Honda, Nissan, and Mitsubishi in Merger-Talks.

carguy420

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I still see comments from some dumbass Subiebros blaming Toyota for Subaru becoming lamer than ever lol, that bunch probably got brain damage from inhaling all the vape and gasoline fumes from their de-cat exhaust.
 
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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.
When he mentioned two of the biggest sellers, I assumed he meant passenger cars and Hino isn't. I completely forgot about Daihatsu.
 

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Well it always begins with product and some good marketing. Hoping both Nissan and Infiniti come back strong.

The fact is we need good strong competition and diversity of brands and product. We have already lost enough car brands the last 20 years.

Good luck Nissan!
 

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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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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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the media honda dickriding gotta stop