Compared to some others, Nissan's manufacturing plant in Thailand has emerged relatively unscathed from the floods - it was closed for just one week due to supply problems from flood affected component makers.
And in a stroke of good fortune, Nissan Australia had previously rearranged its supply regime as capacity issues emerged in Thailand. For some time Nissan Australia has sourced its D22 Navara model from Japan and the rest of the Navara range will be coming from the company's plant in Spain from November 7.
“In anticipation we had built up some stock of Navara, but now after the floods I think we will have one or two weeks of delays but no more,” explained Nissan Australia boss Dan Thompson.
Nissan's global sales explosion had already created some capacity issues in Thailand so Nissan Australia had earlier shifted production of its Micra compact car to the plant in Indonesia.
After the Navara switch to Spain, the only Nissan Australia product to come out of Thailand ongoing will be the Tiida which currently represents only 10 per-cent of the company's sales.
“Nissan is Australia has the most diversified sourcing footprint of any importer,” Mr Thompson said. “The company will set a global production record in the July to September quarter, proving Nissan's production agility has more than overcome the effects of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami and I'm confident the floods in Thailand will also be beaten.”
