LONDON -- The U.K. promised up to 80 million pounds ($104 million at current rates) in support to Nissan Motor to persuade the Japanese automaker to build new sport utility vehicles here after the country voted to leave the European Union, according to a letter released by the government Monday.
The previously undisclosed October 2016 offer was conditioned on Nissan producing the new Qashqai and X-Trail models at its Sunderland plant in northern England. The company announced roughly a week after the letter was sent that it would do so but canceled the X-Trail plan Sunday.
