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Honda in talks with Nissan for Merger
"The Daimler-Chrysler merger went so well, we just couldn't think of a better way to replicate it than to merge with Nissan..." said soon to be ex-Honda CEO.
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I’m going to give them a billion dollar advice for free: if Nissan doesn’t realize they need to produce more appealing products for customers, ditch those horrible CVTs, and improve reliability, merging won’t help...
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Nissan is further ahead in development of Solid State Batteries, and they have good body on frame products. Those are the only reasons I can think.
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What does Honda get out of this? More debt and a failing company?
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Hopefully, Honda can get rid of Mitsu or make another worthwhile EVO. As far as Nissan goes, they either will make Nissans that people want or they will give it the axe. Maybe they will even rollback GT-R pricing as it has been beyond LOL for so long.
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Maybe a way to get more manufacturing capacity on the cheap? Just a guess. I see no design or technology gain from the purchase.
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From what I've read, they're pursuing business integration, not a merger, and Mitsu is also involved in the talks. Under the integration, a new holding company is created as an umbrella over the existing companies. Each company still exists more or less independently but the holding company can have some effect on operations. Think Volkswagen Group.
In this case, Honda would reportedly get to nominate the majority of the board members for the holding group. I think this might make it easier for Honda to access IP from Nissan but doesn't directly saddle it with Nissan's debt.
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Probably right with the production/manufacturing capacity increase, but also Nissan's development of solid state batteries (Honda has apparently not even started on this front)...and, it's a way for Honda to rebadge and have some mid and full size body on frame trucks in their lineup (whether they need that or not, who knows).
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I've not seen any details on how much autonomy would be given to any brand under the proposed Japanese holding company. Details are scarce but I would imagine there to be some homogenizing activities as part of the business integration.
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