– The 2004 Nissan Quest is rolling off the assembly line at Nissan’s plant near Canton, Miss., the company’s first new U.S. plant since 1983. Pricing has not been set on the Quest, which has a 3.5-liter, 230-horsepower V-6 and 197 cubic feet of interior space, which Nissan says is the most among front-wheel-drive minivans. Quest is scheduled to be at dealerships in July. The $1.4 billion Canton plant, with capacity for 400,000 vehicles, also will build the Titan full-size pickup; Pathfinder Armada full-size sport-utility vehicle and an Infiniti derivative; and Altima sedan.
– Dodge is testing a prototype of the 2005 Magnum station wagon. Like the concept Magnum SRT-8, the test vehicle had a high “belt line,” which results in narrow windows. The concept had a supercharged, 430-h.p. version of Dodge’s 5.7-liter Hemi V-8.
