Auto Special: Xiangyang facility retooled and refined for premium quality

The Xiangyang plant in Hubei province shoulders the production mission for the Q50L, Infiniti's first China-made long-wheelbase sports luxury sedan.

With commencement of Infiniti local production at the Xiangyang plant, China has become the third country for Infiniti's global manufacturing footprint in addition to Japan and the United States. It has five workshops covering a combined 130,000 square meters, including 33,000 square meters for Infiniti production designed to produce 60,000 Infiniti cars annually.

Since Infiniti signed the deal to begin local production in 2012, about 600 million yuan ($98 million) has been spent to upgrade hardware and production facilities to fulfill Infiniti's commitment that the localized Q50L has the same quality as the imported version.