A theft of tooling from a supplier in Mexico has forced Nissan Motor Co. to delay the U.S. launch of the next-generation Kicks, people briefed on the matter told Automotive News.
Production of the subcompact crossover in Aguascalientes, Mexico, now will start next June, with U.S. deliveries following shortly, one of the people said.
This is the second delay of the redesigned Kicks, originally scheduled to begin production in December. The vehicle's failure to pass crash safety tests set the schedule back a month and a half, a source said.