How Nissan and Honda's $60 billion merger talks collapsed.

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Cat@ponder.cat⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://neuters.de/markets/deals/inside-collapse-nissan-hondas-60-billion-mega-deal-2025-02-12/

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

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phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
How about YAY!?

We need more smaller brands, not less bigger brands. It ALWAYS without exception leads to a destination where consumers get screwed.

I celebrate this failure, let them compete and let more smaller brands pop up, please

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- hogmomma@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  There’s no situation I would call Nissan a “smaller brand” of anything.
  
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altima_neo@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
More Nissan for me!

But yeah, Nissan seems to be making some nicer cars lately. Hopefully they can shake off the bad two gained by Goghn’s cost cutting and bad cuts. Plus, Nissan actually makes electric cars, something Honda, I don’t believe, hasn’t even attempted yet. They had a sweet deal with GM, and they dropped the partnership. Nissans got the Leaf and Aria, and there’s rumors of them using Mitsubishi’s hybrid system in the upcoming years.

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- RxBrad@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I do worry about Nissan’s future when they seem to be about this close to operating with zero profits.
  
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- ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Honda has made both the “e” in 2020 and “e:Ny1” in 2023, both seem like decent BEVs.
  
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- Peffse@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  They were one of the few, if only, remaining manufacturers in the US that produced a subcompact car. Yet they are getting rid of both the Versa and Altima.
  
  I hate how everybody bloated up their fleets with crossovers and SUVs…
  
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  - spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    
    I hate how everybody bloated up their fleets with crossovers and SUVs…
    
    While I generally think regulations are a net positive, the cafe regulations treating SUVs as trucks for minimum mileage is the main reason for the ever increasing vehicle size and shift to massive SUVs dominating the roads.
    
    They should be less punishing for smaller cars and more punishing for large vehicles designed for passengers and commuting.
    
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weew@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Honda realized Nissan has nothing to offer them
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- JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Sources say.
  
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st3ph3n@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Honda is better off without them.

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ashenone@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Good

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