Nissan Closing 3 Year Old Detroit Design Studio

In a cost-cutting move, Nissan is shutting its design studio at its research-and-development complex in suburban Detroit and moving the work to its main U.S. design studio in San Diego.

The design studio in Farmington Hills, Mich., opened in 2005. Nissan spent $14 million on the studio as part of an $80 million expansion project at the R&D facility.
 

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Lemonade - 1/28/2009 3:55:25 PM

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Who cares?

222max - 1/28/2009 4:48:00 PM

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Detroit does. The corporate bleeding there continues.

Lemonade - 1/28/2009 5:32:18 PM

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Wait a minute! Let me get this straight, the people of Detroit actually care that Nissan is moving out?

222max - 1/28/2009 5:49:21 PM

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Maybe you don't know this but anytime a corporation moves out of an area it effects the financial stability of that area. Detroit is getting hit hard these days. So, yeah. Detroit cares.

Lemonade - 1/28/2009 8:52:46 PM

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Whatever dude!

222max - 1/28/2009 10:29:20 PM

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Well, you asked who cares and I told ya... dude.

Kthorn - 1/28/2009 9:24:34 PM

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Looks like ChuckG's out of a job. Who knew Nissan had a design studio for 3 year olds, everything makes sense now.