When he mentioned two of the biggest sellers, I assumed he meant passenger cars and Hino isn't. I completely forgot about Daihatsu.Neither Suzuki nor Mazda are part of the Toyota Group. The only three automakers in the Group are Toyota, Daihatsu and Hino. Not even Subaru is part of the Group.
Toyota owns about 5% in each of Suzuki and Mazda (and they in turn own equivalent numbers of shares in Toyota -- but a much smaller proportion due Toyota's size) and Toyota owns about 20% of Subaru. They all, however, remain independent. Mazda would rather die than become part of Toyota.
Toyota sees its role as big brother keeping the smaller automakers viable without direct control.
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Honda Open To Reviving Takeover Talks If Nissan CEO Uchida Steps Down - BusinessToday
Honda Motor Co Ltd is prepared to resume takeover discussions with Nissan Motor Co Ltd to form the world’s fourth-largest carmaker, but only if Nissan’s Chief Executive Officer Makoto Uchida steps down, the Financial Times (FT) reported on Monday. Merger talks between Honda, Japan’s...www.businesstoday.com.my
Honda sounding real desperate lol, Soichiro Honda probably spinning in his grave at how crap the company he founded has become
Apparently what Honda really wanted from this deal is Mitsubishi, most likely because Honda sucks at making rugged vehicles and their sales figures in Southeast Asia is now actually less than Perodua (Daihatsu disguised as a Malaysian car manufacturer), which mainly relies on its home country to sell cars. Yet some people still think Honda is doing really well.
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For real, man. They're still trying to paint the illusion like it's Honda of the 1980s and 1990s.the media honda dickriding gotta stop