“We were unable to have confidence in how much Nissan’s independence will be ensured and whether our potential will be fully brought out if Nissan becomes Honda’s wholly owned subsidiary.”
Lol. Nissan is going down the drain and they care more about keeping their “independence” (read: job security for executives) than keeping the company afloat.
At some point the government is going to play matchmaker when Nissan is threatened with a foreign takeover
Toyota gang
Hissan?
Nonda?
Nissan is such a dumpster fire, Honda was giving them a lifeline and they slapped it away. Let them sink or get bought by China.
I really Iiked the Datsun 1/4 tons, too bad.
Foxxcon or HTC is gonna bid for Nissan
Ghosn was right when he predicted that Nissan would fail after his ouster.
Maybe they shouldn’t have thrown Carlos Ghosn under the bus after all! Things went to shit after he got into trouble.
Apparently they couldn’t decide whether to name the merged company Nihonda or Honda-san.
If someone said in 1995 that 30 years later, China would beat Japan on car making, the man would be insane and yet here we are.
After Nissan, Honda is next. Toyota is in a different league and probably will do fine.
If Japan puts up tariff walls like the USA, it will not solve the problem because China is not beating Japanese cars in Japan but everywhere else on the globe. It’s experienced close to 20% shrinkage in Singapore in the last 5 years, and double digits in growing markets like Thailand and China itself.
The Japanese market itself will not be able to sustain three giants.
Carlos Ghosn told us.
And I was looking forward to calling them “HoNissan!”
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Good. I could not possibly imagine this leading to the best of both worlds.
More on this subject from other reputable sources:
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– Japan Times (A-): [Honda and Nissan cancel megamerger after weeks of negotiations](https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/02/13/companies/honda-nissan-merger-off/)
– Japan Today (B): [Honda, Nissan and Mitsubishi drop their talks on business integration](https://japantoday.com/category/business/honda-nissan-and-mitsubishi-drop-their-talks-on-business-integration)
– BBC Online (A-): [Honda-Nissan merger collapses as talks fail](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2k1321nedo)
– CNBC (B): [Honda and Nissan end merger talks, say they will continue to ‘collaborate’ ](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/13/honda-and-nissan-end-merger-talks-say-they-will-continue-to-collaborate-.html)
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“We were unable to have confidence in how much Nissan’s independence will be ensured and whether our potential will be fully brought out if Nissan becomes Honda’s wholly owned subsidiary.”
Lol. Nissan is going down the drain and they care more about keeping their “independence” (read: job security for executives) than keeping the company afloat.
At some point the government is going to play matchmaker when Nissan is threatened with a foreign takeover
Toyota gang
Hissan?
Nonda?
Nissan is such a dumpster fire, Honda was giving them a lifeline and they slapped it away. Let them sink or get bought by China.
I really Iiked the Datsun 1/4 tons, too bad.
Foxxcon or HTC is gonna bid for Nissan
Ghosn was right when he predicted that Nissan would fail after his ouster.
Maybe they shouldn’t have thrown Carlos Ghosn under the bus after all! Things went to shit after he got into trouble.
Apparently they couldn’t decide whether to name the merged company Nihonda or Honda-san.
If someone said in 1995 that 30 years later, China would beat Japan on car making, the man would be insane and yet here we are.
After Nissan, Honda is next. Toyota is in a different league and probably will do fine.
If Japan puts up tariff walls like the USA, it will not solve the problem because China is not beating Japanese cars in Japan but everywhere else on the globe. It’s experienced close to 20% shrinkage in Singapore in the last 5 years, and double digits in growing markets like Thailand and China itself.
The Japanese market itself will not be able to sustain three giants.
Carlos Ghosn told us.
And I was looking forward to calling them “HoNissan!”