Designed in Paddington. Built in Sunderland. Loved in Lancashire ❤️
Chorley Group has been a part of the Nissan journey since 1994, where our founder opened our first Chorley Nissan showroom. In that time, we have seen different Nissan models throughout the ages from the first Bluebird, to the history-making LEAF.
Three Nissans are currently built in Britain: the Qashqai, the Juke and the LEAF. All three are made at Nissan Sunderland Plant in Tyne and Wear - the largest car factory in the UK, open since 1986. The MICRA is designed by the British team at Nissan Design Europe in London, and the X-Trail has been a UK award winner two years running. Every one of them is available at Chorley Group's six Nissan dealerships, and every one appears in our current new Nissan offers.
Forty years in Britain leaves a mark on everyone across the UK and it has definitely left its mark in Lancashire. Here's where that shows up across the range.
The range, and the British hand in each
Order one, test drive one, or drive one away today. All five sit in all six of our North West showrooms.
Nissan Qashqai
You see them everywhere, and there's a reason. Top five best-selling new car in the UK since 2022. The e-POWER version uses a petrol engine purely to charge the battery, so it drives like an EV and you never plug it in. School run, motorway, trip to the tip. It gets on with it. — Built in Sunderland
Nissan Juke
Still the most opinionated shape in the car park, fifteen years on. Small enough for Preston's multi-storeys, tall enough to see over hedges. Petrol and hybrid today, with a fully electric Juke joining the Sunderland line. — Built in Sunderland
All New Nissan LEAF
Britain's original mass-market electric car, now in its third generation and reshaped as a small SUV rather than the awkward hatchback it used to be. Longer range, faster charging, same factory. The car that started Britain's EV era is still being built here. — Built in Sunderland
All-New Nissan MICRA
Four decades of British first cars, first jobs and first proper road trips - more than 269,000 of them sold in the UK. The new one is fully electric and was shaped by the British team at Nissan Design Europe. Same job as always: get you about, cost you very little, refuse to die. — Designed in Paddington
Nissan X-Trail
The one British families keep voting for. Class winner at the What Car? Tow Car Awards two years running, and Family Car of the Year at the News UK Motor Awards.5 Five seats or seven, e-POWER hybrid, and enough towing ability for the caravan and the horsebox both. — Loved by Britain
Designed here. Engineered here. Built here. Loved here.
Sunderland gets the headlines. But the British part of a Nissan starts years before anything gets welded and carries on long after the car leaves us.
Paddington, London
Nissan Design Europe works out of the Rotunda building in Paddington - a nineties rave venue, before it was a design studio. It's where the shape of your Qashqai got argued over in clay, years before anyone costed a production run.
DesignedCranfield, Bedfordshire
Nissan Technical Centre Europe. Where the suspension gets tuned for British B-roads and their potholes, and where the first LEAF was turned into an everyday car rather than a science project.
EngineeredSunderland, Tyne and Wear
Britain's largest car plant. Qashqai, Juke and LEAF, all on one site, 150 miles from our showroom in Chorley. Closer than most people's summer holiday.
BuiltEvery driveway in Britain
Most of us have a Nissan story. The MICRA someone passed their test in. The X-Trail that towed the caravan to Anglesey. The Qashqai that did ten years of school runs without complaint. That part isn't built in a factory.
LovedBuilt in Sunderland
Nissan Sunderland Plant has been turning out cars since 1986. It's the biggest car factory in Britain, and not by a small margin.
1,986
Year production started in Sunderland
11.9m+
Cars built at the plant to date
~6,000
People employed on site
~30,000
Further UK jobs supported in the supply chain
Learn about the Nissan Sunderland Plant
A new car roll off the Nissan Sunderland line every 2 mins
The Engineer
Nothing says British engineering like perfecting a good cup of tea.
Sandwich Samurai
Nissan supports thousands of Nissan-connected jobs up and down the UK.
Girl Boss
The Nissan skill foundation has inspired 100,000 young minds.
Fancy a British built Nissan on your drive?
See what's on offer this month, or come and sit in one first. No pressure either way, and the kettle's usually on.
Why buy your Nissan from Chorley Group?
We've sold Nissans since 1994. One showroom in Chorley back then; six across the North West now, plus around 600 used cars in stock at any one time - a good chunk of them Nissans. Thirty-odd years with one manufacturer teaches you the cars fairly well.
Manufacturer warranty
3 years / 60,000 miles as standard on every new Nissan. Extended cover available if you'd rather.
Finance built round you
PCP, HP or outright. You pick the deposit, the mileage and the monthly figure - not the other way round.
Aftersales close to home
Servicing, MOT and repairs at six branches, so you're not driving an hour for a service.
Home delivery or click & collect
Home delivery up to 30 miles. Order the whole thing from your kitchen table if that suits you better.
Where to find us
Six Nissan dealerships across Lancashire and Greater Manchester. Whichever one's nearest, the whole range is there to sit in.
Chorley Nissan
Ackhurst Road, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 1NN
Chorley branch detailsPreston Nissan
Strand Road, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 8DT
Preston branch detailsBlackpool Nissan
Amy Johnson Way, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY4 2RP
Blackpool branch detailsBurnley Nissan
Westgate, Burnley, Lancashire, BB11 1RY
Burnley branch detailsWigan Nissan
Pottery Road, Wigan, Greater Manchester, WN3 5AA
Wigan branch detailsBolton Nissan
Higher Bridge Street, Bolton, Greater Manchester, BL1 2HF
Bolton branch detailsNissan By Britain: your questions answered
The Nissan Qashqai, Nissan Juke and Nissan LEAF are built in Britain, at Nissan Sunderland Plant in Tyne and Wear (the UK's largest car factory). The MICRA is designed by the British team at Nissan Design Europe in London, and the X-Trail is a UK award winner. All five are available to order through Chorley Group Nissan in Chorley, Preston, Blackpool, Burnley, Bolton and Wigan.
The Qashqai is made at Nissan Sunderland Plant. It was designed at Nissan Design Europe in Paddington and engineered at Nissan Technical Centre Europe in Cranfield so it's British from sketch to showroom. It has been one of the UK's five best-selling new cars since 2022 according to SMMT registration data.
Yes. The third-generation LEAF is built in Sunderland, same as the two before it. Nissan spent around £500 million upgrading the plant so the new LEAF and the electric Juke can run down the same line as the Qashqai.
Since 1994. Three decades, one franchise, six showrooms. We started with a single dealership in Chorley and grew from there which is why the group's still called Chorley Group even though most of our customers aren't from Chorley.