Carlos Tavares

Yesterday we saw a teaser sketch for the new seven-seat 2013 Infiniti JX and at today’s 2011 New York Auto Show we have confirmation that the upcoming luxury crossover will be built right here in the U.S. The information was revealed today by Nissan’s U.S. chief, Carlos Tavares, who confirmed that production would start towards the end of the year at Nissan’s plant in Smyrna, Tennessee. The move mimics the strategy of close rivals BMW and Mercedes-Benz, which build some of their most popular models, the respective X5 and ML SUVs, at plants in the U.S. to avoid the effects of...