Nissan to close Michigan design studio

In a cost-cutting move, Nissan is shutting its design studio at its research and development complex in suburban Detroit and moving the work to its main U.S. design studio in San Diego.

The design studio in Farmington Hills, Mich., opened in 2005. Nissan spent $14 million on the studio as part of an $80 million expansion project at the R&D facility.