TOKYO- Tsunami waves wash in the port of Hitachi, Irabaki Prefecture in the Kanto region, Honsu Island, Japan has been swept least 1300 units of Infiniti (Nissan's premium), plus other Nissan products, which it accounted for 2300 units. As reported by autonews (11 / 3), all the cars will be ready to be distributed to dealers in Japan and it will be exported to in the region of North America.
From AFP photo displayed and immortalized showing thousands of cars were swept away like a toy and some of them look burnt. Nissan said that the damage occurred in some of cars ready sold, including Infiniti M sedan, EX, FX crossover and 307Z sports car. All Infiniti models are definitely produced at the plant near Tochigi Prefecture, Utsunomiya.
The tsunami also destroyed other Nissan facilities in Miyagi Prefecture, the middle of assembling 1,000 units of vehicles to supply the local dealer (Japan). This disaster also crippled mass transit system in 1500 resulted in the location of the Nissan factory workers displaced. All the workers were forced to stay overnight and then returned the next day after the subway was back in operation.
"Essentially we glad none of the injured employee. Problem cars, we can still be producing again," said Andy Palmer, Nissan's executive vice president.
Nissan adds, will temporarily stop production at five factories until Monday (14 / 3) throughout Japan, including Kyushu far from the disaster area. New principals on Tuesday to decide the next step after calculating the loss to be borne by the company.
