Nissan & Renault to merge into one company

[myglaren]

Perhaps, according to The Independent.

Shares in Renault rose almost 5 per cent on Thursday following reports the French motor company is in talks with Nissan to explore a potential merger.

[bobins]

Nissault ?? Perhaps Renan ?
I tried to make an anagram of the two names but could only get as far as 'It's An Arse Lunn'.... which doesn't make any sense

[Hell Razor5543]

How about "Inner Assault"? That uses all the letters of "Nissan" and "Renault". Mind you, I don't think either company would appreciate my effort!

[bobins]

'Earns An Insult' works. I'm sure there are many Renault and Nissan owners who've considered their cars earn an insult

[Michel]

Eh? This happened unofficially in 2000 when I was working for Renault in Harefield! That's why some of us got made redundant!

[bobins]

It would appear that, whilst they merged and/or formed an alliance in '99, they're now looking to become a single company.

[van ordinaire]

Which will undoubtedly be Nissan! Of course there will be Renault badged vehicles for those markets, primarily parts of Europe, where it will mean they will sell more/better.

[Eddie Nuff]

Which will undoubtedly be Nissan!

Not written in stone. Renault holds a 43% stake in Nissan, while Nissan owns 15% of Renault shares.

[Gibbo2286]

Where does Vauxhall stand in all this, all their vans are Renaults in disguise?

[wurlycorner]

I'd expect the next generation of Vauxhall vans to be based on the PSA van range, rather than Renault, anyway?

[NewcastleFalcon]

There is more here in this article than anyone probably wants to know about the Renault/Nissan Alliance.

http://nissannews.com/media_storage/ima ... 017_gb.pdf

Nissan is the biggest in terms of global sales by a couple of million over Renault.


Regards Neil

[dave]

Appear to be lots more Renault stuff in Nissans than Nissan stuff in Renaults ?

[van ordinaire]

Hence the merger - of the manufacturer & the parts supplier!

[van ordinaire]

I'd expect the next generation of Vauxhall vans to be based on the PSA van range, rather than Renault, anyway?

Assuming there is a next generation of Vauxhall vans, I mean, tradionally, VX isn't a van manufacturer (well not for a very long time). Meanwhile, we could end up with a similar situation to that in the US when MB bought Chrysler which was then marketing (what to us, were) Talbot vans as Dodges - so they stuck 3-pointed stars on them!

[wurlycorner]

I'd expect the next generation of Vauxhall vans to be based on the PSA van range, rather than Renault, anyway?

Assuming there is a next generation of Vauxhall vans, I mean, tradionally, VX isn't a van manufacturer (well not for a very long time). Meanwhile, we could end up with a similar situation to that in the US when MB bought Chrysler which was then marketing (what to us, were) Talbot vans as Dodges - so they stuck 3-pointed stars on them!

au contraire... Vauxhall's made vans for yonks (used to go under the Bedford name).