Nissan corporate news

[cwerdna]

Above video now has what's available. Turns out to be a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kei_car, the Sakura: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a4006 ... n-details/.

[cwerdna]

Nissan To Suspend Operations At Tennessee Plant Building Engines For Mercedes
https://www.carscoops.com/2022/08/nissa ... -mercedes/

Nissan will suspend operations at its powertrain facility in Decherd, Tennessee in March 2023 “pending future product announcements,” Nissan North America spokesman Brian Brockman revealed.

The plant was opened in 2014 at a cost of $319 million at the height of Nissan and Mercedes-Benz’s engine-sharing collaboration. It has been responsible for building the Mercedes 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder found in various Infiniti and Mercedes models, including the GLE, Sprinter, and Metris.

At least we know BBrockman is still with Nissan corporate.

[cwerdna]

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/hond ... ger-japan/ mentions

One former Nissan executive told the Financial Times the merger simply wouldn't make sense from a structural standpoint and said there'd be little to gain from such a move for either company. The person pointed to major differences in engineering, which would make it incredibly difficult to boost economies of scale by sharing parts.

I haven't had time to think much about the first point but I agree w/the last.

In contrast, Renault, Nissan and Renault Samsung Motors share quite a bit (well, not on Leaf), just often things that weren't necessarily visible to the customer. Long ago, https://www.renaultsamsungm.com/new/main/main.jsp had many vehicles that clearly had Nissan engines (e.g. the VQ 3.5L V6). I haven't looked recently, but when I looked a few years ago, many of the interiors of cars resembled Renaults and not Nissans.

Long ago, when the 5th gen Maxima was the latest, the 4th gen was still being built in South Korea by Renault Samsung Motors and sold as their SM5 (https://web.archive.org/web/20120720054 ... e-to-savor).

On the note of Renault Samsung Motors, TIL learned it seems Samsung has sold at least some of their stake which is to be just known as Renault Korea Motors.

https://www.kedglobal.com/automobiles/n ... 2203170005
https://www.just-auto.com/news/renault- ... ea-motors/
https://www.carscoops.com/2022/03/renau ... -in-korea/
http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/art ... dxno=89158

[cwerdna]

Nissan, Renault negotiators await directors' OK on partnership deal
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20230123_15/

Nissan and Renault close in on overhaul of alliance
https://news.yahoo.com/nissan-renault-c ... 53223.html

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Renault slashes Nissan stake as the automakers overhaul their decades-long alliance
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/30/auto-gi ... iance.html

[cwerdna]

Renault, Nissan officially reboot their auto alliance for post-Ghosn era
Their boards agree to parity deal: 'We have been waiting a long time for this moment'
https://www.autoblog.com/2023/02/06/ren ... ghosn-era/

[cwerdna]

Nissan Suffers New Blow With S&P Cutting Credit to Junk
https://news.yahoo.com/nissan-credit-ra ... 48166.html
"The Japanese automaker’s credit rating was cut by a notch to BB+ by S&P, which said a strong recovery in profit and sales was “unlikely” and cited persistent supply chain turmoil and high costs in the industry."

[Toby]

cwerdna, that's an interesting article on your link. I get the impression that Nissan executives are ultra conservative to the point of being stodgy. They'd rather sink than change.

[Stanton]

cwerdna, that's an interesting article on your link. I get the impression that Nissan executives are ultra conservative to the point of being stodgy. They'd rather sink than change.

...or they'd rather fire/arrest their CEO that "saved their bacon" (at one point) than change...