Anyone who simply shouts Brexit isn’t worth listening to.

The decision is complex and multi-layered, but it’s a perfect storm and Brexit is just one factor which isn’t helping.

2008 crash still hasn’t worked through the system and probably won’t for another decade, if ever for some people. Anyone now in their mid-thirties is about £2,000 a year poorer than someone of the same age in 2008.

Italy in recession, Germany close.

Lack of demand for any new vehicles – Worldwide – Brexit will be affecting UK buyers due to uncertainty – do I commit to £250+ a month or wait until later in the year?

Massive reduction in demand for diesels – UK is one of the worst affected .

Nissan Europe –Carlos Ghosn issue – he did all the deals with UK Government – his deals are all now being reviewed by Nissan in light of the situation the company are now in.

Japan recently signed free trade deal with EU – as there are now no tariffs why build here? UK manufacturer’s exporting to Japan by ship know it takes 4-6 weeks. That takes us beyond Brexit. When those cars leave these shores there is no certainty as to what tariffs may or may not be due. That’s a problem when you are trying to sell them as you can’t confirm the price.

However silver linings - If it means a return to proper Nissans, rather than Renaults in a different dress, it may actually not be a bad thing!

Agreed-It is pathetic to assume that an international company has social obligations of providing employment when it opens or closes it's busines in a different country of origin..

I found your comment highly insulting. Social obligation?. Take a good look: Nissan opened a plant in the most hard pressed area of the country. They gave jobs to the locals. They have met their social obligation of providing jobs for nearly 35 years. However the way Sunderland voted in the Brexit vote was slap in the face of the Japanese. The 60% vote to leave (which was the highest to the country), is similar to a wife or husband cheating on you. It shows the town does not value Nissan and does n't give a crap about the company, their work, their products or jobs. It is an insult to the Japanese sensibilities.

Nissan trusted Britain after its terrible record of the 1970s and the problems with industrial relations. Nissan gambled on Britain. Brexit has created a major problem for the company.

Why do people think that captain of British industry and arch-Brexiteer, Sir James Dyson, has moved his company's HQ to Singapore? Because Singapore has just inked a free-trade deal with the EU - so it will be easier and cheaper for the company to sell to its biggest market. It's funny how these heroes of Brexit are saying one thing, but actually doing another, isn't it?

And Rees-Mog has moved his money to Dublin so it's still in the EU...

Untrue...one so far Israel.

Simple economics: if you're negotiating on behalf of a market of over half a billion consumers, you can cut a better deal than you can for a market of around 70 million.

There is some truth in that. However, it is also true that having to satisfy 27 countries and not just one is harder, and one country can get a deal that better suits its own needs. But equally we might have to make more concessions, such animal welfare. That said, we may just end up following most EU rules on product safety etc, to make life easier for foreign countries. The key advantage of the EU is frictionless trade, so manufacturers can send products around Europe as they are assembled and lack of paperwork when exporting.