By Ray Massey PUBLISHED: 00:16 EST, 19 December 2012 | UPDATED: 09:17 EST, 21 December 2012 The British motor industry received a new boost today as Japanese car giant Nissan announced  a £250million investment to build a brand new luxury hatchback in Sunderland –  called Infiniti. The cash boost will mean 1,000 extra UK jobs of which 280 will be directly at the plant in Tyne and Wear to build the new upmarket Infiniti Etheria car – a rival to Audi’s A3 – from 2015. About 60,000 Infiniti Etherias costing from around £20,000 will be built at the Sunderland factory each year pushing  the current 500,000 record production figure achieved this week even higher.
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Sunderland factory to build new luxury hatchback Nissan Infiniti
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New model will bring 1,000 new jobs to the UK from 2015
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David Cameron called the move a 'vote of confidence for UK manufacturing’
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