{"id":1127,"date":"2024-12-25T12:07:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-25T12:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autobuyersmarket.com\/news\/?p=1127"},"modified":"2025-05-05T10:25:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T10:25:26","slug":"nissan-mitsubishi-and-honda-holding-talks-on-possible-merger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autobuyersmarket.com\/news\/2024\/12\/25\/nissan-mitsubishi-and-honda-holding-talks-on-possible-merger\/","title":{"rendered":"Nissan, Mitsubishi and Honda Holding Talks on Possible Merger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The plan is to give the companies the combined resources to combat the growing threat posted to their market share by Chinese carmakers, who have been growing in prominence in recent years. File photo: Jonathan Weiss, licensed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

FRANKLIN, TN – Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan announced that they will be holding formal talks over the course of the next six months<\/a> to potentially merge the two companies. A third Japanese company, Mitsubishi \u2013 which is already in alliance with Nissan \u2013 will also be participating in the talks, and if the merger comes to pass, the new entity will be the third largest automaker in the world, behind only Toyota and Volkswagen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reasoning for the merger plans is to give the companies the combined resources to combat the growing threat posted to their market share by Chinese carmakers, who have been growing in prominence in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The automotive industry\u2019s continuing shift from gasoline-powered cars and trucks to electric vehicles (EVs) has presented automakers with a series of hurdles and increasing costs, and China\u2019s foray into that segment of the market \u2013 with a series of models offered at competitive and very low prices \u2013 has put increasing pressure on other companies around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China has already surpassed car companies in the west in this regard, and are quickly gaining ground on the Japanese; this merger, according to Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida, would allow the new company a means to combat the intense competition the Chinese are offering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Today marks a pivotal moment,\u201d Uchida said in a statement. \u201cTogether, we can create a unique way for (customers) to enjoy cars that neither company could achieve alone.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Nissan has faced financial hardship in recent years and experts say the automotive manufacturer is in dire need of a merger partner; with a large amount of debt soon coming due, analysts say that Nissan may otherwise be forced to declare bankruptcy in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morgan Stanley auto analyst Adam Jonas noted that if the Nissan\/Mitsubishi\/Honda merger is successful, it could lead to further mergers among car companies in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Legacy auto companies that don\u2019t find new partners must face the prospect of being smaller companies with higher capital expenditures, and research and development costs per every vehicle sold,\u201d he said. \u201cMoreover, amidst a potentially broader consolidation era, the ones who chose not to participate effectively \u2018get smaller.\u2019 We\u2019re entering a new phase of the auto industry where the strategies for scale and cost leadership put the focus on cooperation and potential changes in scope.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FRANKLIN, TN – Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan announced that they will be holding formal talks over the course of the next six months to potentially merge the two companies. A third Japanese company, Mitsubishi \u2013 which is already in alliance with Nissan \u2013 will also be participating in the talks, and if the merger comes to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1128,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-market-updates","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\t\n