A&Q about 350Z
Q:
Is there any knowledge on what month in 2003 did they start the production of the 2004 models
A:
January 2004 is when they started production at the Tochigi plant. The Oppama Plant is where the tire feathering started.
Nissan Shifts Production of Fairlady Z to Tochigi Plant.
The Tochigi Plant is scheduled to begin production of the models in January 2004.
Nissan Motor Company has announced that it will transfer production of the Fairlady Z (350Z) and the Fairlady Z Roadster (350Z Roadster) from its Oppama Plant to its Tochigi Plant, with output at Tochigi due to commence in January 2004. The current Fairlady Z has been on sale since the summer of 2002, and sales of the new Fairlady Z Roadster launched on October 1, 2003. Nissan needs the Oppama plant to concentrate on such models as the March (Micra), the Cube and the Cube Cubic. The Fairlady Z is currently produced on the same line as the March. To increase production efficiency, Nissan has decided to transfer production of the Fairlady Z to the Tochigi Plant, where models such as the Skyline (Infiniti G35) are produced using the same platform as the Fairlady Z.
The Tochigi Plant production will center on large, rear-wheel-drive models such as luxury cars and high-performance cars.
This production transfer will also use the flexible production system based on the Nissan Integrated Manufacturing System (NIMS), which Nissan is incorporating worldwide. Keeping the necessary investment to a minimum, NIMS allows the transfer to be completed in a short period of time.
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thanks for information.