What's wrong with Infiniti?

[carguy420]

https://www.motor1.com/news/742467/nissan-12-to-14-months-left-to-survive/

It would be sad to lose Nissan. Growing up here in Southern Canada, Nissan's brand Datsun (before their cars were rebranded as "Nissan") was the first Japanese automaker I recognized, even before Honda and Toyota. Admittedly, it was not a memory of good cars -- it was said that rusty Datsuns were made from tin cans -- but we do tend to remember our "firsts".

Even in my hot as hell country, those Datsuns just rot out so quickly, so many rust holes on the lower parts of the front and rear ends and the side sills 😂.

 

[Ian Schmidt]

Honda rescuing Nissan would be quite something.

 

[F1 Silver Arrows]

Honda rescuing Nissan would be quite something.

Honda doesn't really have "buy Nissan" money though. I assume the Japanese government could possibly bail them out.

 

[carguy420]

Hah, bail them out 🤣

If the Japanese government will bail out poorly managed large corporations that end up on the brink of bankruptcy like the American government does way too frequently, they would've bailed out Nissan 25 years ago.

 

[F1 Silver Arrows]

Hah, bail them out 🤣

If the Japanese government will bail out poorly managed large corporations that end up on the brink of bankruptcy like the American government does way too frequently, they would've bailed out Nissan 25 years ago.

I mean... the US and Canadian governments bailing out GM ended up being a good thing for all parties though. It could be the same thing here too.

 

[ssun30]

A bailout isn't enough since Nissan has a talent problem. Their management is incompetent and the employees they get aren't the same quality as Toyota or Honda because they can't match their wages. College graduates in Japan consider Toyota and Honda a prestigious job, but the same is no longer true for Nissan.

 

[F1 Silver Arrows]

A bailout isn't enough since Nissan has a talent problem. Their management is incompetent and the employees they get aren't the same quality as Toyota or Honda because they can't match their wages. College graduates in Japan consider Toyota and Honda a prestigious job, but the same is no longer true for Nissan.

I've never heard of Honda being prestigious like Toyota, I always heard that Toyota was the pride and soul of Japan, so this is news to me.

 

[Tragic Bronson]

this is paywalled, but it looks like Nissan is letting Infiniti dealers move back home

Infiniti lets U.S. retailers co-locate with Nissan in drive to survive

Infiniti is allowing some dealerships to co-locate with Nissan stores. Combining back office and service operations across both brands lowers dealers' overhead and increases sales volume per rooftop.

www.autonews.com

 

[Levi]

I've never heard of Honda being prestigious like Toyota, I always heard that Toyota was the pride and soul of Japan, so this is news to me.

Honda is more than a car company. Cars might be mediocre, but engineering is great.

 

[Sulu]

Honda is more than a car company. Cars might be mediocre, but engineering is great.

Honda claims to be "the world's largest engine manufacturer".
(https://www.honda-engines-eu.com/en...st engine,in developing and producing engines)

 

[carguy420]

Honda claims to be "the world's largest engine manufacturer".
(https://www.honda-engines-eu.com/en/home/why-honda-engines#:~:text=As the world's largest engine,in developing and producing engines)

All those lawn mower engines are really helping their sales, eh? 😂

 

[Ian Schmidt]

Also generators, ATVs, marine outboards, and motorcycles. And probably a few I'm forgetting. It does add up.

 

[Sulu]

...and turbine (jet) engines for the Honda Jet business jet.

 

[mediumhot]

Acura has outlasted Infiniti. Had someone told me that 15 years ago I would have pronounced him insane right at the spot. Acura was hanging on a single thread back then with second gen TL leading Acura straight into the disaster.