continue to follow a normal production schedule through at least April 1. We intend to continue production beyond April 1 and are working to limit any potential for component shortages. The situation continues to be assessed.

As the situation continues to develop we appreciate your desire for updated information on vehicle availability and impact on your businesses. We will do our best to keep you informed and we appreciate the many on-the-ground communications we are receiving from the field which are helping us to assess the market’s reaction to the crisis.
Thank you for your compassion, your work, and your prayers, as we stand by the people of Japan in their continuing efforts to recover from this disaster.
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Originally Posted by ImportPartsPro
True that. I've heard that the big plants and headquarters are untouched, still pretty tough to get NISMO and Tomei stuff right now.
And Chargespeed
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