How Nissan and Honda's $60 billion merger talks collapsed
neuters.de
Intransigence, combined with what Honda management saw as Nissan's slow decision-making, helped torpedo a deal that would have created one of the world's largest automakers.

Summary

  • Nissan’s pride and denial hindered merger talks, sources say
  • Honda pushed Nissan for deeper cuts to jobs, factory capacity, sources say
  • Nissan unwilling to consider factory closures, sources say
  • Honda’s proposal to make Nissan a subsidiary caused tensions, sources say
  • weew@lemmy.caEnglish
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    24 days ago

    Nissan could have been better positioned for EV but they didn’t bother actually doing anything with the Leaf for a decade.

    Kinda like how they could have been a high performance brand with the GTR if they bothered to actually do any more development on it for the past decade.