According to a report by Automotive News Europe, Nissan, or more specifically Infiniti, is set to receive a nine-speed transmission from Daimler as part of a product-sharing partnership between the German automaker and the Renault-Nissan Alliance.
Apart from a nine-speed gearbox, Nissan is in line to receive a three-cylinder engine, according to Jacques Verdonck, director of said collaboration between Daimler and Nissan. The engine will be making an appearance in the jointly-developed city cars by Renault and smart in the near future.
However, Nissan has yet to reveal the extent to which it plans to use the provided powertrain. For 2014, Daimler and the Renault-Nissan Alliance are engaged in two operations in which Infiniti will open an engine plant in America, producing small-displacement engines for Infiniti and Mercedes for North America.
An assembly plant in Mexico is also in the pipeline. The facility, co-owned by the two companies, will have a maximum operating capacity of up to 300,000 units a year starting in 2017.
